Chemical Engineering Engineer

ANKUR FALOR

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EDUCATION

MS (Thesis) – Chemical Engineering, Texas Tech University (TTU) May 2017 GPA – 3.5/4.0

B.Tech – Chemical Engineering, Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur May 2012 GPA – 7.39/10.0

WORK EXPERIENCE

Reliance Industries Limited (Fortune 500) July’12-July’15 Manager/Process Engineer, Jamnagar

Hands on experience in plant operation - pump, compressor, distillation column, heat exchanger, furnace, reactors, mixers, etc

Worked closely with automation system and controls programing (DCS, PLC, HMI) of Invensys, Foxboro

Reviewed and updated PFD, P&ID, isometrics and standard operating procedures of the process units

Developed engineering calculations for equipment and verification with the existing data sheets

Dynamic process modeling and simulation of process equipment such as pumps, compressors, distillation column, heat exchangers using Aspen

Commissioned process lines, and conducted PHA, PSM, HAZOP and pre startup safety review

Improved reliability by modifying PLC system and eliminating equipment trips

Introduced control strategy changes to improve equipment controls

Certification: Integrated Management Systems by Bureau Veritas (AW/697/T/20) [ISO 9001, ISO 14001, BS OHSAS 18001 standard]

Worked on Six Sigma project by initiating production improvement of product thus increasing profit

Completed a project on alarm rationalization by updating the alarm priorities of the unit on Honeywell safety systems

Managed work force of 200 to plan and execute $1 million plant-shutdown & startup activities, ensuring 100% safety

Part of a team to revamp 3 SRUs to 108% capacity, thus enhancing productivity of the unit

Design of experiment for optimization of product yield by ANOVA statistical test at 95% confidence interval and obtained 89.6% accuracy

Worked with Thermal Energy International Ltd., UK to facilitate GEM steam traps project, saving energy worth $620,000 per year

Improved quality and safety by reducing H2S content in molten sulfur to ultra-low from 50ppm to 10ppm

Improved energy efficiency of quench water pump: Reduction of power consumption by 16% and increasing profit by $150,000 per year

Tata Steel, R & D and Scientific Services, Jamshedpur, India May’11-July’11 Research Intern

Hands on experience with coke oven manufacturing unit and utilities plant

Conducted lab tests to measure properties such as density, viscosity, TDS, etc.

Studied techniques for treating heavy metal in industrial effluent water, specifically by adsorption using nano-particulate goethite

Designed a packed column for pilot plant operation ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

Master’s Thesis, Statistical and phenomenological modeling of static droplet array in microfluidic channel

[In publication review]

Developing microchip designs using AutoCAD and fabrication of positive relief mold on silicon wafer

Molding, baking, etching and bonding of PDMS glass-silicon-glass chip by soft lithography

Study of factors affecting concentration gradient by image analysis in a static droplet arrays

Feature selection using principle component regression technique: PCR

Prediction and optimization of concentration using linear regression, random forest, neural networks and validation with the experiment

Residential Tutor (TTU)

Advising undergraduates for research, academic projects and trouble-shooting procedures for laboratory

Evaluate students to measure skill progression and determine areas of improvement

Recorded and reported student’s progress

Developed learning resources to assist students

Academic Project, Study of thermodynamic equilibrium data and separation technique of acrylic system

VLE/LLE phase equilibrium data for binary systems were collected from NIST and regressed to obtain NRTL parameters using Aspen

Generated Txx and Txy predictions to compare the predicted model with available data – Azeotropes obtained

Ternary surface plots were constructed using OriginLabs software to understand the effects of temperature on phase equilibrium

Residue curves are mapped for ternary systems. NRTL and UNIFAC predictions were compared Academic Project, Design of a 1000 TPA of Zinc production plant

Developed process simulation by evaluating mass and energy balance over the process flow sheet

Designed the parts and dimensions of process equipment and created detailed diagrams

Discussed the key process safety parameters and evaluated the plant cost SOFTWARE SKILLS

C, C++, MS Office, SAP, LIMS, AutoCAD, MATLAB, Minitab, SQL, Aspen, Hysys, AutoCAD, Solidworks, PanelView, Wonderware

STATISTICAL SKILLS

Machine learning, Regression, Random forest, Neural network, Principal component analysis, Conditional inference, Bayesian inference, naïve Bayes decision tree, h2o artificial intelligence (Deep learning), Support vector machine

PUBLICATIONS

Thakkar J., Falor A., Vashishtha M., "Recent Advances in Integrated Microfluidic Reactor " International Conference on Emerging Trends in Engineering and Technology by Biyani International Institute of Engineering and Technology at Jaipur (Rajasthan) / 92 / 2010

AWARDS AND ACHIEVMENTS

Awarded with Michael H Laird End scholarship at Texas Tech for research excellence [2016-17]

Honored with chemical engineering graduate scholarship at Texas Tech for academic distinction [2015-16]

Runners-up for presenting a B-Plan in International Innovation contest of I-Business’12, JECRC, Jaipur

Awarded 1st prize in Brain Wiz in Renaissance’12, national level techno-cultural fest, JECRC, Jaipur LEADERSHIP ROLES

Event coordinator of Indian Student Association (ISA), TTU

General Secretary of ChESS - 2011 (Chemical Engineering Students Society), MNIT Jaipur

Event Head for the event “Chemo-Drive” in Neuron’10, national level technical fest, MNIT Jaipur

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