Chemical Engineering Engineer

APURVA KHAMPARIA

Email: ********@***.*** Cell: 213-***-**** 1226 W Adams Blvd, Los Angeles, CA, USA EDUCATION

University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA

MS, Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.52 (Aug. 2016 - May 2018) National Institute of Technology Raipur, India

Bachelor of Technology (B. Tech), Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.60 (Aug. 2011 – May 2015) SUMMARY

A highly conscientious, dedicated, performance oriented six-sigma certified chemical engineer with diverse experience in the Process Engineering, Quality Management and Research & Development. Worked extensively in various methodologies of Process improvement, Product Development and Quality Control using 5S, Kaizen principles, Lean Methodologies, Risk Analysis- FMEAs. Proficient in problem solving, troubleshooting, maintenance and team management. Worked on installation and maintenance of instruments like HPLC, ICP-MS, Centrifugal Pump, Distillation Column, LLE documenting Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) & Safety Datasheets (SDS), researching technical issues and determining process deliverables such as heat & material balance

(H&MB) calculations, process flow sheets (PFDs & P&IDs). Strong understanding of Process Safety & environmental regulations including OSHA and EPA. Solid experience working with tools like Microsoft Project, R and AutoCAD. Excellent interpersonal skills with an experience of working under pressure with diverse groups and individuals, and capable of multitasking independently. SKILLS & COMPETENCES

Chemical Processing: Plant Operation, Distillation, Shell and Tube heat exchanger, Boiler, cooling tower, reactors. Data analysis, design and Simulation: Microsoft Project, Ansys, R, AutoCAD, MATLAB, C++, Solidworks. Characterization techniques: X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy. Analysis techniques: High Performance Liquid Chromatography, Gas Chromatography, Ion Chromatography. CERTIFICATION

Management and Strategy Institute Licence No: 15026078 Six Sigma Green Belt Certified (SSGBC)TM

WORK EXPERIENCE

Laboratory Engineer (April 2017 – May 2018)

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Southern California Los Angeles, California

• Operation, troubleshooting, maintenance of the instructional pilot plant to optimize and reduce operating cost.

• Equipment handled are distillation column, heat exchangers, boiler, reboiler, absorption column, etc.

• Successfully installed and performed IQ/OQ/PQ on new instruments including HPLC, two-stage Centrifugal Pump, Potentiostat.

• Integrated Gas Chromatograph and Ion Chromatograph for analyzing solutions in Distillation and Liquid-Liquid extraction pilot plant to get better accuracy than titration.

• Applied knowledge of cGMP and GLP while performing the daily tasks.

• Assembled pilot plant and equipment, performed root cause analysis and solved issues for the equipment.

• Successfully documented the Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) for HPLC, GC, Versastat3 Potentiostat, Centrifugal Pump.

• Studied Safety Data Sheets (SDS) of various chemicals to maintain proper safety standards in laboratories to comply with EH&S regulations, policies, procedures, and guidelines. Identifies and controls Manufacturing process defects

• Managed Inventory and fulfilled material and chemical requisition for continuous operation of laboratory. Process Engineer (July 2015 – June 2016)

Jindal Stainless Limited Jajpur, India

• Performed duties of Shift In-charge in Battery Section of Coke Oven and Byproduct with focus on increasing target and improving efficiency and decreasing number of breakdowns.

• Implemented and executed 5S, Lean manufacturing and Kaizen principles into production processes for problem solving strategies.

• Skilled in PLANT OPERATION to achieve and maintain optimum production and continuous improvement.

• Emphasis on safety, process design and production improvement with technical feasibility and cost control.

• Improved the process by carefully studying PFDs, P&IDs, Human Machine Interface (HMI) and Programmable Logic Controls(PLCs).

• Operating Plant from CCR (Central Control Room) based on DCS (Distributed Control System).

• Examined and optimized heat regime of battery and increased heat transfer efficiency by 6.4% which considerably increased the net production by 9.2%.

• Strong understanding of PROCESS SAFETY & environmental regulations including OSHA and EPA.

• Planning for raw material, optimum utilization of man, material & machines.

• Assisting in the production activities from raw material to final inspection.

• Adhering to the process standards and monitoring the quality planning.

