process/chemical engineer with 3 years of petroleum and r&d experience

SOUVIK MUKHERJEE

****, * **** *****, ********* # 213,

Chicago, Illinois 60616.

Phone # 312-***-**** E-mail:*********@*****.***

OBJECTIVE:

Seeking the position of a co-op or full time with leadership responsibilities including problem solving, planning, organizing and to gain a holistic view of various aspects of Chemical Engineering in a reputed company.

EDUCATION:

Sardar Patel University, Gujarat, India

Bachelor of Engineering June 2009

Area of emphasis: Chemical Engineering (GPA: 3.51/4).

Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), Chicago

Professional Master’s December 2011(expected)

Area of Emphasis: Chemical Engineering (GPA: 3.2/4).

Special Project: “Energy from Chicken Litter- Design & Cost Estimation of Direct Combustion Power Plant Technology.

MAJOR SUBJECTS TAKEN:

Renewable Energy Technology, Biotechnology and Biochemical Engineering, Transport Phenomena, Process Control, Application of Mathematics to Chemical Engineering, Thermodynamics, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Energy Environment & Economics and Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property.

WORK EXPERIENCE:

Research Assistant: Currently working on a project on the separation of methane and carbon dioxide from land-fill gases for capturing and storage purposes at Illinois Institute of Technology.

May 2011- Present

Responsibilities Included:

• Identifying suitable and economical technologies for carbon dioxide and methane separation so that the technology could be implemented on a commercial scale.

• Important technologies identified were Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA), Membrane Separation among others.

• Setting up a laboratory scale pilot plant to study the behavioural characteristics of the gases using such technologies upon separation.

Consultant: Worked as a SAP FICO consultant for V-Soft Consulting Inc, Louisville, Kentucky.

Jan 2011- May 2011

Responsibilities Included:

• Worked as a Functional Consultant in the implementation of SAP FICO for the client company (mostly manufacturing industries).

• Converting the client’s financial records from non SAP to SAP environment.

• Customizing the SAP Financial module as per the client requirements.

Technical Director: Worked as a Student Assistant for the “IITV department” at Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois.

May2010-Jan2011

Responsibilities Included:

• Directing and recording classes for online usage.

• Coordinating with other technical directors for high quality and efficient recording of classes.

• Providing support to the instructors and solving on class technical issues.

Project Head: Undertook a project “Separation of Benzene-Cyclohexane mixture by Extractive distillation” and performed it in the department lab.

October2008-May2009

Responsibilities Included:

• Studying the various types of distillation methods available and selecting the most suitable (highest recovery) for the separation of benzene-cyclohexane mixture.

• Selection of a suitable solvent from the list of available solvents based on the vapour-liquid equilibrium measurements, cost and other physico-chemical properties.

• Building the complete extractive distillation set up in the laboratory and performing various experimental sets to get the highest recovery rate possible by comparing the viscosity of pure cyclohexane to that of the condensate by Gas Chromatography.

Intern: Undertook In-plant Training at Extractive Distillation Unit of the World’s Largest Refinery viz Reliance Petrochemical Limited, Jamnagar, Gujarat.

May2007- Aug 2008

Responsibilities Included:

• Studying the working of the Extractive Distillation Unit in the Aromatics department of the refinery.

• Studying the Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagram (P&ID) of the unit.

• Accompanying plant officials during onsite visits for regular maintenance and checkups of various equipments such as the pumps, condensers, heat exchangers, boilers, etc.

• Studying and maintaining the optimum conditions like temperature, pressure of the reactor, BTX flow rate etc required for the maximum and most efficient separation.

• Theoretically studied and accompanied plant officials in the working of the DCS system.

Researcher: Worked on the production of Biodiesel on a commercial scale for a small scale industry, “Atul M.Doppa Pvt Ltd”, Vatva, Gujarat

February 2006-May2006

Responsibilities included

• Production of biodiesel from various edible and non edible seeds.

• Determination of physical and chemical characteristics (such as calorific value, cloud point, viscosity etc) of biodiesel produced from different sources.

• Studying the usage of biodiesel as an intermediate in various consumer products such as paints, garnishes, nail polishes etc.

EXTRA-CURRICULAR ACTIVITES:

Served as The Training And Placement Coordinator for the Chemical Department from July 2008-May2009.

Organized Imaze-2008, A National Level Technical Festival held on April2008 at GCET,Gujarat, India.

Presented a short film titled “The Ugly Face of Youth” which was conceptualised, acted and directed by me at MSU, Gujarat, India on August2007.

Selected to represent the college in the National Debate Competition held at Delhi, India on May2006.

PRESENTATION SKILLS:

Presented a seminar on “Infrared Reflective Inorganic Pigments” in the final semester at GCET, Gujarat, India.

Presented poster on “Methods of Radioactive Disposal” at Chemquest, 2007 held at GCET, Gujarat, India on May2007.

Presented “Biodiesel-An alternative fuel” under Business Management event in Chemozale-07 at Nirma University, Gujarat, India on April 2007.

Presented working model on “Biodiesel Production” in a technical festival held at Nasik, Maharashtra, India on February 2007.

TECHNICAL SKILLS:

Programming Language & General: C, Linear / Non-linear Programming, MS Office.

Software: Aspen & Aspen Plus, ChemCAD, Mat lab.

AWARDS:

Got recruited in the internationally reputed Industrial House viz Larsen & Toubro Ltd, Mumbai through on Campus Placement on March 2008.

Awarded ‘The best Training & Placement Co-ordinator award’ for the year 2008-09 in appreciation of my timely management of Placement activities and good co-ordination skills.

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