Rajat Zope
Senior Postgraduate
Department of Chemical Engineering
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Education
Degree Institution CPI/% Year
M.Tech IIT Gandhinagar 8.13 2018-Present
B.Tech UICT, NMU, Jalgaon 8.38 2014-2018
Class XII K.N. Vidyalaya & Jr. College, Bhusawal 85.85 2013-2014 Class X M.G. Vidyalaya, Varangaon 91.09 2011-2012
Certificate Course
● UGC sponsored Certificate Course of Industrial Safety and Management, Department of Environment and Earth Sciences, North Maharashtra University, Jalgaon. [Dec 2016-May 2017] o Learned the importance of safety in Industrial viewpoint and how to manage it. o Trained about safety symbols and handling of emergency situations. o Presented a seminar report on “Safety Audits - needs, conduct and implementation”. Internship
● Research Internship, Molecular Dynamics Lab, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay Advisor: Dr. Jyoti Seth, Assistant Professor, IIT Bombay [Dec 2017-Jun 2018] o Learned to model mathematical expressions for physical phenomena. o Performed modeling and simulation for the determination of contact parameters and deformation forces for ellipsoidal particles.
Projects
● Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, M.Tech Thesis Project Advisor: Dr. Pratyush Dayal, Assistant Professor, IITGn [Dec 2018-Present] o Developed Matlab codes for Lattice Boltzmann Simulations of sound propagation in cellular solids. o Improved the effectiveness of passive noise cancellation in cellular solids by tuning their morphology. Position of responsibility
● Teaching Assistant for Advanced Transport Phenomena (Aug 2019 - present) and Chemical Reaction Engineering course (Aug 2018 - Dec 2018).
● Teaching Assistant for Heat and Mass Transfer Lab (Jan 2019 - April 2019). Achievements
● Qualified GATE 2018 exam in Chemical Engineering Discipline. [Feb 2018]
● Awarded 4-year scholarship for qualifying in the National Mean-cum-Merit Scholarship examination.
[2009-2010]
Skill Summary
● Languages: C, C++, Python(beginner)
● Tools: Matlab, Mathematica, Latex, MS office
● Fluent in: English, Hindi, Marathi
● Hobbies: Playing Chess, Badminton
Extra-Curricular Activities
● Participated in “Student Outreach program and World Expo 2017” held at NESCO, Goregaon, Mumbai on 15-16 Feb 2017.
● Submitted a solution to the “Identification of new areas for use of plastics - how to bring about a sectoral shift in usage” in “Smart India Hackathon 2017” organized by the government of India.
● Leading Organizer of college-level events and worked as volunteers in managing National Level Conference RACE-2017.