Chemical Engineering Assistant

RAVISH KUMAR

New Brunswick, NJ ***** **************@*****.***/732-***-****

EDUCATION

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA May 2017 Master of Science, chemical engineering. GPA 3.5/4.0 National Institute of Technology (NIT), Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India B.Tech, Chemical Engineering May 2012

ANALYTICAL SKILL

Hands-on experience of working on Agilent HPLC, dissolution apparatus, particle size analysis, V- Blender, FT4 powder rheometer, immo pharma eyecon,Twin screw granulator, Lab ram mixer, sieve shaker, KTron Feeders, Continous mixer granulator, Quadro Screen mill, Lodige(continuous mix granulator), Agilent dissolution apparatus, Presster compaction, Hardness tester, Brookfield Rheometer, Jet Mill, Sieve shaker.

Working knowledge of cGMP and GLP practices and regulatory guidelines.

Understanding of FDA, ICH, and regulatory guidelines. SOFTWARE AND OTHER SKILLS

Molecular Modeling: Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulation, MD Simulation, Coarse Grained modeling

Software: LAMMPS, DL_MESO, FORTRAN

EXPERIENCE & RESEARCH SUMMARY

Experimental

Worked as a lab research assistant at Engineering Research Centre-Structured Organic Particle and Science

(ERC-SOPS) at Rutgers under prof. Fernando Muzzio (September 2014-May 2017) :

Performed experiments on wet granulation using Lodige Cori Mix CM5 to study key performance metrics namely, granule size, flowability and particle morphology of granules as a function of essential input process parameters (liquid content, throughput and rotation speed)

Study on material properties of coarse alumina and fine alumina by liquid addition. Study was done to determine inter and intra moisture content by water pickup method and loss on drying for the catalyst consortium project

Material characterization using FT4 rheometer to study bulk and flow properties of fine and coarse glass beads with different different moisture contents

Understanding the relationship between process parameters and critical quality attributes of tablets produced by batch and continuous granulation for a low-dose formulation

Performed experiments on wet granulation using Lodige Cori Mix CM5 with different formulations to study its effect on granule properties followed by tablet making by the Presstor (tablet press replicator) and dissolution, friability and hardness testing of tablets.

Have assisted in running tablet continuous manufacturing pilot plant at Rutgers University Computational

Worked in Prof. Alexander Neimark’s research group as a Masters thesis student at Rutgers: Study of Complexation of transition metals using Dissipative Particle Dynamics and its application real system using LAMMPS and Dl_Meso software ( January 2015- May 2017).

Metal chloride is introduced in system that forms dissociable bonds with PVP polymer and DMF. The association and dissociation of bonds are described by Morse potential.

work aims at developing a methodology that allows application of coarse-grained simulation techniques to systems with reactive equilibria that include transition metal cations that can coordinate ligands.

Coarse grain modeling of PVP, DMF and Metal Chloride.

Parameterization of model to get the desired structure of beads of molecules in the system.

Quantification of association of ligands(DMF and PVP) with coordinating centres and how Morse potential parameters affect the docking

Study of viscosity of the fluid as a function of driving force, Morse potential parameter (potential depth, K), concentration of metal chloride.

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