Plant Maintenance

Shravan Kumar Matham

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Houston, TX 77065 email: ********@******.****.***

SUMMARY

• Master’s degree graduate in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering from University of Texas at El Paso.

• Wide range of knowledge on various metallurgical concepts like failure analysis, Heat treatment of steel production, Lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, kaizen, 5S, Hardness testing, Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS), Flat rolling, cold rolling, physical metallurgy, metallurgical & processing analysis, heat treatment, process optimization, root cause analysis, electro metallurgy & corrosion, steel making, phase transformations & phase changes, hardness testing and mechanical Metallurgy.

• Experience with continuous improvement projects, Lean manufacturing methods, 5S & Six Sigma. Knowledge of MSHA, OSHA regulations.

• Certified training from The University of Texas at El Paso in Scanning Electron Microscopy, Transmission Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction.

• Hands on experience and knowledge of working with standard like ISO, TS, ASTM, SAE, ASME

• Hands on experience on Ore sample preparation, Ore sample analysis, supervision of maintenance and equipment in steel plant, Harness testing ( Vickers, Brinell, rockwell), Working in Mill, material synthesis and characterization, process development, etching, SEM, TEM, XRD, preparing reports on Metallurgical issues, Data generation, instrument & sampling system maintenance.

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS

Master’s in Metallurgical & Materials Engineering October 2010

University of Texas at El Paso, USA

Bachelors in Metallurgy & Materials Technology May 2006

Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, India

Relevant Coursework

Physical Metallurgy, Nano structured materials, Introduction to nanomaterials, Mechanical Metallurgy, Introduction to Material Sciences, Heat treatment, Fluid Mechanics, Powder Metallurgy, Steel making, Electro Metallurgy and Corrosion, Materials extraction and synthesis, advanced concepts in Material sciences & engineering, Phase transformations & microstructures, Micro structures & micro chemical characterization, Materials Characterization.

WORK EXPERIENCE

Freeport McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. Mill Technical Services, Arizona. May 2008-August 2008

Metallurgical Engineer Summer Intern

Worked on Optimization of oxidation reduction potential range to improve the Molybdenum plant recovery.

Determined the oxidation reduction potential of each stream (Feed, Conc and Tail) for best Molybdenum recovery.

A Lean manufacturing project.

• Assisted in Metallurgical studies & Conducted analysis, In plant testing, prepared standard reports on metallurgical issues, bench testing, size analysis, sample preparation, sample collection within the Mill

• Instrument calibration, instrument and sampling system maintenance, data analysis(Microsoft Excel) and report generation(Microsoft word)

• Performed with minimal supervision, spent most of the time with operators in the plant, inspecting cyclones in the mill and sending cyclone inspection reports to the Mill maintenance supervisor, sample collection from crushers & grinders.

• Supervised cyclone inspection operators in the Mill.

• Underwent MSHA (Mine Safety and Health Administration) training during internship period.

Vizag Steel Plant, India October 2005

Metallurgical Intern/Industrial Trainee

• Underwent Industrial training on Steel making ( Sinter plant, Coke ovens & Coal chemical plant, Blast Furnace, Steel melting shop, Continuous casting, Light & Medium merchant Mill, Medium merchant & structural Mill, Wire rod mill.

• Monitored different steel grades through heat treatment process.

• Worked on various projects at steel Mill, Steel melting shop and continuous casting.

• Supervised Maintenance of equipment in steel melting shop.

• Worked closely with Managers and supervisors of different plants to understand the concept of steel making process.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

University of Texas at El Paso January 2007-September 2010

Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Graduate Research Assistant

Thesis title – Influence of Catalyst concentration on the growth of carbon nanotubes by Chemical Vapor Deposition & Spray pyrolysis Technique.

To synthesize high quality multiwall carbon nanotubes (MWCNT) on quartz substrates under controlled conditions using Chemical Vapor deposition & Spray pyrolysis technique.

Characterize the synthesized samples using Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in order to know the yield and alignment of the grown carbon nanotubes.

To know what is the role of the catalyst and how is the progression of carbon nanotubes.

Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division

Nanomaterials Laboratory

Research Assistant

Project Title: “Synthesis, Characterization and Gas sensing applications of nanocrystalline TiO2 and Silver doped TiO2

TiO2 nano particles have been synthesized by hydrolysis method, synthesized nanostructures are characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, TG-DTA, UV-DRS.

Hydrolysis process results in larger agglomerated particles without size selection. Silver nanoparticles were deposited on these TiO2 nano particles by photo catalytic reaction at different weight percentages.

Bare TiO2 and Silver deposited TiO2 nanoparticles have been studied for their gas sensing behavior towards various reducing gases like ammonia, ethanol and methanol.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating systems: WIN 98, 2000, WIN XP, WIN Vista, WIN 7. Linux & Macintosh. Microsoft Office

Programming: C, C++

Honors & Certificates

• Received 1000$ Stipend from the Department of Metallurgical & Materials Engineering at University of Texas at El Paso towards Research.

• Received Gold medal at National level conference at College of Engineering, Pune, India

• Received Gold medal at National level symposium at Chaitanya Barathi Institute of Technology, India on presenting a paper ”nanomaterials in today’s perspective”

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