Shawreen Manish Shah

Contact: 716-***-**** *** Heath St., Buffalo, NY-14214 acs7ma@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/shawreenshah EDUCATION

University at Buffalo, The State University of New York GPA: 3.10/4.00 Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, December 2015 Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, Mumbai University, India First Class Bachelor of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, May 2013 SKILLS

Polymer Chemistry, Material Characterization like FTIR, Contact angle goniometer, DSC, Thin film analysis by Filmetrics F20 and SEM, RO, NF, Ultrafiltration (UF), Membrane operations, Equipment Design, Process development.

Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint), ChemCad, KaleidaGraph, Opus for FTIR, MatLab, ChemDraw AutoCad.

Six sigma principles, Technical service, Reporting, Troubleshooting, Performance testing, Analytical tests, Teamwork.

Lab Safety EH&S, Design of Experiments, Quality Management, Statistical thinking and Data analysis, ISO. RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT EXPERIENCE (2 YEARS)

Novel Polymeric Membranes for Water Purification by Reverse Osmosis (Advisor: Dr. Haiqing Lin), Jan’14-Aug’15:

Synthesized polymer films and Composite membranes on microporous supports, established pre-treatment protocol.

Designed and conducted experiments, produced lab-scale samples, engaged in problem solving, maintained lab notebook and presented scientific conclusions as technical reports and presentations in Research symposiums and conference.

Designed and constructed bench scale Permeation and Desalination systems with the aim to determine flux and selectivity, obtained hands-on experience in crossflow filtration and saved about 40% of system cost. Zwitterionic polymers as antifouling materials for membranes applications (Advisor: Dr. Haiqing Lin), July’15-Dec’15

Synthesized free standing polymer films at varying PEGDA:Comonomer ratios and studied material structure-property relationship through water and salt transport performance and carried out evaluation of experimental data.

Conducted physical analysis of samples through FTIR, DSC, Contact angle, density, sorption measurements.

Designed membrane systems for salt permeation, managed troubleshoot activities of the system and increased efficiency. INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE

Research Trainee, Fine Organics R&D Center Private Limited, Navi Mumbai, India, July 2012 – Dec’ 2012 (5 months)

Formulated a bench-scale technique to replace catalyst sulfuric acid with a biocatalyst in the synthesis of butyl acetate.

Studied properties of the chemicals used and developed experiment protocol while working in a dynamic team. Technical Services Intern, Mechemco Industries (Fiber Reinforced Polymers), Mumbai, May 2011- Jan’ 2012 (8 months)

Interacted with customers, studied their custom requirements for vinyl ester resins, gel coatings and unsaturated polyester resins and coordinated with manufacturing engineers in a cGMP environment to deliver best quality products.

Transferred formulations from lab to manufacturing facility, managed distribution network in the western India region, performed CAPA activities in the plant, worked towards increasing sales through identifying new markets. PROJECTS

New Product Development based on Customer Survey and Data Analysis of business organizations, Spring 2014

Studied, proposed and presented a case study on NPD based on customer and franchise surveys for a food chain.

Presented a thorough fish-bone analysis summary, data analysis and measurement for a community bank.

Understood the project management fundamentals of large organizations and learned principles of Quality management Polymer based nanocapsules for Drug Delivery, Fall 2013:

Drafted a Research Plan for synthesis of monomers, synthesis of polymer and studied various polymerization methods.

Gained knowledge about polymeric carriers, niche structures and targeting methods. Manufacture of Butyl acetate by a novel method, Final year project- Bachelor of Engineering:

Designed a plant for producing n-butyl acetate with high conversion through a less known heterogeneous phase reaction.

Scaled up the new process and undertook stoichiometric calculations like material and energy balance, designed reactor and distillation columns, drew layouts of PFD and P&ID and handled process controls, economics. LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE:

Presented a Technical poster on “Thiol-ene based polymer networks for Reverse Osmosis” at North American Membrane Society Conference (NAMS 2015).

Organized WAVE 2012, a major conference which involved topics on clean Water and Energy production.

Treasurer of ‘Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers’ student chapter for the year 2012-2013.