Engineer Chemical Engineering

PRASANA

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Norman, OK 73071 Mobile Phone: 203-***-****

SUMMARY

* Knowledge in reading and developing P&ID and PFD

* Proficient with Aspen Plus, SQL, HYSYS, Unisim, CHEMCAD, COMSOL, FLUENT, SAP, AUTOCAD, MS Office and Excel VBA

* Knowledge of Experion PKS (Honeywell’s Distributed Control System (DCS))

* Experience working in the Automations Group in downstream oil industry

* Practical experience with troubleshooting, process validation, and equipment qualification

* Experience in the product development group of regulated medical device industry

* Experience in a cGMP regulated pharmaceutical process industry

* Conducted research on design, process modeling, and simulation of bioreactors

* Delivered numerous technical presentations at national and international conferences

EDUCATION

Master of Science in Project Management Expected: Aug 2016

Harrisburg University of Science & Technology

Master of Science (Thesis) in Chemical Engineering May 2012

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma GPA:3.6/4.0

Thesis title: Design of an Axial Flow Bioreactor for Tissue Regeneration

Bachelor of Engineering (Hons.) in Chemical Engineering June 2009

Master of Science (Hons.) in Chemistry

Birla Institute of Technology and Science-Pilani, India GPA: 7.2/10

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Process Controls Engineer January 2013- Present

RFID & Process Automation Services LLC, Houston, Texas

CLIENT: Wynnewood Refining (A CVR Refining, LP Company), Wynnewood, Oklahoma

* Managed the start-up/shut down phase of Hydrogen and Benfree unit by coordinating with Process Engineers from Axens and Hydrochem, training operators and tuned several controllers including complex cascade loops

* Tuned PID Controllers employing advanced tuning methods

* Designed and Configured Distributed Control Systems (DCS) Human Machine Interface (HMI) process graphics to represent process flow and meet human factors standards

* Resolved Depropanizer and Debutanizer tower issue in the Hydrocracker unit

* Developed and checked instrument/control/ Safety system (IPS) portion of P&IDs of various process units and assisted in implementing changes

* Worked on Honeywell’s-Uniformance Process History Database (PHD) for the collection, storage, and analysis of process data

* Resolved the cyclical temperature controller issue on the naphtha stripper and product fractionator of the Distillate Hydrotreater (DHT) unit

* Developed Control Narrative for complex control loops

* Spearheaded the team of Instrumentation and Automations team for developing accepted manufacturers list

* Developed and Checked Interlock/Safety Instrumented System (SIS) screens and Cause and Effect Diagrams

* Co-ordinated with the Instrumentation and Maintenance department to create work orders for any issues related to instruments and control valves

Process Engineer August 2012- December 2012

Vistakon, Johnson & Johnson Vision Care, Inc., Jacksonville, Florida

* Assisted in the development of new product design in R & D on prototype manufacturing lines

* Hands-on experience of making lens in glove box

* Assessed the capability of equipments by performing gap analysis

* Established process boundaries and optimized process parameters

* Designed, executed and documented product development experiments

* Prepared ink dyes and print samples for lens printing

* Simulated lens demolding in Fluent

Graduate Research Assistant January 2011- May 2012

Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma

* Invented an axial flow bioreactor for tissue regeneration

* Modeled the bioreactor to study the fluid dynamics and reaction engineering

* Optimized the bioreactor design by simulating the model in COMSOL

* Validated the simulation results with experiments

Process Engineer August 2009 - June 2010

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Limited, Hyderabad, India

(A $ 2000 M Integrated Global Pharmaceutical Company)

* Handled incident report, change control and planned deviation

* Reviewed process validation and equipment qualification documents

* Coordinated vendor qualification and product dispatch activities

* Oversaw batch production records online and enforced cGMP manufacturing methods

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