Chemical Engineering Quality

Kavindra Singh

***-** *** ******, *******, NY ***35

Email: **********@*****.*** CELL#347-***-****

SUMMARY

Chemical Engineering major with proven research, project management and analytical skills. Creative, articulate, result

oriented team player with strong attention to detail, data analysis and presentation skills. Strong working knowledge of

electrochemistry and material characterization. Highly proficient in Matlab, Aspen, Excel and Word.

EDUCATION

B.E. Chemical Engineering, The City College of New York, June 2015 GPA: 3.3

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

Material Science, Intro. Nanotechnology, Intro. Polymer Science, Senior Design, Process Control

EXPERIENCE

Captain: CCNY’s Chem-E-Car Team Sept/13- present

Led a team of 16 chemical engineering undergraduates to develop a model car powered with a custom designed battery and

controlled by a bleach and food dye reaction.

Won awards for Creative Design, Best Poster Presentation and Placed 3 rd in the regional competition.

Research Assistant: Professor Teresa Bandosz, City College of New York June/12– present

Conducted research in Energy Storage, Fuel Cells, Gas Sensors using Nanoporous Carbons and primarily electrochemical

analysis techniques. Published four articles on these projects, being the lead author in two cases.

Developed proof of concept: nanoporous carbons as ammonia gas sensors. Led team of 3 researchers in developing method

to produce thin film on alumina microchips and experimental protocol for gas sensing, data collection and analysis. Extended

design to include composites with graphene and Metal Organic Frameworks.

Designed experiment to analyze the effect of photo -electrochemical processes on the effectiveness of nanoporous carbons

as fuel cell electrode

Prepared supercapacitor electrodes; collected and presented data on the electrochemical performance of nanoporous

carbons/graphene based supercapacitors.

Research Assistant: Summer/13

The Centre for Research on Adaptive Nanostructures and Nanodevices (CRANN), Trinity College Dublin, Ireland

Trained in functionalizing silicon microchips used to produce for carbon-based thin films, SEM, Lithography

Designed and Built vacuum chamber for gas sensor analysis

Quality Control Technician: Demerara Distillers Limited (DDL), Guyana Sept/07 to Feb/08

Maintained high quality and efficient production standards through quality testing on the production line.

Evaluated the quality of received raw materials and maintained sample reference library.

Prepared Quality Assurance Documentation for ISO audit

Private Tutor: Oct/10 – Jul/12

Tutor high school juniors and seniors on Math, Chemistry and E nglish Language Arts

AWARDS

Winner, AICHE Poster Competition 2014/ Materials Engineering and Sciences

Recipient, Leonard S. Wegman Scholarship

Dean’s List

AFFILIATIONS

Member, Omega Chi Epsilon, American Honor Society for Chemical Engineers, 2014

Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), 2012 – present

Member, National Society for Black Engineers (NSBE), 2012 – present

PUBLICATIONS

Travlou, N.A., Singh, K., Rodríguez-Castellón, E., & Bandosz, T. J. (2014). Cu-BTC MOF / Graphene-based hybrid materials as

low concentration ammonia sensors (up for Peer Review)

Singh, K., Travlou, N. A., Bashkova, S., Rodríguez-Castellón, E., & Bandosz, T. J. (2014). Nanoporous carbons as gas sensors:

Exploring the surface sensitivity. Carbon, 80, 183-192.

Singh, K., Seredych, M., Rodriguez Castellon, E., & Bandosz, T. J. (2014). Effect of Visible Light Exposure and Electrolyte O xygen

Content on the Capacitance of Sulfur Doped Carbon. ChemElectroChem, 1(3), 565 -572.

Seredych, M., Singh, K., & Bandosz, T. J. (2014). Insight into the Capacitive Performance of Sulfur Doped Nanoporous Carbons

Modified by Addition of Graphene Phase. Electroanalysis, 26(1), 109 -120.

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