Chemical Engineer and Pharmaceutical Scientist

NANDHINI SRIRAM

*** ******* ***, *** ***, Harrison, NJ 07029

917-***-**** *****@****.***

OBJECTIVE: To obtain a job as a Chemical Engineer in the area of

process design and manufacturing.

CURRENT EXPERIENCE

RICONPHARMA LLC

Aug 2014 - Present

Assistant Scientist

Denville, NJ

. Formulate sterile injectable suspensions of steroids and atypical

antipsychotics.

. Develop analytical methods to determine assay, dissolution profile and

particle size distribution.

. Formulate sterile injectable solutions of controlled drug substances and

maintain appropriate records.

. Author reports for submission to the FDA.

1 PAST EXPERIENCE

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

Spring 2014

Graduate Assistant to Dean of Students

Newark, NJ

. Reported directly to the Dean of Students and worked on integral projects

with Associate Dean of Students, Assistant Dean for Learning Communities &

Assistant Dean for Parents and Veterans.

. Was responsible for resolving student issues, scheduling interviews and

maintaining database of all related matters.

INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

2011 - 2012

Project Assistant, Teaching Assistant

Bangalore and Kudapura, India

. Worked in the Department of Environmental Engineering, Solid State and

Structural Chemistry Unit and Talent Development Centre.

. Presented a poster titled "Drinking water quality of bore wells from

Chitradurga and Bellary Districts".

Qualitative and quantitative analysis of ions in the water samples were

performed using an Auto titrator, Ion-selective electrodes, GC, MS, AAS,

ICP-OES, XRD, and UV spectrometers.

. Set up laboratories from scratch and managed the purchase of glassware,

instruments, chemicals, and supplies.

. Coordinated and trained over 1000 Government-employed high school and pre-

university teachers in Science and Math.

CENTRAL FOOD TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE

Spring 2010

Semester project

Mysore, India

. Worked in the Department of Protein Chemistry and Technology.

. Completed project titled "Physical and chemical methods for the removal

of silica impurities from rice bran".

KARNATAKA ENGINEERING PVT. LTD.

December 2009

Internship

Bangalore, India

. Designed commercial shell and tube heat exchangers of various capacities

for water/oil cooling in power plants.

HIKAL LTD.

Summer 2007

Internship

Bangalore, India

. Analyzed process flow sheets to identify and study the unit operations,

contraptions and conditions for the manufacture of Gabapentin.

EDUCATION

NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

2012 - 2014

M.S. in Chemical Engineering - 3.7/4.0 GPA

Newark, NJ

. Recipient of "Outstanding Graduate Class Award" recognizing my academic

and leadership work on campus.

. Completed Coursework: Applied Mathematics, Nanoparticle Engineering,

Transport Phenomena, Thermodynamics, Chemical Kinetics, Design of Heat

Exchangers, Environmental Analysis, Catalysis, Sustainable Energy

New Jersey Center for Engineered Particulates (NJCEP) - Dr. Ecevit Bilgili

Creation of advanced particulate materials through engineering of particles

is the major research focus of the New Jersey Center for Engineered

Particulates (NJCEP). NJCEP is affiliated with the recently established NSF-

ERC (National Science Foundation - Engineering Research Center), C-SOPS

(Center for Structured Organic Particulate Systems). C-SOPS is a consortium

of four universities, Rutgers (Lead university), Purdue, NJIT and

University of Puerto Rico at Mayaguez, and is focused on improving the way

pharmaceuticals; foods and agricultural products are manufactured. The

following projects focus on increasing bioavailability of poorly soluble

drugs.

. Completed project entitled "Production of stable sub-100 nm particle

suspensions of four BCS Class II drugs via intensified Wet Stirred Media

Milling using Zirconia (Y st.) beads".

. Completed project entitled "Experimental and Micro Hydro Dynamic analysis

of the effect of mill tip speed, bead volumetric concentration and drug

loading on media wear contamination of drug nano-suspensions during Wet

Stirred Media Milling".

. Proficient with operations of Netzsch laboratory circulation mill, Mini-

Glatt bench-top fluidized bed processor, LS 13 320 laser diffraction

particle size analyzer, Delsa Nano Dynamic Light scattering particle

analyzer, Scanning Electron Microscopy, ICP-MS, Rheometer.

VISVESWARAYA TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY

2006 - 2011

B.E. in Chemical Engineering

Bangalore, India

. Completed coursework: Mass, Heat and Momentum Transfer, Design of

Pressure Vessels and Heat Exchangers, Process Control, Transport

Phenomena, Bioprocess Engineering, Petroleum Chemistry and Processing,

Engineering Mathematics, Physical, Analytical, Organic and Polymer

Chemistry.

. Teaching Assistant - conducted workshops on programming in C and C++ for

first-year engineering students.

Additional Information

. Computer Skills: ORIGIN PRO 8.5, MATLAB, PolyMath, SigmaPlot

. Member of Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers

. Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers

. Member of American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists

. Member of Society of Women Engineers-NJIT

. Sanskar, Indian Graduate Student Association at NJIT - President, Spring

2014; Vice President, Fall 2013

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