• Expertise include, process deliverables such as heat & material balance (H&MB) calculations, process flow sheets (PFDs & P&IDs), process design basis, relief valve sizing and developing process datasheets.

• Acquainted with process and plant activities of various other sections of a steel plant- water treatment plant, power plant, power distribution section, ferro-alloy plant, hot strip mill and cold strip mill. Process Engineering Intern (April 2014 - August 2014) LafargeHolcim (previously Lafarge India Pvt. Ltd.) Bilaspur, India

• Main function includes Process Control and Optimization of Process Parameters i.e. Pressure, Temperature, Volume, Draft, Current of drives by conducting Flow Measurement, Grinding Media charging, Chamber sampling, Drop test etc.

• Working knowledge of software like SAP and TIS.

• Trained on Safety in Operation, Quality, Process systems to enhance the productivity & smooth operation of kiln and mills with consistent quality in every stages of production.

• Trained on equipment reliability to ensure greater O.E.E (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) by timely & effective preventive maintenance.

• Analyzed the cement production process- raw material preparation, crushing, raw material grinding(comminution) and homogenization, pyro-processing to finish milling and studied fuel efficiency, electrical efficiency and production rate.

• Worked with cement quality testing equipment like X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), Vicat apparatus, Impact testing machine, Rockwell hardness testing apparatus, Le Chatelier test apparatus, etc.

• Process design involving Energy and Mass balances, Pump selection and Heat transfer equipment selection.

• Chemical Analysis of Raw Materials, Intermediate & Finished Products by Complexometric Methods and Gravimetric Methods.

• Understood how to handle customer complaints.

Research Intern (April 2013 - August 2013)

Defense Research and Development Organization Kanpur, India

• Developed a new eco-friendly defense anti-freeze coolant (dafc-30) with freezing point at -450C.

• Researched various factors governing antifreeze coolant properties such as corrosion study, boiling point, freezing point, kinematic viscosity.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Project Management – Team Project (Jan. 2018 – April 2018)

• Envisioned a business project and used the tools and techniques learned to build a business model.

• The business model was developed using the Microsoft Project software.

• The model consists of Project charter, Work Breakdown Structure(WBS), Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS).

• It also consisted of RACI, CPM Network diagram, S-curve & Resource curves and graphs. Quality Management – Team Quality System Project (Aug. 2017 – Dec. 2017)

• Envisioned a small business and designed & developed a specified product (paper helicopter).

• Created a successful quality system for the business and a wrote the ISO 9001-2008 quality manual for the same.

• The quality system comprised of Business plan, Assembly instructions, Drawing and BOM, Validation test, Manufacturing plan, FMEAs, PFMEAs, QFD, Design review.

Size Exclusion Chromatography using HPLC (June 2017 – Oct.2017)

• Operated Thermo-scientific HPLC instrument (Thermo Scientific Dionex UltiMate 3000 Series).

• Determined the molecular weight distribution (MWD) of polyethylene-oxide (PEO) with high performance Gel Permeation Chromatography (GPC).

• Understood the principles of MWD characterization with GPC.

• Documented the SOP (Standard Operating Procedures) for using HPLC for the future research purpose. Data Analytics and Monitoring of the Tennessee Eastman Process (Jan. 2017 – May 2017)

• Built a PCA model based on the normal case data and establish T2 and Q control limits for Quality Data and Process Data. Used the fault detection control limits to perform fault detection on the cases with potential disturbances and calculated the false alarm rates and missed detection rates.

• Used the principle of SPC (statistical process control) to detect and predict faults occurring in the process and used principles of SQC (statistical quality control) to control the process quality.

• Developed Process Monitoring Systems by identifying critical process steps applying methods to reduce process variation in order to reduce/eliminate the cause of defects.

Removal of Arsenic from Water using adsorbent and analysis by ICP-MS. (Feb. 2014) LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

President (Aug. 2014 – May. 2015)

CHEANIT – Chemical Engineering Association of NIT Raipur. Raipur, India

• Led a team of 40 coordinators and volunteers, to successfully organise the national level technical symposium which saw a 40% increase in attendance and participation. VOLUNTARY ACTIVITY

Help Student India, Non-Governmental Organization, India.

(March 2016 - May 2016) Bhilai, India.

• Taught and motivated students from weaker financial background in rural areas.

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