Project Process

Shafiqur Rahman Ansari

**** *. ********* ***., *******, IL-60616, 773-***-****,

*********@*****.***

Ambitious Chemical Engineer who combines his solid core mathematical

background with strong engineering skills to deliver quality product.

Comfortable with adapting to new platforms/environment and utilizing skills

and experience in MATLAB, MAPLE, Aspen-HYSYS & MS VISIO to provide robust

work integrated with complete honesty and sincerity. Excellent team player

with to-do attitude, quick learner, self-motivated and possesses good

interpersonal skills.

ACADEMICS:

Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology,

Chicago, IL May 2013

Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Osmania University, Hyd,

India

July

2010

MAJOR COURSES:

Chemical & Process: Transport Phenomenon, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reaction

Engineering, Applied Mathematics, Interfacial & Colloidal Phenomenon,

Process Dynamics & Control, Statistical Quality & Process Control.

Management: Process Design & Economics, Entrepreneurship and Intellectual

Property Management, Environment Energy & Economics.

TECHNICAL & COMPUTING SKILLS:

Programming, Problem Solving & Design: MATLAB, C, C++, MAPLE, Minitab,

ChemCAD, Microsoft Visio,

Data Management / Documentation: Excel, Access, PowerPoint, MS Project,

LaTex, Word.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Assistant, Illinois Smart Grid Regional Innovation Cluster

(ISGRIC) - IIT October 2012- May 2013

. Assisting in designs activities associated with the development of

green and sustainable project management strategies.

. Connecting small businesses with new ideas, technological development

and financing opportunities.

. Providing technical as well as business support including Market

research, analysis, and documentation in the clean energy.

. Worked with startup Companies Comfort3.0 and Translumen Technologies

as a student worker and gain valuable experience.

> Acknowledge for the work on calculating the thermodynamics of homes

and create a relationship between time and temperature.

> Calculated the Average thermostat setting of US Homes and then

creating a database on Microsoft access differentiating on the

basis of housing type, construction year, region, climate etc.

> Presented a complete report on monitoring of bioreactor with use of

STEGC technology and worked on grant proposal writing.

Graduate Research Project, Dept. of Chemical & Biological Engineering

(ChBE) - IIT July 2012- Dec 2013

. Modeled the swelling/shrinking of stimuli-responsive pH and thermo-

sensitive gels upon change in surrounding conditions.

. Solved coupled equations of force balance and solvent diffusion in a

polymer network using MATLAB

. Analyzed dependence of amount of drug released based on duration of

phase change and other factors affecting overall dynamic transition.

Summer Intern, Calyx Pharmaceuticals Ltd., Mumbai.

Summer 2009

. Researched on Design and selection of unit operation for

pharmaceuticals intermediate.

. Implement effective procedures to monitor processes, ensure their

operations remain within control and escalate the issue to project

manager.

. Modified the Process flow diagram (PFD) using MS Visio.

. Provided the economic analysis of the whole process and recommended

changes to reduce the cost.

. Assisted on Scale up of plant design from pilot plant to commercial

plant.

. Evaluated yield, material and energy balance for the process.

. Performed purity test using thin layer chromatography (TLC) for the

desired product.

PROJECTS:

Business & Entrepreneurship Project,

Spring 2012

. Came up with innovative idea of using artificial intelligence in

parking system to reduce car thefts.

. Performed economic analysis and estimated the startup cost, calculated

the income statement, cash flow and the year-end balance sheet using

MS excel spreadsheet.

. Applied economic analysis, risk analysis and came up with a prototype

to explain the feasibility of the project.

. Gave several presentations on the detail working of proposed business

idea

Design Project, Manufacturing of Silicon Carbide

Fall 2010

. Researched and revised the selection of process with regard to

particle size, particle growth and cost.

. Engineered the process design and develop process flow diagram (PFD)

using Microsoft Visio.

. Evaluated material and energy balance for plant capacity of 782 tons

per year.

. Applied material and energy balance and heat and mass transfer

concepts to design all the equipment's in the process.

. Evaluated the drying time by various experiments and gave the detail

design for tray drier.

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