Chemical Engineering Plant

SUPRABHAT BHAGAVATHULA

ac2ikc@r.postjobfree.com 973-***-**** Dayton NJ 08810 linkedin.com/in/suprabhat-bhagavathula

Recent graduate with 5 years of lab research experience seeking full time employment in industrial R&D and production

EDUCATION

●University of Pennsylvania, Master of Science in Engineering, Nanotechnology, May 2017

Semiconductor Device Physics & Technology Principles of Microfabrication

Fundamental Concepts in Nanotechnology

Fabrication & Characterization of Nano Devices

Programming Languages & Techniques

Engineering Economics & Negotiation

●Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Bachelor of Engineering (Honors), Chemical Engineering, May 2015

Process Dynamics & Control

Material Science & Engineering

Polymer Technology

Process Plant Safety

Principles of Management

Corrosion Engineering

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS

●S. Bhagavathula, S. R. Ramanan, S. K. Kim and J. N. Krishnan*, "Fabrication of Electroless Plated Nano Porous Gold Film for Heavy Metal Ion Detection in Sensor Applications", 2015 TechConnect World Innovation Conference and Expo (NanoTech-2015), Gaylord National Resort and Convention Center, National Harbor, Washington, D. C., U. S. A.

●S. Bhagavathula, J. M. Satchit, S. R. Ramanan and J. N. Krishnan*, "Fabrication and Characterization of Nanoporous Gold Film Electrode", International Conference on New Frontiers in Chemical, Energy and Environmental Engineering (INCEEE-2015), NIT Warangal, India.

●S. K. Dasari, B. D. Kulkarni, S. Bhagavathula, S. Bokade and J. N. Krishnan*, "Fabrication of Complex nanostructures using Electroless plating for Sensor applications", International Conference on Chemical Engineering-Emerging Dimensions and Challenges Ahead (CHEMCON 2014), Chandigarh, India.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

●Research Assistant, Micro and Nano Fluidics Lab, University of Pennsylvania May ‘16 – Jan ‘17

Fabrication and characterization of carbon nanopipettes by carbon vapor deposition and etching

Performed carbon vapor deposition within Quartz and Borosilicate micropipettes followed by etching

Characterized inner carbon nanopipettes with Scanning Electron Microscope to compare individual thickness

Achievements

Plummeted the temperature of deposition from 950 C to 600 C by using Acetylene instead of Methane for CVD

Eliminated the need of catalyst by optimizing Acetylene/Argon gas flow rates and duration of deposition

Significantly increased strength of carbon nanopipettes making them utilizable for cellular diagnostic applications

●Thesis Research Assistant, Chemical Engineering Department, BITS Pilani Aug ‘14 – May ‘15

Fabrication & Electrochemical sensor development of Nano Porous Gold Film for water quality analysis

Electroless plated e-beam deposited copper using Potassium Gold Cyanide to produce Nano Porous Gold Film

Characterized NPGF structurally (X-Ray diffraction), electrochemically (Cyclic Voltammetry), optically (SEM, AFM)

Modified NPGF into a sensor by immobilizing amino acid (L-Cysteine, L-Lysine) self-assembled monolayer

Characterized modified NPGF with CV, SEM and Atomic Force Microscope before and after Cu+2 detection

Achievements

Attained NPGF pore size of 80 nm by zeroing down plating parameters (temperature and electrolyte concentration)

Attained NPGF roughness factor 100x that of Au thin film and 2x 2mm disc electrodes, optimal for nanosensing

Independently catapulted applicative development of NPGF with bottom-up processing and stepwise examination

Successfully established modified NPGF as an electrochemical sensor for detecting trace heavy metal ions in water

●Industrial Intern, Steel Authority of India Limited, Bhilai Steel Plant May ‘13 – Aug ‘13

Analysis of quality control and workflow in India’s primary rail Steel Plant

Mapped entire production of the steel plant comprising of coke ovens, rail steel mills, steel melting shops, a coal

chemicals recovery plant for extracting petrochemicals, and a water treatment plant

SKILLS

●Process/Characterization Photolithography, Soft lithography, Vapor Deposition, Diffractometry, UV Spectroscopy

●Programming/Simulation C, Python, JAVA, ChemCAD, AutoCAD, MATLAB, MS Office applications, ImageJ

●Part Time Experience Information Center Specialist @ U. Pennsylvania, Content Team Head @ TEDx BITS Goa

●Soft Skills Team Management, Customer Relations, Social Media Publicity, Logistics Management

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