Anosh Mevawalla Contact Information

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Summary of Skills:

Process/Research Engineer with an expansive skill set and experience in Process Production, Development, Optimization, Design and Research in Industry

Knowledgeable in the Design and Development of PFD’s, P&ID’s, PLC’s, SOP’s and Data Sheets for process plants and equipment

Expert in Statistical Analysis, Electrochemistry, Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Analysis, Industrial Waste Water Treatment, Interfacial Phenomenon, Rheology and Colloidal Chemistry, Polymer Science & Material Science

Totally open and willing to relocate if necessary with Full Class Drivers License

Working in Research and Development for the past 3.5 years

Committed to going above and beyond what is required

Dedicated to continuous improvement and learning, currently learning C++

Expert in Stress & Tensor Analysis (Finding principal stresses and Fracture planes)

Well-developed team leading and communication skills while being self-motivated and able to achieve goals and make progress independently

WHMIS Trained

Proficient in Process Design, Modeling and Simulation utilizing: MS Office

Excel

MATLAB

Simulink

SolidWorks

AutoCAD

ANSYS

Statistica

Maple

MathCAD

HYSYS

Aspen Plus

HTML

BASIC

Work Experience:

Eligible and working towards a P.Eng with 4 Years work experience in the positions below:

Process Engineer at Renmatix (previously known as Sriya Innovations) Refinery, USA (Jan 2010 – Jun 2010) Gained Practical Experience in Slurry Flow, Pumping, Swagelock Fittings, Lignocellulosic Refining, SOPs, PFDs and P&IDs

Delivered Results

o Decreased moisture content of slurry feed ensuring faster processing and minimal energy waste in system o Designed Standard operating procedure for separating equipment saving company substantial amount of money

o Performed HAZOP analysis on new procedures recommending additional safeguards which ensured they could be implemented successfully

o Inspected pumps and check valves ensuring they were operated to code o Designed and conducted experiments on bench-scale reactor to determine root cause of pilot-plant problems which resulted in a significant breakthrough in refining o Performed open-loop process control analysis to determine the transfer functions of factory processes

Lead Research Engineer on Pipeline Drag-Reduction R&D project for University of Waterloo, Canada (Jan 2011 – Dec 2013 )

Conducted, Designed and Lead Research in Laboratory at Bench and Pilot Plant Scales in team of Professor Rajinder Pal, Post Doctorate Ali Mohsenipor and 3 Junior Engineers. Applied Statistical Theory and Design of Experiments and Developed Knowledge in Fluid Flow, Rheology and Colloidal Interactions. Thesis Report on Achieving Drag Reduction Through Polymer-Surfactant Interaction Delivered Results

o Inspected and maintained pipeline

o Utilized finite element analysis on pipeline to determine strain history o Prepared over 300 pages of Technical Reports and Proposals o Used experimental & numerical methods to determine common sources of crack initiation o Implemented Computational Fluid Dynamic (CFD) techniques(Transient Analysis of Navier Stokes differential Equations) to determine the effect of ppm concentrations of polymer and surfactant in all three logarithmic layers of pipeline flow

o Utilized statistical analysis to determine polymer and surfactant concentrations to achieve upto 90% drag reduction

o Maintained system for 2 years without any units breaking down or needing to be replaced o Optimized unit operations cutting down on start-up time from 1 hour to 20 minutes o 100% of technical reports delivered on time with no revisions required o Calibrated flow loop (pressures transducers and flowmeter) ensuring validity of measurements to publishable standard

o Used statistical methods (Hypothesis testing, Linear & Non-Linear Regression, Model Evaluation, Residual Plots, Normal probability plots, Fractional Factorial Experiments and Response-Surface Methods) to determine at what concentrations Amphosol/Polyethylene oxide/ Polyacrylamide mixtures interactions were strongest and its affect on drag reduction

Process Engineering Internship at Chevron (Senior Design Project), USA (Jan 2009 – June 2009) Designed biodiesel refinery for lignocellulosic, corn based and algae based biofeeds Delivered Results

o Utilized Industrial Waste Water Treatment techniques (dragout reduction, waste minimization in reactors, precipitation reaction chemistry, flocculation, coagulation, ion exchange column design, design of membrane separation circuits) to minimize waste saving company over 100,000 $/yr o Simulated chemical reactor kinetics in Matlab while varying operator parameters cutting down on side reactions and increasing product yield

o Performed Sensitivity Analysis in Aspen Plus to determine the feed stage that maximized product output and purity

o Utilized linear and non-linear optimization to increase plant efficiency from 67% to 84% o Utilized HYSYS to simulate an original Algae based refining process involving converting triacylglycerides to ethanol

o Presentation of results to entire engineering department with corporate economic analysis to find project profitability

o Optimized user defined profit function in Aspen Plus ensuring optimum pressure and temperature of Operating Units

o Utilized Ziegler-Nichols and Direct Synthesis Method to solve for PID controller Settings in Simulink subsequently decreasing the process rise time, settling time and maximum overshoot o Created 3-D model of CSTR Reactor from Initial to Steady State by solving system of differential equations in Matlab which displayed percent conversion, yield and purity in x,y,z and t dimensions o Developed novel separation process to prevent phospholipids from poisoning reactor catalyst

Research Intern at Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (August 2008 – December 2008) Created a 3D Simulation using Matlab of a Li-Ion battery short circuiting due to impurities in a Team of 3 junior engineers

Delivered Results

o Solved system of ordinary differential equations involving Mass Transfer, Heat Transfer and reaction Kinetics in 3 dimensions and time

o Created Transient Temperature scalar field for entire battery created allowing user to ascertain important information such as highest temperature reached, location of max temperature, time of occurrence etc. o Awarded class prize for most comprehensive code

Research Project at University of Waterloo, Canada (Jan 2011 – April 2011) Research and Development Project on Microbial Fuel Cells innovating on the novel technology and scaling up to large scale

Delivered Results

o Innovated and validated original techniques to prevent Overpotential/Activation loss, Ohmic loss and mass transport loss

o Determined Optimum Current Density (Resistance Effects) for Algae culture growth o Evaluated the efficacy of various Polymer Exchange membrane materials and mediator-less MFCs o Determined the factors causing deviance of the Observed cell potential from the Maximum Theoretical Electromotive Force (Membrane, Electrode, Polymer coated cathode, Cathode oxidizing agent, Temperature and Algae culture selection)

o Quantized Coulombic Efficiency of the System

Education:

M.A.Sc. Chemical Engineering 08/2013

University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Graduated with High Honors

B.S. Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering 12/2009 Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, United States Graduated with High Honors

Languages:

English

(Native)

French

(Fluent)

Hindi

(Basic)

Arabic

(Basic)

Activities & Awards:

• Graduated with High Honors Designation Twice

• Dean’s List

• National Society of Collegiate Scholars Invitee

• Society of Petroleum Engineers Applicant

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