SRAVANTHI DURGANALA

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West Lafayette IN 47905. Cell: 937-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Looking for a position in a chemical company that takes advantage of my extensive research and industrial experience and

Engineering degree to develop quality products adding value to the company.

Summary

• Research professional with a Masters’ in chemical engineering and 2.5years of industrial experience.

• Industrial product development experience with excellent laboratory skills.

• Working knowledge of data collection, analysis, evaluation and scientific methods.

• Expertise in developing process scale up procedures for chemical production.

• Hands on experience in planning and executing complex synthesis routes for new product development.

• Expert in Microsoft tools (Office, Excel, Power point and Outlook).

WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Chemist at Chemtura Corporation., West Lafayette, IN (Sept 2011 - present)

• Designing and executing new synthetic routes for environment friendly brominated flame retardants.

• Developing and implementing process improvements to optimize production processes and provide technical support.

• Modification of existing flame retardants to meet customer requirements.

• Optimizing the chemical processes and scaling up the new processes to pilot.

• Reports on project status to management.

• Keeping abreast of technical developments in the flame retardants arena.

• Offer suggestions for improvements in laboratory procedures, follows general lab practices and rules to maintain a safe and

productive environment.

• Comply with all safety regulations and ISO quality and environmental standards. Make recommendations towards the

improvement of safety and environmental concerns.

Research work at University of Dayton Research Institute., Dayton, OH

Synthesis of non-halogenated flame retardants for polyurethane foams (Dec 2009 - Sept 2011)

• Designed and executed research plans for new practical flame retardant chemistries for polyurethane foams.

• Successfully synthesized phosphorous and boron based reactive polyols and additive flame retardants.

• Characterized the compounds by using Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR), PCFC, DSC and Cone Calorimeter.

• Systematically documented the results and achievements.

• Supervised undergraduate students.

Quantum dots based large area flexible polymeric films for photovoltaic applications (Aug 2009 - Nov 2009)

• Investigated synthetic routes for capping quantum dots with bio-compatible polymers.

• Selected precursors, reaction time, surface capping, and temperature as they play important role in size and distribution of

QDs in polymer matrix.

• Synthesized CdS and CdSe nanoparticles in confined matrix of Polyurethane (PU) Polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)

Polydimethoxysilane (PDMS).

Preparation of Sol-Gel polymer for sensor application (Apr 2009 - July 2009)

• Synthesized sol-gel polymer by using molecular imprinting technique using acid as a catalyst.

• Template molecules like nicotine were placed in pre-polymer precursors (polystyrene or acrylates) and polymerized around

the template.

Insulation of electrical cables by using polyimide films (Dec 2008 - Mar 2009)

• Improve thermal resistance, corrosion resistance, flexibility and strength of nickel coated copper wires and Teflon wires by

coating with polyimide solution.

• Solvent was selected to make polyimide solution to achieve the desired properties.

• The solution has been coated onto the wires and tested in the laboratory.

• Then the solution has been scaled up for pilot plant applications and the properties inspected again.

Research work at Osmania University, India (Jan 2007- Mar 2008)

Effect of conduction on freezing in cylindrical containers

• Studied the effect of conduction on freezing in cylindrical containers of varying diameters using samples of

1. n-Octadecane 2. Paraffin wax.

• Developed a relation between freezing time and temperature.

PUBLICATIONS

• “Synthesis and Flame Retardant testing of new Boronated and Phosphonated Aromatic Compounds" Benin, V., Durganala,

S., Morgan, A. B. – J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 1180-1190.

• “Structure, Theoretical Studies, and Coupling Reactions of Some New Cyclic Boronic Esters” Benin, V., Durganala, S.,

Fratini, A., Morgan, Alexander B.- Heteroatom Chemistry, 2013, 361-371.

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

• Paper entitled “Small scale flammability testing of phosphonate and boronate + polyurethane blends ”, at 243rd ACS

National Meeting and Exposition 2012, San Diego, USA.

• Paper entitled “Synthesis of new boronated and phosphonated aromatic flame retardants”, at 243rd ACS National Meeting

and Exposition 2012, San Diego, USA.

• Paper entitled “Reactive Fire Retardants for Polyurethane: Current Technology and New Directions”, in Fire and Materials

2011, 12th International Conference and Exhibition in San Francisco, USA.

• Paper entitled “Molecular Imprinting Techniques in Sol-gel Polymers for Enhanced Selectivity of Sensor and Membrane

Materials” at 5th Annual Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium 2009.

• Paper entitled “Quantum dots based large area flexible polymeric films for photovoltaic applications” at 5th Annual

Dayton Engineering Sciences Symposium 2009.

• Paper entitled “Freezing characteristics of Phase Change Materials in cylinders” was accepted for oral presentation in

Solar-2008 (American Solar Energy Society) held at Florida, U.S.A.

• Presented a paper titled “Self Healing of Polymeric Compounds” at ChemCon 2007, held at Kolkata, India.

POSTERS

• Poster entitled “Quantum dots based large area flexible polymeric films for photovoltaic applications” at Ohio

Innovation Summit.

• Poster entitled “Aromatic Boronic Acids as Flame retardants for Polyurethane foams: Design and Synthesis” at

American Chemical Society Annual Poster session 2011, held at University of Dayton, Dayton, OH.

EDUCATION

Degree Major College/University GPA

Masters’ Chemical engineering University of Dayton, OH (Aug 2008 - August 2011) 3.58/4.0

Bachelors’ Chemical engineering Osmania University, India (Aug 2004 - May 2008) 3.7/4.0

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