PALLAVI SAHA

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SUMMARY

Focused and result oriented professional with one and half years of academic & research experience. Proven

ability of prioritizing and multitasking actions according to agreed objectives.

EDUCATION

Master of Science, Food Process Engineering (ChBE Dept.)

Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, IL GPA 3.50 May 2012 (expected)

Bachelor of Engineering, Biotechnology

Visveswariah Technological University (VTU), INDIA GPA 3.89 May 2007

RESEARCH & WORK EXPERIENCE

Institute for Food Safety and Health (IIT IFSH) June 2009 - present

Graduate Research Assistant, Department of Food Engineering, Illinois Tech Chicago, IL

Mathematical and statistical modeling of heat transfer and

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ow in cooling systems.

Identifying and optimizing methods for reproducibility, process and productivity improvement.

Documenting protocols technical reports and records.

Indian Institute of Science (IISc) April 2008 - December 2008

Team Leader, Department of Biological Sciences Bangalore, INDIA

Designed and executed projects on Glioblastoma Multiforme Modeling- Phase I and II.

Mass Transfer Characteristics, Clinical Evidence and surgical incision factors were modeled successfully.

Nestle India Ltd. August 2007 - December 2008

Production & Quality O cer, Milk Operations Mysore, INDIA

Responsible for QMS documentation and Production planning for Nestle Infant food formulas.

Supervisor of line production which consisted various unit operations such as evaporators ( nos. 2, cap.

23,000 lt/hr), spray dryers (nos.3, cap. 3500 kg/hr) and dry mixer units (nos. 2, cap. 4000 kg/hr).

Conducted HACCP study for every line production post commissioning.

Implementation of NEMS ( Nestle Environment Management System) and FPL( First Priority Level).

Nestle India Ltd. November 2006 - May 2007

Research & Development Intern Mysore, INDIA

EXPERTISE

Microbiology Experiments, Heat & Mass transfer experiments, Transport phenomena, Process control and

automation, Chromatography, Centrifugation, Membrane ltration, Enzyme assays, UV- Spectroscopy, Im-

mobilization, HACCP, GLP, GMP.

HONORS

IFT Poster titled - Comparison of cooling rates using Blast Freezer, Ice Bath and Walk-in Refrigerator

Team Leader of the projects on GLM Modeling and Biofuel Production

SOFTWARE TOOLS

Rasmol, COMSOL Multiphysics, Slice-O-Matic, AutoCAD, Python 3.0, MS Excel.

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