Professional Statement

*+ years’ hands-on technical problem-solving experience in safety, engineering design and development, operation of processes and equipment in Chemical, Manufacturing, Food, Packaging, Pharmaceutical, and Biotech industries.

High level of technical aptitude and ability to understand engineering, design, process, and product performance issues and identify, assess and solve problems with strong attention to detail.

Work Experience

Production Quality Engineer, Spectra Scientific Company, Mississauga, ON 9/2019 – 5/2020

Clients: EXP, Pinchin Environmental, BenEngineering, Flynn Canada, Sirati & Partners Consultants

Collaborate with multi-functional teams in Research, QA/QC, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Manufacturing, and Regulatory Compliance to conduct quality audits and perform analytical testing of materials and process/product validation testing utilizing cGMP, ASTM D4169, ISO, TAPPI, USP, EP, and quality standards.

Employ principles and concepts of Lean Six Sigma to improve process capability, perform process monitoring, assess product impact, and provide technical troubleshooting, using statistical process control (SPC) analysis.

Write and review technical documentation such as batch records, SOPs, protocols, and reports for equipment qualifications, comparability, process development, process validation, and technology transfer. Track the appropriate engineering KPI’s such as modeling & simulation results of design, capital cost, and timing.

Provide product and process engineering support utilizing full use and application of engineering principles (Process Control, Fluid Mechanics, Electrical Circuits, Equipment Design, Plant Design), established standards and procedures, and applicable regulatory compliance making process adaptations and modifications to meet customer requirements and technical specifications.

Track metrics to discover areas for improvement and monitor upgrades, conduct risk assessments, assemble reports to document process status and changes, communicate findings and proposals to upper management, and provide information used in preparation of technical literature. Also, kept track of BOMs with various excel sheets.

Involved in process design and development of membrane filtration systems, conducting testing for potential applications of membrane separations at bench-scale and pilot-scale, start-up of the systems at the customer’s site, and writing reports and proposals.

Fine tune process control points and troubleshoot processes to reduce downtime, achieve efficiencies, and improve quality of peristaltic water pumps, bladder pump equipment & controllers, and monitoring equipment & instrumentation.

Research Engineer, Ryerson University, Process Control Lab, Toronto, ON 3/2016 – 10/2017

Utilized Good Laboratory Practice (GLP) and GMP when conducting experiments, testing, handling of specification results, labeling solutions, data entry into Quality Tracker and maintain proper calibration/verification of laboratory equipment and document in the Internal Control Plan.

With upstream and downstream process knowledge, monitor existing processes, ensuring that batch records are maintained, variances are investigated, and day to day activities are properly planned to activate and qualify facilities and equipment.

Utilized ATRP controlled radical polymerization technique with electron transfer activator to produce polymethyl methacrylate in an emulsion medium used in bone cement fillers for dental / cast resins industries.

An eco-friendly commercially available monomer was utilized with an initiator in an organic phase (MMA).Polymerization process was carried out in a stainless-steel reactor (PARR model), which was connected to a PID controller and mounted with a rod for mixing purposes.

Assessed compliance with applicable health and safety regulations and standards for enhanced process safety information and participating in Process Hazard Analysis.

Executed sample inventory and sample collection off the line to calculate the molecular weight distribution by gel permeability column (GBC) and the monomer conversion of the product using gravimetric method.

Technical Skills

Software: MATLAB, C, SolidWorks, Aspen HYSYS, AutoCAD, SolinistLevellogger, Arduino, Adobe Photoshop, Microsoft Office (Visio, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Access, MS Project), Tableau, Minitab, LIMS, ELN, LES, AFT Fathom, and AFT Arrow

Compliance and Regulatory Standards: OSHA, ASME, ISO 9000 Series, ISO 22000:2018, ASTM Industrial Chemical Standards, cGMP, ASTM D4169, TAPPI, USP, EP, GLP, HACCP

Characterization: Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), Four Point Probe Operation for Conductivity Measurement, Ultraviolet Visible Spectroscopy (UV-Vis), Gel-Permeation Chromatography (GPC), Gas Chromatography with Flame Ionization, X-Ray Powder Diffraction (XRD),Ultrafiltration, Normal Flow Filtration, HPLC, Mass Spectrometry, Gel Scan Densitometry, SDS-PAGE, Absorbance and protein assay, Product titter assay, ELISA, SEM, AFM, FTIR, TGA, DSC, Flow Cytometry Techniques, Cell Cultures (1+ year’s experience)

Equipment: Calibration Scheduling & Management System, Spray Drying Equipment, Chemical Reactors, Bioreactors Mixing & Blending Systems, Process & Storage Tanks, Filtration Systems, CE-SDS, Western Blot, Milling Machines, Drill Presses

Certifications: EIT, GMP, Process Control, Six Sigma Green Belt, Advanced Manufacturing Process Analysis, Chemical Processes Principles, Material Processes, Industrial Biotechnology, P&ID, PFD, Dairy, Food Process and Product Technology, ISO 22000:2018 Food Safety Management System (FSMS), WHMIS

Education

Master of Pharmaceutical Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 9/2023

Bachelors of Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON 6/2018

Project Portfolio

Capstone Project: Equipment Design and Environmental Analysis of the Plant for Formalin Production from Oxidation of Methanol

Comparison of different reactors, heat exchangers, evaporators, mixers, superheaters, pumps, blowers, and combustors. A sieve tray absorption column, a fixed bed reactor, and shell/tube heat exchangers were selected.

Analyzed the emissions of the plant and utilized the flare stack combustion method to reduce emissions of CO2 and hydrocarbons to the environment.

Designed piping and instrumentation P&ID and PFD drawings, flow sheets, and emission calculations. Examined noise pollutionand took precautions to ensure the noise level is less than 85 dBA.

Analyzed the waste produced by the plant, ensured that recyclable waste was recycled, and hazardous and non-hazardous solutions were separated and stored in labeled containers. These containers were transported and disposed safely. The final formalin product contained 37 wt. % formaldehyde, 62wt. % water, and 1wt. % methanol.

Hybrid Oil Recovery Project

A full research report on SAGD (Steam Assisted Gravity Drainage) and ISC (In-situ Combustion) hybrid recovery processes, including their developmental progress and improvements.

The research showed that the SAGD extraction process has provided a lot of natural gas but has a lot of drawbacks, like used a lot of freshwater in the reservoirs, generated lots of flue gas, and produced a lot of wastewater.

Since ISC worked well but had drawbacks like corrosion and ignition in production wells, ISC was combined with SAGD to produce better results. This hybrid method increased the oil recovery by 8%.

Applications of Nanotechnology in Water Treatment Project

A detailed report on the use of nanotechnology to remove contaminants from water and increase quality.

Intensive research indicated dye nanoparticle-coated strips, graphene sensors, and nanostructured membranes were used for detection of iron, disinfection, and microbial control.

Conducted a case study on The Great Lakes which indicated an increased level of phosphorous produced an excess of blue-green algae. These species of algae produced a lot of Cyanotoxinstoxins with a harmful effect on aquatic life.