Qasim Khan

**** ***** *** ****, **** Point NC ***63

Phone: 336-***-****, Email: actoxv@r.postjobfree.com

Objective Seeking a challenging position to utilized my skills and abilities that offers professional growth and development

Professional Experience

Syngenta Crop Protection Greensboro NC

Chemical/Lab Engineer (Contract) February 2011 – Present

Collaborate with supervisor on the design and planning of new process procedures and protocols to support production sites.

Responsible for executing lab experiments to prove feasibility concepts which enabled and ensured effective scale-up and eventual piloting at manufacturing sites.

Technical support to fellow colleagues in the areas of experimental, equipment, and setup design.

Training of new hires on chemistry and engineering e concepts utilized in the work area.

Carried out Process Risk Assessments for the lab processes being evaluated.

Responsible for troubleshooting and solving problems associated with equipment, instrumentation and software.

Developed expertize in Swagelok fittings as well as laboratory glassware.

Expertise in packed bed high temperature gas phase catalytic reactions to find optimized process conditions and troubleshoot problems related to the system.

Conducted a piloting trial for online GC as a means to monitor reaction profile of high temperature gas phase catalytic reaction a manufacturing site.

Set up and operated a small scale Wiped Film Evaporator Distillation unit to obtain to support scale-up work.

Set up and operated a 2-L scale high pressure hydrogenation unit to optimize a plant process.

Built experimental set-ups enabled with online data acquisition system.

NC A&T State University Greensboro, NC

Undergrad Research Assistant May 2009 – May 2010

Research the in the field of production of activated carbon.

Detection, identification, and elucidation of components in biodiesel using GC techniques.

Research in the field of fermentation technology.

Preparation of chemical catalyst for various chemical reactions

SKILLS

Organic Chemistry and Analytical Chemistry

Chemical Engineering

Vacuum Distillation Technology

Specialist in high pressure and high temperature reaction technology

Process design safety requirements for systems

Cost analysis techniques

P&ID design and interpretation

Computer competencies: MatLab, ASPEN, Microsoft Office, Minitab, Symyx ELN, Symyx Draw, ATLAS,

Education

North Carolina A&T State University Greensboro, NC

B.S., Biological Engineering May 2010

Concentration in Bioprocess Engineering GPA-3.52/4.00

Related Courses

Chemical Process Principles, Thermodynamics l & ll, Fluid Mechanics, Material science, Heat Transfer,

Organic Chemistry l & ll, Reaction Engineering, Process Design I & II, Mass Transfer, Probability and Statistics, Principle of Bioprocess Engineering, Environmental Engineering Principle, Circuit Engineering and Analysis

Activities Golden Key Honor Society, ASABE, Active member of Carolina Cricket League

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