Sales Representative Engineering

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Philadelphia, PA 19128 Cell: (850) 597- 0330

Mansi Thakkar

OBJECTIVE

To obtain a position that is demanding, analytical, and challenging with opportunity for advancement

EDUCATION

Florida State University, School of Engineering Tallahassee, FL

B.S. Chemical Engineering, August 2011 GPA: 3.2

Tallahassee Community College Tallahassee, FL

Associate in Arts, April 2008

TRAINING & SKILLS

General Applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, Visio, Publisher, Outlook

Engineering Applications: SAP, MATLAB, ASPEN, COMSOL, Polymath, AutoCAD

Lab: Formulate products, bench chemistry, conduct experiments with lab scale process equipment (e.g. continuous stirred tank reactors and

absorption column), Utilize design of experiments (DOEs), Write Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Technical lab reports, FTIR (Fourier

Transform Infrared Spectroscopy), SEM (Scanning Electron Microscope)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Chemetall Americas New Providence,

NJ

Associate Chemist June 2013-

Present

Lead customer driven projects from start to finish

Communicate with customer/sales representative to understand product requirements

Analyze customer requests and design a production process to efficiently produce requested product

Determine and order supplies needed as per product profile and production process design

Operate chemical engineering machinery as per designed process to produce requested product

Confirm product specification have been met and send to customer

Write up lab report containing results, procedures, and any possible complications

Perform technical work that involves chemical processes and process equipment

Check inventory and order materials and supplies for entire lab

Extensive experience with various coatings and cleaners

Chemetall Americas New Providence,

NJ

Analyst May 2012-

May 2013

Create standard operating procedures (SOPs)

Review SOPs for accuracy to help start up new specialty chemicals manufacturing facility

Utilize SAP for technical data integration, data review, and data entry of SOPs

Coordinate activities with marketing and manufacturing to anticipate and resolve issues

Formulate various samples as required by customers or for testing and manufacturing

Formulate products in compliance with SOPs to optimize production time and quality

Perform tests in compliance with SOPs, analyze test results, and generate test reports

Support and optimize novel processes as they are transferred from the lab to manufacturing group

Florida State University, Department of Chemical Engineering

Tallahassee, FL

Undergraduate Researcher Sep 2010-Aug

2011

Project: Absorption, Vessel Heat Transfer, Extraction

Designed and conducted laboratory experiments, drafted procedures, wrote technical reports, and gave presentations as a team leader

Analyzed and interpreted data with Microsoft Excel

Project: 100,000 Metric Tons per year Cumens Production Facility Design/100 million Kg Butanol per year Facility Design

Designed a production facility using ASPEN

Optimized process design, performed economic/financial analysis, examined safety and environmental impacts, and gave

presentations

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Kumon Math and Reading Center

Tallahassee, FL

Junior Kumon Instructor/Grader Dec 2007-Dec

2009

Work with children with learning disabilities such as autism to overcome learning challenges

Work with children to help increase attention spans and excel academically

Help children develop stronger math and reading skills

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