Chemical Engineering Project

Dhruv Kumar Patel *** Oak Dr, Springfield, KY ****9 US Citizen

859-***-****, ********@**********.***

EDUCATION

Bachelor of Science in Chemistry Graduated May 2016

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering Graduated May 2017

University of Louisville- J.B. Speed School of Engineering Louisville, KY

Career Objective: Seeking to expand industrial expertise and provide knowledge in project and process engineering and controls. Desire to provide engineering training and problem-solving skills by designing, modeling, graphing to optimize new processes to improve costs, efficiency, and process safety. Able to rapidly comprehend requirements and develop outstanding relationships with teammates through tenacity, versatility, and interpersonal skills that are without equal.

SKILLS

Laboratory: Literature Review, Chemically oriented experience that utilizes multiple chemicals and equipments known in research and industry. Developed, contributed and maintained documentation of set-ups, work principles and overall processes by addressing specifications, designs, technical data and reports. Constantly contributed towards advancement in academia and industry by providing knowledge from lab results, lean manufacturing principles, changes in process and analyzing results, characteristic analysis, critical data analysis and complications. Support and participated in improvements by providing clean and solid engineering practices through Mass and Energy balance and transfer, reactor phenomena and principles, thermodynamics, production capacity, exploit possible routes to achieve goal specifications. Provide and support project timelines, budget, safety while not sacrificing quality. Coordinated and handled technical sales from VWR, Sigma Aldrich, Aesar for Chemical Engineering Department

Technology: MS Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Java programming, C++, ChemCad, MathCad, MatLab, Lean SixSigma, VBA, ASPEN, AutoCad

Communications: English, Hindi, Punjabi and Gujarati

TECHNICAL EXPERIENCES

AGC Automotive Process Engineering Co-op April 2016 - August 2016

AGC Automotive Americas, Elizabethtown, KY

Recommended improvements on the production processes to meet the proposed specifications for top innovating automakers (Tesla, Mercedes, Acura, Toyota, GM) for energy efficiency specifications

Tested, modified and help create protocols to automate the production process for flat glass into manufactured bent glass by presenting ideas and changes to the pre lamination manager

Analyzed and collected mechanical and thermodynamically data about constructs of bent glass for pre and post lamination process for least distortions in manufactured glass

Contributed technological ideas and code (VBA, Aspen, AutoCad etc.) for the rapid production of manufactured glass via programming and proposing protocols

Material Modifications INC Fairfax, VA May 2017- September 2017

Performed R&D and scale-up materials processing with relevant companies and government agencies such as the DoD, DoE, and NASA to scale up coating (DoD) and extracting water from waste and contaminated aqueous solutions (NASA)

Prepared technical reports and presentations for submission to program managers under SBIR contracts; work on phase II project for NASA (Disposal bags for crew in spacecraft)

Research Assistant and Teacher Asst. / Conn Center For Renewable Energy May 2015 – May 2017, and Currently

University of Louisville: Chemical Engineering and Conn Center for Renewable Energy, Louisville, KY

Utilized material characterization technologies (e.g. SEM, XRD, EDX, glove box, XPS, TEM, Spectroscopy techniques etc.) to analyze hydrogen evolution and oxygen reduction reaction samples to construct devices and analyze samples

Printed nanoparticles inks for production of light-emitting diodes (LEDs)

Applied electrochemical and renewable engineering knowledge on catalysts and conductive material as well as cost effective analysis to manage the production of HER, and ORR for scale-up process

Reviewed Literature to understand various techniques being implemented in the field to alter and advance sciences of (quantum dot synthesis, Perovskites, HER, ORR cells etc.)

Equipped 3D printing designs for material to be tested for 1D morphology for nano applications and for hydrogen production

Implemented basic and advanced laboratory safety measurements and re-created a lab setting for safer and better research environment according to (OSHA, FDA, etc.)

Assigned task, managed paperwork and records for 3 interns and guided them with expertise in engineering research and project with excellent communication skills

Used silica gels, oxides, and nanomaterial technology in designed system to produce pure water from air moisture, part of x-prize worldwide competition for 3rd world countries use using Energy modulus, modeling and energy and mass transfer as well as balances

Affiliations

Founding Father, Sigma Beta Rho (1st Multi-cultural Fraternity in KY)

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)

American Society of Engineers of Indian Origin (ASEI)

American Institution of Chemical Engineers (AIchE)

Accomplishments

Distinguished Speaker Award – UofL (2016)

Treasurer for Sigma Beta Rho at Univ. of Louisville (2015)

Granted IISE Lean Six Sigma Certification (2016)

Research Grant for Undergraduate Studies (2015)

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