Chemical Engineer, process and control engineer, Research Scientist

Yagna Valkya Reddy, Bhimavarapu (Yagna)

E-mail: *****.****@*****.***

www.linkedin.com/in/YagnaB

Mobile: 732-***-****

OBJECTIVE

Seeking an engineering position that would encompass my technical expertise and professional skill as a chemical and process engineer SUMMARY

• Researcher in solid-liquid tribology, surface science, and material science

• Equipped with technical and safety training geared towards working in plants

• One and half year working experience as a process engineer and engineering co-op

• Worked towards development, review, and update of PFD’s, and P&ID’s

• Expertise with working on process optimization, thermodynamics, heat and mass transfer, and material balances and experience with commissioning a chemical plant

• Proficient with process simulation software such as Aspen Plus, HYSYS, PRO/II

• Experience working individually and in a team with excellent communication skills

• Skilled in preparing and revising technical reports with solid computer skills WORK EXPERIENCE

PhD Candidate (Research Assistant) Aug 2015 – Present Lamar University, Beaumont, TX

• Develop, explore the techniques, and calculate the work of adhesion between a solid and liquid system

• Working to develop non-invasive corrosion and gas leak detection during the storage and transport

• Investigate the resilience of a solid to interact with liquids; propose, quantify, and prove the theory

• Authoring a paper titled “Tribological Properties of Aqueous Salt Solutions”

• Authored a paper titled “Droplets Sliding on Vertical Surfaces under Increasing Horizontal Forces,” which was published at American Chemical Society Process Design Engineer Jul 2011-May 2012

Grasim Industries Ltd, India.

• Design, simulation, and optimization of the three film falling film evaporators

• Coordinated to troubleshoot typical operations in the Chloro-alkali process

• Studied and reviewed PFDs, and P&IDs of the evaporator unit

• Worked on the regression analysis of design parameters with operational parameters

• In-plant training, DCS operations, and control and field safety training in the Chemical Division

Engineering Intern May 2009-Aug 2009

Sirpur Paper Mills, India

• Determined and reported the efficiencies of the boiler treatment unit of the pulp extraction

• Identified and calculated the variation in burn rate and cost analysis of soda recovery unit

• Presentations and Group Discussions with the plant officials EDUCATION

Doctoral of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering 2015-Present Lamar University, TX, USA

Master’s in Chemical Engineering 2013 - 2015

Lamar University, TX, USA

Bachelor’s in Chemical Engineering Honors 2007- 2012 Birla Institute of Technology - Pilani, India

Master’s in Chemistry Honors 2007- 2012

Birla Institute of Technology - Pilani, India

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

• Recipient of STLE (Society of Tribologists and Lubrication Engineers) scholarship 2020

• Paper presentation at AIChE Spring Conference 2020

• Stood in the 97 percentile in the undergraduate national level entrance examinations PUBLICATIONS AND PROJECTS

• Droplets Sliding on Vertical Surfaces under Increasing Horizontal Forces (Langmuir 2019, 35, 8191−8198)

• Hydrogel Tribology on Silanized Silicon (In submission process)

• Tribological Properties of Aqueous Salt Solutions (In progress)

• Determining the onset of motion of liquid drops on solid surfaces (In progress)

• Work of adhesion of water droplet on graphene surfaces (In progress)

• Real-Time Optimization of Ethylene separation from petrochemicals (2015)

• Design, optimization, and cost analysis of Ethylene production using Aspen Plus

(2014)

• Optimization of Ketene plant using Aspen Plus (2013) COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Simulation Software: Aspen Plus, HYSYS, and PRO/II

• Other Software: MS Office Suite, C++, Java, AutoCAD, Polymath, MATLAB, ChemLab, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Premier, and Origin Lab

• Technical Skill: Studied samples using Scanning electron microscopy, Atomic force microscopy, X-ray diffraction, and Gas-Chromatography REFERENCES

Dr. Rafael Tadmor (Lamar U.) Dr. Clayton Jeffryes (Lamar U.) Email: ********@*****.*** Email: *********@*****.***

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