Engineering Engineer
Resume:
AKSHAT KHIRWAL
**** * ******** ****** *** *** *************@*****.***
Chicago, Illinois 60616
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a full time position as a Chemical Engineer.
EDUCATION
ILLINOIS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY, CHICAGO, IL
Masters in Chemical Engineering;
GPA: 3.51/4.00
Received the Dean’s Fellowship
R. V. COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, BANGALORE, INDIA
Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, 2003-2007
Affiliated to Visveswaraya Technological University, Belgaum
Aggregate acquired 84.45%. Achieved 5th Rank in the University for the Degree
PROJECTS, CONFERENCES and WORKSHOPS
• Was part of a four member team which worked on Computational Fluid Dynamics to simulate
a real time reactor system using Fluent and Gambit software and provided a comparison
between a theoretical equation, a CFD Simulation and a compartment model to predict the
accuracy of the software for Reactors. [2007]
• Project on Ocean Energy logistics to replace Fossil fuels for Alternative energy as part of
course Energy Environment Economics. [Spring 2008]
• Project on Feasibility Study of Floating Wind Farms in Lake Michigan as part of Renewable
Energy Technologies course. [Fall 2008]
• Business Plan Primer of water testing equipment as part of Entrepreneurship and Intellectual
Property Management. [Spring 2009]
• CHEMBIOT -National Conference on “Recent Trends in Chemical Engineering and
Biotechnology”, R V College of Engineering, Bangalore, India: Organizing Committee and
Participant. [2006]
• Term Paper on Intra-Ocular Lenses as part of the course Biomaterials. [Fall 2007]
• Workshop on Undergraduate mathematics organized by National Board of Higher Studies and
Indian Statistical Institute. [2001]
AWARDS AND ACTIVITIES
• Was selected for Who’s Who in American Universities Award 2007-08.
• Was awarded Distinction in science by an all India exam conducted by University of New
South Wales, Australia and was placed at 95th percentile of all India entrants in 1998.
• Received the Duke of Edinburgh International award for young people [Bronze] in 2000.
• Was awarded a Certificate of Merit by Central Board of Secondary Education, Delhi for
excellence in the school leaving examination.
• Student Assistant for welcoming all new International Students to the University in FALL
2008, as part of AMGP team, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago.
• Convener – Organization, Sponsorship and Event Management Team, REACT-’05, 06, 07-A
National level student techno-cultural symposium, Chemical Engineering Dept., R.V. College
of Engineering, Bangalore, India.
RELEVANT COURSEWORK
• Transport Phenomenon, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Thermodynamics, Applied
Mathematics in Chemical Engineering, Biomaterials, Biochemical Engineering,
Entrepreneurship and Intellectual Property Management.
• Computer Proficiency: Design-II, Fluent, Gambit, RETSCREEN, Windows 9x, XP, Vista,
MS-Office, C, C++.
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