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AYUSH TRIPATHI

Chemical Engineer / Process Engineer / Six Sigma Green Belt Certified

Actively looking for Full time opportunity starting summer 2017. Email: ac0a0h@r.postjobfree.com Cell: 213-***-**** Address: 1210 W Adams Blvd., Los Angeles, California LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayushtri EDUCATION

Master of Science (M.S), Chemical Engineering

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California

(Aug. 2015 - May. 2017) 3.71

Relevant courses

Mathematical Modelling and

Analysis, Viscous Flow

Thermodynamics for Chemical

Engineers, Mass Transport

Heat Transport, Process Data

Analytic and Machine Learning.

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), Chemical Engineering National Institute of Technology, Raipur, India

(Aug. 2011 – May 2015) 3.60

Relevant courses

Process Technology

Reaction Kinetics

Process modelling & simulation

Process Safety & Hazard control

Process dynamics and control

Process Economics

SUMMARY

Strong record of problem solving, optimization, tool handling, troubleshooting, maintenance, and team management.

Experience with a range of software packages, characterization techniques, and data analytics.

Publication in prestigious research journal J. Chem. Eng. Data, industrial projects with Reliance and Transpek Industries.

Expertise in fluid mechanics, mass transfer, thin film science and technology and semiconductor processing.

Hands on experience in micro-fabrication on silicon wafer while working in class 100 clean room environment.

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified engineer.

SKILLS & COMPETENCES

Data analysis and Simulation: R, JMP, AutoCAD, MATLAB, C++, Java. Characterization techniques: X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy. Analysis techniques: Gas Chromatography, Ion Chromatography, ICP-mass spectrometry, HPLC. Chemical Processing: Distillation, Shell and Tube heat exchanger, Boiler, cooling tower, reactors. Semiconductor Processing: Oxidation, resist coating, photolithography, developing, wet etching, chemical vapour deposition, metallization, Vacuum Technology, Evaporation, Sputtering and clean room work ethics. WORK EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate Laboratory Process Engineer

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California

(Aug. 2015 – Present) Los Angeles, California

Operation, Maintenance and optimization of the instructional pilot plant. Equipment handled are distillation column, heat exchangers, boiler, reboiler, absorption column, etc.

Integrated Gas Chromatograph and Ion Chromatograph for analysing solutions in Distillation and Liquid-Liquid extraction pilot plant to get better accuracy than titration.

Performed troubleshooting and priming of equipment.

Graduate Student Research Assistant

Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Southern California

(Mar. 2016 – Aug. 2016) Los Angeles, California

Designed and built an Ultra high vacuum setup for optical and field emission testing of optical waveguide, and a wet etching setup for V-groove formation.

Developed designs, ordered parts and necessary equipment’s (pumps, power controller, oscilloscope etc.) and implemented design modifications etc.

Designed photolithography masks using AutoCAD and Prepared standard operating procedure.

Project Engineering Intern

Reliance Industries Limited

(Jun. 2014 – Jul. 2014) Vadodara, India

Analyzed the performance of hot oil heater by performing heat balance over the heater and predicted an increase in 5.4% efficiency by use of air preheater and Optimized air flow rate in hot oil heater to achieve maximum efficiency.

Performed field duties of taking samples, measuring process conditions, troubleshooting equipment.

Project Engineering Intern

Transpek Industries Limited

(May 2014 - May 2014) Vadodara, India

Performed mass and energy balance over the sulphuric acid plant to calculate the overall production efficiency.

Drafted an alternative way to increase the energy efficiency by 2% by utilizing the steam from waste heat boiler. Page 2 of 2

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Data Analytics and Monitoring of the Tennessee Eastman Process. (Jan. 2017 – Present)

Built a PCA model based on the normal case data, and establish T2 and Q control limits for Quality Data and Process Data. Used the fault detection control limits to perform fault detection on the cases with potential disturbances and calculated the false alarm rates and missed detection rates.

Semiconductor processing on 3” Silicon wafer to fabricate Integrated circuits. (Jan. 2016 –May 2016)

Performed oxidation, spin coating of photoresist, photolithography, developing, wet etching, plasma ashing, chemical vapor deposition, metallization etc. to fabricate MOSFET.

Fabricated IC components including MOSFETs, Diodes, Resistors and Capacitors on a silicon wafer using 5 mask in Photolithography with a 5μm feature size.

Characterized the electrical parameters of fabricated devices using physical probing method.

D. Pal, A. Tripathi, A. Shukla, K.R. Gupta, A. Keshav, Reactive extraction of pyruvic acid using tri-n-octylamine diluted in decanol/kerosene: equilibrium and effect of temperature. J. Chem. Eng. Data (2015).

Identified the best extractant-solvent system for extraction of Pyruvic acid and obtained 98% extraction efficiency of pyruvic acid by use of modified extractant.

Studied thermodynamic behavior of the extraction to determine best temperature condition for the extraction.

Authored the research paper that was published in J. Chem. Eng. Data. DOI: 10.1021/je500964e

Kinetics of Extraction of Pyruvic Acid Exploiting Tri-n-octylamine in Decanol. (Nov. 2014 - Mar. 2015)

Studied the Kinetics of extraction to aid in designing of the recovery unit.

Reported the influence of various kinetic parameters like the effect of stirring speed, phase volume ratio, concentration of pyruvic acid, and concentration of TOA thereby determined the physical mass transfer coefficient, reaction regime, order of reaction and rate constant.

Synthesis of Silica and Zeolite from Rice husk and characterization by XRD, SEM techniques. (Aug. 2014)

Removal of Arsenic from Water using adsorbent and analysis by ICP-MS. (Feb. 2014) LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

President

Technocracy – The technical committee of NIT Raipur.

(Aug. 2014 – Mar. 2015) Raipur, India.

Led a team of 130 coordinators and volunteers, to successfully organise the national level technical symposium which saw a 40% increase in attendance and participation. CERTIFICATION

Management and Strategy Institute

Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC)TM Licence No: 7507534 VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY

Deprived Child! & You

United Nation Affiliate – Non-Governmental Organisation

(Jun. 2012 - May 2014) Mumbai, India.

Educated basic physics to underprivileged children in slums of Mumbai during summer and winter break.

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