Varun Kumar

adjca6@r.postjobfree.com www.linkedin.com/in/varunckumar

Education

MASTERS DECEMBER 2020 CLEMSON UNIVERSITY

·Major: Environmental Engineering and Science

·Focus area: Water and wastewater treatment, remediation

BACHELORS AUGUST 2017 NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

·Major: Biotechnology Engineering

·Focus area: Environmental biotechnology, biofuels

Experience

GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY FEB ‘19 – AUGUST ‘20

·220 bottles used for the batch study experiments on anaerobic remediation of trichloroethylene.

·Analyzed the effectiveness of 5 different Anti Methanogenic Reagents (AMRs)

·Optimized the concentration of Garlic Oil as an AMR

·Application of Garlic Oil on anaerobic digestor fluid achieving a methane recovery of 60%

·Reduced the electron donor required for dechlorination of TCE by 28%

·Samples analyzed via Gas Chromatography up to 12 months.

GRADUATE GRADER ASSISTANT CLEMSON UNIVERSITY AUG ’19 – MAY ‘20

·Handled PHSC 1180-1170 labs for 120 undergraduate students with elementary education majors

·Overall improved the average performance of students by 23%

·Leadership, communication, and Organizational skills were effectively applied.

PROJECT TEAM LEAD NMAM INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY JUN ‘16 – JUL ‘17

·State sponsored CAPSTONE project on biofuel production

·Novel approach of utilizing dry coconut leaflets

·One Factor At Time approach to determine optimal treatment conditions

·Acid treatment assisted by steam explosion to breakdown cellulose and hemicellulose

·Experimental matrix generated through Minitab

Skills and Abilities

ESRI ArcGIS, ABSEL, MATLAB, PHREEQC, MS Office, BioWin, Gas Chromatography, SolidEdge, AutoCAD, Python, Minitab, Phase 1 & 2 ESA, Tableau

Certification

FE exam passed – November 2020

40 Hr HAZWOPER training

Publications

·Varun, C. et al., (2018). Optimization of reducing sugars production from agro-residue coconut leaflets using autoclave-assisted HCl hydrolysis with response surface methodology. Agriculture and Natural Resources,52(3), 280-284. doi:10.1016/j.anres.2018.09.015