Tushar Khanna

www.linkedin.com/in/tushar-khanna-a6577a36

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Toronto, ON M5A 3H1

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PROFILE

Thermal Engineer and Project Coordinator with a proven track record of delivering and executing new projects. Expertise in AFBC & CFBC boilers, natural gas turbines and waste heat recovery steam generators, along with heat exchangers and air & water-cooled condensers. Broad experience in technical consulting including technical feasibility assessments, tender generation, bidding, detail engineering, design verification & approval, and site engineering ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

MS Mechanical Engineering, Michigan Technological University, MI ME Energy Systems Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA BE Mechanical Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, India

[Dec. 2018]

[May 2016]

[May 2013]

PAPERS –

Numerical investigation of flow boiling phenomena in vertical upflow tubes Review of combined cycle technology in power plants PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Manager, HOLTEC CONSULTING PVT LTD, New Delhi, INDIA [Apr. 2019 – To Date] ISO 9001 certified consulting firm offering comprehensive services in the areas of power, highways & bridges, and engineering support services for bulk material handling & structural steel detailing. o In charge of projects as part of Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management group including generation of technical specifications, tender & bidding, document approval & package management. o Coal, husk, petcoke, charcoal, dolochar & biofuel fired AFBC and CFBC captive power plant Projects (16 MW to 50 MW) for four clients (Nuvoco Vistas, Birla Cement, Ambhuja Cement, JK Cement) at eight sites. o Waste heat recovery power plants (4 MW to 24 MW) for six clients (Prism Johnson, JK Cement, Dalmia Cement, Gold Plus Glass, Birla Cement, Chettinad Cement Corporation Ltd) at seventeen sites. o HMB (Heat Mass Balance) and GA (General Arrangement) diagrams with layout for the production line of plant and feasibility analysis report using data collected on site as part of business development Modeling Engineer, CARLSON RESEARCH LLC, Cambridge, MA [Aug. 2017 - Jan. 2019] COMSOL Multiphysics consultant, specializing in custom equation-based finite element modelling, neural circuitry simulation, biomedical simulation & modelling, and general artificial intelligence safety. o Thermal modeling for novel cooling-power generation system (patented and under commercial development) using temperature differences on buildings, warehouses and blacktop - asphalt surfaces. o In-charge of thermodynamic modelling, and testing protocols for clean water supply from air for net-zero building, server cooling, blood molecule activity & degradation, osteosarcoma auto-detection projects. Junior Utility Engineer, PARAGON INDUSTRIES, Gujarat, INDIA [Dec. 2013 – Jun. 2015] Manufacturer focused on the production of intermediates using pharmaceuticals, agrochemicals, hair dyes, dyes, pigments (pigment Green-7 and other pigments), photo chemicals and veterinary drugs. o Responsibilities included assessment of inspection documents, compiling boilerplate data of controls

(tanks, boilers, combustors) and sub-systems (chilling plant, brine plant, rotary kiln incinerator). o Documentation of waste and flue generation along with servicing cycles and rotary kiln upgradation performance guarantee testing for ISO 14000 certification and verification against Gantt chart CERTIFICATIONS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

POSITIONS – Vice President of the Lehigh University IEEE-PES chapter, Professional Member of ANSI, Member of ASHRAE – Advanced HVAC’s Regulations Group CERTIFICATES – DoE Certificate of Participation for the Industrial Energy Assessment Program. SOFTWARES – AutoCAD, CATIA, Pro-E, ANSYS, SolidWorks, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, MatLab, COMSOL Multiphysics (ver. 5.2 and 5.3), and OSIsoft PI platform. HOBBIES & INTERESTS

Avid traveller with a deep love for local cuisines and cultures. If it is served as a dish somewhere, I intend to enjoy it and try cooking it myself.

Voracious reader, with a predilection towards novels, novella and articles of various persuasions such as science fiction, hard system fantasy, non-fiction biographies, natural sciences and comics.

A fan, reviewer, and occasional translator for Japanese anime, manga and light novels.