Chemical Engineering Process

Shushil Kumar

Rembrandtlaan *** • Enschede • **** ZJ • The Netherlands

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PROFILE

Chemical engineer with more than 3 years of research experience in process

development. One year of experience working in a petroleum refinery. Highly experienced

in design and use of bench scale test equipment, extensive experimentation work and

process simulation and modeling. Looking for a challenging job opportunity in a

Chemical/Process company.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Sept. 2011-Aug. 2015 PhD in Chemical Engineering, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Thesis: Process development for direct liquefaction of biomass to produce bio -crude.

(Funded by Shell)

Proposed and experimentally demonstrated a two-step liquefaction process with

intermediate upgrading (patented).

Developed a new bio-oil fractionation technique (patent pending) and provided a proof

of concept and a techno-economic assessment of the whole liquefaction process with

bio-oil fractionation. Process simulation was done in Aspen HYSYS.

Developed two other process concepts of biomass liquefaction ( patent in preparation)

and provided a proof of concept and a techno-economic assessment. Process simulation

was done in Aspen HYSYS.

Sept. 2009-Aug. 2011 M.Sc. (Cum Laude) in Process Technology, University of Twente, The Netherlands

Grades: 8.6/10

Thesis: Supercritical water gasification of biomass.

Experimentally investigated chemistry of decomposition of alcohols and organic acids

(intermediates of biomass gasification process) and proposed reaction mechanism.

Successfully modeled and validated a reactor for supercritical water gasification of

methanol, using MATLAB.

July 2004-May 2008 B.Tech in Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Guwahati, India

Grades: 8.1/10

Thesis: A planning model for the optimal production of a real world Soda ash plant.

Successfully modeled a plant for production of soda ash from sodium sulfate so lution

and further did a techno-economic assessment of the process considering Indian market

scenario.

WORK EXPERIENCE

May 2011-Aug. 2011 1. Internship, Shell Global Solutions-Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Developed a process concept for liquefaction of biomass, successfully modeled and

simulated it in Aspen PLUS and determined energy demands.

Pinpointed critical points and the scope of major improvements that helped in directing

further research.

June 2008 -June 2009 2. Technical management traineeship, Reliance Industries Ltd. –Jamnagar, India

Audited a part of Flare network of Jamnagar Export Oriented petroleum refinery.

Performed feasibility study to improve performance of Crude distillation unit heater by

evaluating different type of fins in convection section of the heater.

Checked adequacy of Post Treatment Unit fired heater under changed conditions.

Determined Max stretch capacity of Alkylation unit heat integration loop.

Process simulations required in all the above works were done in Aspen PLUS.

May 2007-July 2007 3. Internship, Alkyl Amines Chemicals Ltd. – Mumbai, India

Successfully designed a pump and a heat exchanger to suit increased plant throughput.

Investigated effect of the changed plant conditions on the main distillation column.

Dec. 2006-Jan. 2007 4. Internship, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. – Guwahati, India

Assessed performance of three boilers of the refinery and suggested areas of

improvements.

AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS

Awarded Cum-Laude for master degree.

Finalist of Shell bachelor master prize.

Awarded prestigious “The Shell Centenary Scholarship Fund”, worth ~50k euros, for

funding my master studies at University of Twente.

Top 1% of 0.2 million students appeared for IIT joint entrance exam.

Five peer reviewed journal articles published and two patents filed.

SKILLS

Software: Aspen PLUS (Expert), HYSYS (Expert), HTRI (Intermediate), MATLAB

(Expert), MS Excel (Expert), LaTeX (intermediate)

Analytical techniques: Gel-Permeable Chromatography (GPC), Gas chromatography–mass

spectrometry (GC-MS), Gas chromatography, Fourier transform-infrared spectroscopy (FT -

IR), Elemental analysis, Karl Fischer titration, Viscosity analysis, Micro carbon residue

analysis

Communication: English (Professional working proficiency), Hindi (Native), Dutch

(Limited working proficiency)

People management / Supervision: led three master students and two bachelor students for

their thesis.

OTHER ACTIVITIES

Aug. 2010-Aug. 2011 Board member of the Indian Students’ association Body, at University of Twente,

The Netherlands.

Sep. 2009-Sep. 2011 Volunteered for AADHAAR, a Netherlands based NGO working for the development of

health and academic awareness in rural India.

May 2007-May 2008 Robotics club secretary in students’ Gymkhana council, at Indian Institute of

Technology, Guwahati.

Sep. 2007 Member of organizing team of Techniche, an annual technical festival of IIT Guwahati.

An amateur landscape and nature photographer, and a die-hard sports enthusiast, enjoy

playing Cricket, Lawn tennis, badminton etc.

PERSONAL

Nationality: Indian

DOB: 5th Feb 1986

Marital status: Unmarried

Work permit status: Working till August 2015

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