Engineer Process

Varun Kumar

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EDUCATION

. 2008,Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL

Masters in Chemical Engineering GPA-3.5/4.0

EXPERIENCE

Dec 2008 - Dec-2009, Field Service Start up Engineer, Coskata, Inc.,

Warrenville, IL

A biology-based renewable energy company that's technology enables the low-

cost production of ethanol from a variety of input material including

biomass, agricultural and municipal wastes, and other carbonaceous

material.

. Actively involved in the procurement, design, installation and

commissioning of the $30 million small scale bioethanol manufacturing

pilot plant from biomass and other flexible feed stocks. Attend

process safety reviews as necessary, such as HAZOPS, and ensure that

all agreed recommendations and changes resulting from such reviews are

incorporated into the design. Responsible for the preparation of SOPs

and start up of assigned unit operations in a safe and timely manner.

. Hand on experience in performing CIP, Sterilization and sampling of

fermentor. Hands on experience in working with and troubleshooting

mass flow meter, Pumps, Level switches, Transmitters, boilers,

Agilient HPLC etc.

Dec 2009 - Present, Lead Process Engineer, Coskata, Inc., Warrenville, IL

. Provide engineering support of pilot scale facility and guide the

transition of bench scale processing methods through pilot to

commercial scale plants.

. Implement process control strategies from lab to pilot scale. Refine

strategies at pilot scale and introduce to production scale including

analyzing data, deploying statistical process control methods, and

help develop operating SOPs

May 2008 - Dec 2008, Process Engineer, Monsanto Company, Soda Springs, ID

An

agricultural company which applies innovation and technology to help

farmers around the world produce more while conserving more.

. Using Six Sigma and SPC Tools (such as Minitab and Aspen IP21) to

identify the Process Capability of the process which results in

improving the Alarm management system.

. Improve process control and cost performance, eliminating process

variability, and improve reliability of the manufacturing area.

May 2007 - May 2008, Production Engineer, Clean Harbors Environmental

Services, Aragonite, UT Clean

Harbors, the leading provider of environmental services and hazardous waste

disposal in North America

. Responsible for finding out the best waste processing technique based

on the waste characterization and provide engineering expertise to

production area by applying technical knowledge to improve processes

and production reliability.

. Provided proactive day-to-day support to Production and Maintenance

teams with respect to optimum, efficient and safe plant operation.

Accomplishments

. Design and installation of Steam Injection system for the waste water

tank for pasteurizing.

. Designing and industrial start up of Caustic metering system for the

pH control.

. Industrial Start up of following operations:

1. Steam Boiler

2. Waste water tank loading and unloading

3. Bubble column Bioreactor

4. Seed Fermentor.

CERTIFICATIONS

. Emerson Delta V Basics

. 24 hr OSHA Hazwoper

. TSCA

. Fire Extinguisher training

. Harness training

. Auto CAD

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