PIYUSH RANJAN

**** ***** ***** ******, ***-*, Cookeville, TN 38501; (Phone: 931-***-****); ac57cv@r.postjobfree.com

LinkedIn Profile: https://www.linkedin.com/in/piyush-ranjan-53a03333/ ; DOB: December 1989

Summary: Result oriented chemical engineer with strong communication skills, having sound knowledge of thin film membranes, polymeric molding processes, Bioenergy, waste-water treatment, object oriented computation, process modeling and simulations, project management, proficient in using characterization techniques, understanding of petroleum refining processes, thin films, nanomaterials, project management, statistical data analysis; hands on experience in handling customers and clients directly; ability to make independent decisions and can dissect problems with strong analytical and critical thinking skills; seeking a process engineering or a technical analyst position; flexible to relocate anywhere nationwide; fully flexible to travel for job purposes nationwide

EDUCATION

Tennessee Technological University, TN, USA M.S. Chemical Engineering, 2015 – 2017 (GPA: 3.52 / 4.00)

Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal, India B.E. Chemical Engineering, 2009 – 2013 (CGPA: 7.13 / 10)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Tennessee Technological University, TN, USA September 2017 to Present

Visiting Graduate Researcher

Collected SEM, FIB - surface morphology data of thin film composite membrane’s from Vanderbilt Institute of Nanoscale Science and Engineering (Vanderbilt University) for qualitative and quantitative analysis

Tennessee Technological University, TN, USA August 2015 to August 2017

Graduate Research Assistant (NSF project)

Research title: The role of polyamide morphology in determining contact angle variability

Worked on building reverse osmosis set up for measuring membrane transport properties

Used water contact angle technique supported by scanning electron microscopy and atomic force microscopy to quantify surface morphology of thin film composite polyamide membranes

Used imageJ software for SEM image analysis and Gwyddion software for AFM data analysis of thin film composite polyamide membranes (SW30-HR, hand-cast, XLE)

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of thin film composite polyamide morphologies and finding surface roughness correlations with varying contact angle measurements (developed a method using SEM and AFM with Contact angle technique) which has implications on membrane fouling

NICE Construction, Surat, Gujarat, India October 2013 to September 2014

Chemical Engineer

Process and product designing of heat exchangers, pressure vessels, evaporators

Cost analysis and optimization of equipments, processes and projects; Collecting data for providing best technical support for projects and processes; Negotiated project costs with subsidiary companies

Indian Oil Corporation Limited, Barauni, India June 2011 to July 2011

Vocational Summer Trainee

Submitted a report on corrosion in process equipments of oil refinery, refinery units and processes of the oil refinery; Designed the number of stages of distillation, heat exchangers and equipments

Lakshya Enterprises Pvt. Limited, Vadodara, India June 2013 to July 2013

Industrial training

Submitted a report on the production of diethyl phthalate (DEP, C12H14O4 ) to assist the manufacturing activity, quality control / research and development, environmental concern and safety

Product designing aspect of the utility equipments used such as heat exchangers & evaporators; Cost estimation and analysis of the engineering projects, equipments and processes

UNDERGRAD RESEARCH PROJECTS

Synthesis of Nickel Oxides and its application in pollution abatement January 2013 to May 2013

prepared nickel oxide nano-particles confirmed by SEM, XRD & EDX with palladium based catalysis, supported with activated carbon and studied the effect of transition metal oxides on waste-water treatment

Use of high intensity ultrasound waves for the preparation of Nickel oxide by conventional wet chemical, Sono-chemical and ultrasound assisted wet chemical methods

Used the concept of hot spots by acoustic cavitation for unique interaction between energy and matter along with the palladium based catalysts, hydrogen peroxide, prepared supported metal oxides on activated carbon for waste-water treatment

degradation of dye (Congo red) for textile industry; waste-water treatment by magnetic stirring (silent method), Sono-chemistry with palladium based catalysis- US Patent by my Prof. S. Sivasankaran

Electro-coagulation in waste-water treatment June 2012 to July 2012

Used the electro-coagulating properties of different metals & alloys (mainly Aluminum, steel, copper, iron rods) for the treatment of rice waste water and dyes wastes from textile industries

Optimization of parameters such as current and voltage by using different metals and changing process conditions of temperature and PH

SKILL SETS

Software & Programming languages : ASPEN PLUS, ImageJ, Gwyddion, Dev C++, Power Point, Excel, One Attension (contact angle), C++ (Object oriented computation)

Laboratory techniques: contact angle by sessile droplet method, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), EDX, sputter coating, sonication transducers, atomic force microscopy (AFM), UV spectroscopy, XRD, titrations

Relevant coursework: advanced polymer engineering, water / waste-water engineering, process modeling and simulation, process design and drawing of chemical equipments, heat transfer operations, 6-sigma analysis, engineering economics, advanced kinetics, physical transport

CONFERENCES, POSTER & PUBLICATIONS

Ranjan, P., Pandey, A., Sivasankaran, S., “Novel Ultrasound Assisted Advanced Oxidation Process for Water Pollution Abatement by Using Transition Metal Oxides”, International Journal of Scientific & Engineering Research (IJSER), Volume 4, Issue 10, October-2013, ISSN 2229-5518

“The role of polyamide morphology in determining contact angle variability” (International Congress on Membranes and Membrane Processes (ICOM August 2017, San Francisco, California) & at the Annual Research day, Tennessee Technological University (April 2017,Cookeville, Tennessee)

Technical presentation on "Concepts of Sono-chemistry in the synthesis of Nano particles of transition metal oxides and its application" in the National Level Technical Festival UTSAV ’2013, Shree L R Tiwari College of Engineering (February, 2013, Mumbai, India) – won 2nd prize

Importance of variability in surface morphology of polyamide selective layers on thin-film composite membranes at NAMS oral presentation 2018, Lexington, KY, USA; June 9-13, 2018 (Laura H. Arias Chavez, Stanton B. Hornsby, Piyush Ranjan (third author), Brooks J. Goans and Kiana T. Sealy)

ACADEMIC HONORS

All India Talent Scholarship Award (Certificate of Brilliance), national level, certificate number: BRC4020041044 (awarded in 2005); for excellent performance in the All India Talent Search Examination

Top 5 percentile among 100,000+ examinees in the ENAT exam conducted for Manipal university (2009): National level

Won 2nd prize in TPP category for presenting a technical paper on "Concepts of Sono-chemistry in the synthesis of Nano particles of transition metal oxides and its application" in the National Level Technical Festival UTSAV ‘13 at Shree L R Tiwari College of Engineering (Mumbai, India) on February 15th & 16th, 2013

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