PERSONAL STATEMENT
Versatile Chemical-Process Engineer with excellent technical, analytical and communication skills demonstrated by current one-year training of Masters’ and perpetual strive to learn & deliver by adapting and implementing new concepts and technologies. ACADEMIC BACKGROUND
M. tech Chemical Engineering University of Petroleum & Energy Studies 2016 – 2018
• Scored CGPA- 8.5/10.
• Live member of IIChE.
• Participated in CHEMCON-2016 and presented a paper on ‘Application of Bio filter for the removal of Volatile Organic Compounds- A review of Process, Microbes, Reactors, Packing Materials, Kinetics and Process Variables’.
• Worked on CFD Fluent ‘Ansys software’ so as to simulate and model a ‘Heat Exchanger’
• Got a publication in ‘International Journal of Mechanical Sciences’ for topic
“Mixed Convection in a two- sided lid-driven cavity containing heated triangular block for non- Newtonian power-law fluids”.
B. tech Chemical Engineering Shaheed Bhagat Singh State Technical Campus 2010 – 2014
• Scored 75% and was among three toppers.
• Actively participated in CHEMCON-2014 & presented a paper on ‘Purification of water using carbon doped Photocatalyst’ on small scale.
• An active member of MATLAB Club in university.
• Got selected for internship at CSIR- Indian Institute of Petroleum, Dehradun. EXPERIENCE
Job Title- Societal Research Fellow
2015 – 2016
Roles and Responsibilities:
• Utilization of C4 refinery stream to produce high value Chemicals. Basically, development of efficient catalyst for the dimerization of isobutylene to di- isobutylene
• Benchmarking of different catalysts based on their selectivity, yield and re- generation activity.
• Flow charting of the whole process.
• Worked on P & ID for understanding the whole industrial project; basic outlines were:
1. Instrumentation and designations
MANVI
MANCHANDA
45, Kucha Barkat Ram
FerozepurCity
Punjab-152002
***************@*****.***
2. Mechanical equipment with names and numbers
3. All valves and their identifications
4. Process piping, sizes, and identification
5. Vents, drains, special fittings, sampling lines 6. Permanent start-up and flush lines
7. Flow directions
• Exploration of alternatives to MTBE (methyl-tert-butyl ether) for petroleum additives.
• Modelling of the whole process using ANSYS software.
• Published work under RSC advances on topic- “Polymer impregnated sulfonated carbon composite solid acid catalyst for alkylation of phenol with methyl-tert- butyl ether”.
ACADEMIC/ EXTRA CURRICULAR ACHIEVEMENTS
Scholastic Achievements
• Selected for Oral Presentation in the “International conference on Green Nanotechnology and computational Fluid Dynamics (GCFD- 2018), UK.
• Selected for presenting in 2nd International Conference on Catalysis and Chemical Engineering (CCE-2018) Paris, France.
• Got fellowship under DST, Delhi (Department of Science & Technology) for SoRF
(Societal Research Fellow) for a year.
Extra- Curricular Activities
• Have been the ‘Organizing head’ for social activities like ‘Blood Donation Camp’
• Active participant in ‘FUKULAAS’ (SBS Fest-2010) COMPUTER SKILLS
• Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
• Languages : C, C++ basics
• Softwares Known : ASPEN, ASPEN Hysys, ANSYS CFD Fluent STRENGTHS
• Eager to learn from anyone irrespective of hierarchy
• Good Listener
• Quick learner and persistent
• Adaptable and confident
PERSONAL DETAILS
• Date of Birth : 12-05-1992
• Gender : Female
• Mobility : Ready to re-locate in India & overseas I declare that details above are correct and true to the best of my knowledge. Manvi Manchanda