Engineering Engineer
Resume:
PRATHYUSHA KATTA, Ph.D.
**** ******* ******** *****, ***********, OH 43081; Ph: 330-***-****
Email id: ***************@*****.***
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Career Objective
Seeking a career opportunity focusing on research, process and product development in areas of polymers,
surface modifications and coatings.
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Summary of Skills
• Experience in the modification of polymeric thin films to attain desirable properties such as good
wettability, thermal and chemical stability using UV and chemical treatments.
• Experience in the development of aqueous based solvent systems for incorporating hydrophilic,
hydrophobic, surface charge and biocidal coatings
• Experience in development of ceramic nanofibers using sol-gel chemistry and electrospinning.
• Experience in development of ceramic nanofibers enhanced fibrous filter media for high temperature
filtration applications.
• Strong background in Chemical Reaction Engineering, Transport Phenomena, Micro/Nano Material
Characterization, and Heterogeneous Catalysis.
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Education
Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering Aug 02-Aug 06
The University of Akron, Akron, OH.
Dissertation: Development, characterization, testing and modeling of nanofiber enhanced ceramic filter
media for coalescence filtration.
Advisor: Dr. George G. Chase, Professor, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering.
Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering Aug 98–May 02
Andhra University College of Engineering, Visakhapatnam, India.
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Work Experience
Product Engineer, Parker Hannifin Corporation, Oxnard, CA. Oct 06-Present
Job responsibilities:
• Design and conduct experiments on prototype equipment to fully understand UV coating process
and process variables.
• Develop new surface coatings from concept to production.
• Develop close relationships between research, supply chain and manufacturing team to execute
process design and development.
• Specify equipment requirements to meet high productivity, yield, and quality.
• Conduct experiments to incorporate hydrophobicity/hydrophilicity/surface charge/biocidal coating
using chemical/UV treatment. Understand the process thoroughly for scale up.
• Develop high quality surface coatings while maintaining the desirable properties of base substrates.
• Develop new tests and testing procedures for new membrane coating development projects.
• Perform pre-production runs for process qualification.
• Give technical support to production team during production preparation.
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Research Experience
The University of Akron, Akron, OH
Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering Aug 02–Aug 06
• Experience in various ceramic nanofibers processes, synthesis, and characterization.
• Discovered, developed and patented a breakthrough single step electrospinning process to produce
spools of ceramic nanofibers with potential application in filtration and catalysis.
• Designed and constructed ‘rotating cylinder electrospinning apparatus’ to increase the production
rate and to align nanofibers uniaxially.
• Developed an analytical model to study and compare the performance of depth fibrous, granular and
monolith filters.
• Successfully synthesized ceramic fibrous filters containing microfibers, nanofibers and binder that
withstand temperatures ~ 1000C.
• Mentored undergraduate students in various research projects.
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Technical Proficiency
Statistical Data Analysis: Design of Experiments and Response Surface Methodology.
Practical Skills
• Good hands-on experience in working with Scanning Mobility Particle Sizer, Frazier Test Apparatus,
High Temperature Furnace, Coalescence Filtration Apparatus, Accusizer Particle Counter,
Bubble Point Tester, Goniometer, Condensation Particle Counter, Automatic Perm Porometer,
Fusion UV Systems, and Buchi Extraction System B-811, HPLC and GC.
• Scanning Electron Microscopy, Atomic Force Microscopy, Fourier Transform InfraRed Spectroscopy,
X-Ray Diffractometry and Optical Microscopy.
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Patents
• Khatri, L.; Ramsier, R. D.; Chase, G. G.; Katta, P. “Size Controlled Fibers, Tubes and Channels
Synthesized by Heterogeneous Deposition Using Sol Gel Processing” U.S. Patent # 7482297 .
• Kataphinan, W.; Reneker D. H.; Katta, P; Chase, G. G. “Flexible Ceramic Fibers and a Process for
Making Same” European Patent Application Number 12/063266.
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Publications
• Katta P; Khatri, L.; Ramsier, R. D.; Chase, G. G. “Metal oxides for synthesizing high temperature
fibers” Advances in Filtration and Separation Technology (2003), 16, 326-339.
• Katta P,; Alasandro M.; Ramsier, R. D.; Chase, G. G. “ Continuous electrospinning of aligned
polymer nanofibers onto a wire drum collector” Nano Letters (2004), 4(11), 2215-2218.
• Bender, E. T; Katta, P.; Chase, G. G; Ramsier, R. D. "Spectroscopic investigation of the composition
of electrospun titania nanofibers" Surface and Interface Analysis (2006), 38 (9), 1252-1256.
• Bender, E. T.; Katta, P.; Lotus, A.; Park, S. J.; Chase, G. G.; Ramsier, R. D. “Identification of CO 2
sequestered in electrospun metal oxide nanofibers” Chemical Physics Letters (2006), 423(4-
6),302-305.
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Award
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• Outstanding Student Researcher Award, The Department of Chemical and Biomolecular
Engineering, The University of Akron, Akron, OH, March 2006.
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