Engineering Injection Molding

V imal Patel

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SUM MARY STATEMENT

H ighly motivated and diligent chemical engineering student with extensive lab experience and

a b ackground in process design and management seeking an opportunity to utilize my

p roblem solving, leadership and communication skills

EDUCAT ION

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA

B.S. Chemical Engineering G raduation Date:

D ecember 2012

Relevant Courses: Physical Chemistry I I, In t roduction to Materials Science and Engineering, Computer

Science I I, M icroeconomics, Engineering Economics, Accounting, Graduate Level Courses in Int roduction

to Polymer Science and Engineering

EXPER IENCE

U Mass Amherst, Senior Laboratory I & I I Spring 2012

a nd Fall 2012

• Designed and executed eight experiments that ranged from polymerization of methyl methacrylate to

s tudies of a binary distillation column

• Led group of four colleagues to design and execute two of the eight experiments: Renewable Energy

Conversion of Solar Energy and Polymer Injection Molding

• Contributed in wri ting a final report for each experiment and presented findings to a class of 28

s tudents and four faculty

U Mass Amherst, Chemical Engineering Car

September 2011

• Assisted in designing chemical battery to generate enough power to compete in the AIChE Chem-E-

Car competition

• Worked on team of two to find a r ight chemical reaction that aided the movement of a car to specified

d istance

• Examined mixtures of sodium chloride, water, and charcoal on wet paper towel in foil paper for max

current

Springfield Technical Community College, U ndergraduate Research Assistant

September 2009 – December 2009

• Carried out research for the production of nanomaterial comprised of ti tanium dioxide (TiO 2) and i ts

catalytic properties to react with organic molecules

• Produced nanomaterial of TiO 2 f rom sol-gel method under limited supervision of Prof. Rafael H idalgo-

Quesada

• Demonstrated that the nanomaterial was an effective photo-catalyst for waste water t reatment under

U V light

• Wrote a technical paper on the result and findings

Stop and Go Liquors, Bloomfield, CT Owner /Part-time Manager

M arch 2010 – Present

• Recruit, t rain and monitor staff

• Managed the budget by keeping checks on all the marketing activites

• Compile and maintain non-monetary reports and records using M icrosoft Office and Comcash POS

• Interacted with media for promotion of the store

U Mass Amherst, RAP Mentor for College of Engineering

September 2012

• Lived with and assisted t ransfer engineering students

• Served as representative of the university

• Maintained and Modeled professional behavior

Tutor for the American I nstitute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)

F all 2012

• Led a one-night per week tu toring session for the Chemical Engineering students at UMass Amherst

SKILLS

• Aspen Plus • SolidWorks • Computer languages: C++, HTM L,

• MatLab/Simulink • M icrosoft Office CSS

• Mathematica • Proficient in Windows OS: XP-W7• Fluent t r i lingual (Hindi and

• Mathcad Gujarati)

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