Process Engineer Chemical Engineering

JAI KANT

Contact: 352-***-**** **** Woodland Park Drive

**********@*****.*** Apt-3302, Houston, TX-77077

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, Graduated-

May 2014

University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA CGPA- 3.6/4

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering Graduated- July 2010

BITS Pilani, Pilani, India CGPA – 7.6/10

PROGRAMMING SKILLS:

• Proficient in C/C++, PYTHON, VBA

• Proficient in MATLAB, ASPEN HYSYS, Minitab, PI, Processbook, FLUENT, MS Excel and other analytical tools

TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Expert knowledge on analytical tools & techniques like Design of Experiments (DOE), Statistical Process Control (SPC)

Root cause analysis, Pareto Analysis

• Knowledge of Computational Fluid Dynamics, Monte Carlo simulations, 6 SIGMA and 5s (Kaizen) tools

• Excellent knowledge of mathematical modeling, simulations, CFD, Finite Element Modelling

INDUSTRY EXPERIENCE

EMPLOYEE- FREEPORT McMoRan Inc., Colorado June, 2014 -

Present

DESIGNATION- Operations Manager

• Heading a team of 10 operators, responsible for Molybdenite production facility

• Technical Guidance to operators to run the mill efficiently and maintain product quality

• Ensuring safe operating conditions, compliance to company policies and procedures

• Leading tail-gate meetings to discuss and implement operations strategy to meet production, safely

DESIGNATION - Process Engineer/Metallurgist

• Developed subject matter expertise in crushing and flotation operations

• Introduced new chemical scheme which helped in increasing quality of concentrate and also reduced the flotation operating

cost by 10%

• Modified flotation circuit by re-piping to reduce the contaminants in final product

• Participated in Grinding circuit audit to optimize power in the SAG and ball mill

• Applied statistical analysis techniques, using Minitab, DOE, SPC, to make data-driven decisions

INTERNSHIP- FREEPORT McMoRan Inc., Arizona May- June, 2013

DESIGNATION - Process Engineer/Metallurgist

• Analysed addition of surfactant to organic to increase extraction efficiency and reduce operating cost

• Simulation of primary and auxiliary mixers and settlers in the solvent extraction process using ANSYS FLUENT

• Developed a mechanism to recycle steel cathodes in the cell house resulting in $300, 000 saving

EMPLOYEE- ExxonMobil Chemicals, India July, 2010- July, 2012

DESIGNATION – Technology Market Research

• Prepare and present Scorecard, Variable Margin and Revenue Management Analysis for Stakeholders

• Global Focal Point of PTAI (Phillips Townsend Associates Inc.) and IISRP data analysis

• Statistical and Pareto Analysis to introduce segment prices in various polymers

• Experience with Blow molding, Injection Molding and Polymer extrusion

EMPLOYEE- University of Florida, Gainesville Aug, 2012- May, 2013

DESIGNATION – Teaching Assistant- Unit Operations Laboratory

• Teaching Responsibility of 120 undergraduates and 75 graduate students

• Expertise:- Distillation, Filtration, Polymer Extrusion, Pumps, Evaporators, Vaporizers

INTERNSHIP- Process Engineer in Prism Cement Limited, India Jan 2010 – July 2010

• Performed audit of equipment like rotary kiln, FLS clinker cooler, crusher, fans, etc.

• Committed process optimization and monitoring i.e. cooler and fan efficiency, false air reduction, secondary & tertiary air

optimization, KPIs, cooler recuperation efficiency optimization and bag filters optimization

• Perform technical evaluations as needed to help ensure the success of equipment installations and modifications, equipment

troubleshooting, and continuous improvement of process cycle time, yield and quality to maximize operational efficiency

• Continuously monitor process KPIs (Thermal and Electrical Energy Efficiency) including flow, temperature etc.

• Perform inspections during major outages of refractory, instrumentation and prepare shutdown reports

RESEARCH PROJECTS

Enhanced Ionic Conductivity of Ceria Based compounds for electrolyte application in SOFCs UF Materials Dept.

• Synthesized phase pure doped ceria powder using co-precipitation technique and fabricated a ceramic body using

microwave sintering. Used XRD and CPS diffractometer to verify cubic fluorite structure

• Different characterization studies were done on samples, high temp. Ionic conductivity using 2 point probe AC Impedance

Spectroscopy, high temp. XRD for crystal structure, SEM for microstructural, TEM for grain boundary study

• Researched different Ionic conductivity and Doping Strategies for Ionic Conductivity Enhancement

MOSFET fabrication and its characterization UF Chem. Dpt.

• Gained hands-on experience on fabrication process and techniques like ion implantation, oxide layer growth, wet and dry

etching, UV lithography pattern transfer, sputtering and PECVD

• Characterized MOS devices using Hall Effect measurement and 4-point probe technique.

• Completed a 2 level full factorial experiment to find best setting for factors using DOE technique

Growing Multi- Domain Graphene using Chemical Vapor Deposition

• Performed hydrogen atom deposition on Metal substrate (Copper) in low vacuum with temperatures around 1000C

• Thin film of graphene was then characterized by SEM and XRD to study uniformity

Computational Fluid dynamics modelling of 2D Driven Cavity flow UF Mech. Dpt.

• Study of consistency, accuracy, stability and convergence of different discretization methods like finite-difference and

finite-volume methods, spectral and spectral-element methods

• Use of staggered grids concept for spatial discretization to solve 2-D Navier Stokes equation

• Developed a code in MATLAB to simulate flow in a driven cavity for different Reynolds numbers and applied different

numerical methods to solve Euler and Navier Stokes equation

Metropolis Monte-Carlo simulation of a 2-D Ising Model & Lennard-Jones Model UF Chem. Dpt.

• Developed a random walk model to simulate the movement of gas molecules in two-phase system

• Developed a code in Python to calculate interaction energy, magnetization and phase transition of a given system

• Performed Monte-Carlo simulations of the internal energy and pressure over a range of densities and temperatures

LEADERSHIP

• Operations Manager of Climax Molybdenum operations Freeport McMoRan

• Teaching Assistant of Heat and Mass Transfer Operations Lab BITS(Aug 09-Dec09)

• SECRETARY of Chemical Engineering Association (300 members) BITS(Aug 09-Aug10)

• Captain of College Hockey Team BITS(Aug08-Aug09)

• Teaching Volunteer for underprivileged students representing ExxonMobil CSR Junior Achievement

• Weekend House building for the underprivileged representing ExxonMobil CSR Habitat for

Humanity

AWARDS & SCHOLASTIC ACHIEVEMENTS:

• Achievement Award and Merit Scholarship recipient UF (12-14) and BITS(06-10)

• Employee of the Year 2010-11 EXXONMOBIL CHEMICALS

• Monali Dey Award (Pioneer Student Award at BITS) Chemical Association BITS 09-10

• R.P Vaid Award (Faculty Award for contribution in department) Chemical Department BITS 08-09

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