Engineer Controls
Resume:
Shaila Reddy
Tarrytown, NY, 10591
*************@*****.***
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a challenging position where my skills and experience will greatly enhance the company’s success and my personal growth
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATIONS
• Master of Science, Chemical Engineering, Louisiana Tech University
• Bachelors of Technology, Chemical Engineering, Andhra University
EXPERIENCE
Controls Engineer
Navistar International Corporation
Melrose Park, IL 60160
Apr’11 – Aug'11
• Developed software requirements for ESS (Engine Speed Synchronization Controls) and FRP (Fuel Rail Pressure Controls)
• Designed ESS and FRP systems by simulating, testing and updating specifications with new requirements
• Created System Design diagrams and verified design validation plan (DVP&R), FMEA for ESS and FRP features
• Worked on base engine controls for Navistar big bore engines and analyzed test data.
Thesis, Louisiana Tech University, Ruston LA
Oct’05 – Apr’08
Urease enzyme has been immobilized onto silicon microchannels. The substrate utilized was urease, which hydrolyzes urea to ammonia. 1, 10, 20, and 40 layers of enzyme were tested on 100, 200 µm reactors, 100 µm resulted in higher performance when normalized versus the surface area. 40, 250 µm deep reactors without microchannels were tested to determine the contribution of the inlet and outlet manifolds. The very low performance of these reactors indicated that the contribution of area in the inlet and outlet manifolds could be ignored. A variety of reactor designs were tested to ensure even flow distribution. The reactors were mass transfer limited at the 40 layer architectures.
Research Assistant
Chemical Engineering Department
Louisiana Tech University, Ruston LA
Apr’04 – Oct’05
• Study of Urease activity when immobilized on polymeric surfaces
• Comparison of activity - conventional process (plug flow reactor) and fabricated silicon microreactors.
• Study of PDMS packed bed enzymatic microreactor via layer-by-layer assembly
PROJECTS EXPERIENCE
Simulation of strain gauge analysis
• Simulation of stress and strain on member using ANSYS package in comparison to analytical strain gauge analysis.
Process development and design of linear alkyl benzene
• Processes include reactor design, plant layout, up scaling from bench to pilot plant and economic evaluation of plant setup.
INSTRUMENT SKILLS
HPLC, UV/VIS and fluorescence spectroscopy, Robotic liquid handling system, Imaging and Other Laboratory apparatus.
COMPUTER & PROGRAMMING ABILITIES
• Languages: FORTRAN, C, SAS
• Solid Work: Solid Edge 19.0, Ansys
• Operating Systems: DOS, Mac OS X, Windows
• Software Packages: MS Office, Matlab & Simulink
• Tools: INCA
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS
James Palmer, Shaila Reddy, and L. Dale Snow. Enzyme Immobilization in Chemical Microsystems. AICHE Spring Conference. Houston, Texas, 2007.
Shaila Reddy, James Palmer, and L. Dale Snow. Layer-by-layer assembly on silicon microreactor channels. Bioconference, Shreveport, LA, 2006.
James Palmer, Shaila Reddy, and Bill Elmore. Activity and Lifetime of Urease Immobilized using Layer-by-layer Nano Self-assembly on Silicon and Polydimethylsiloxane Microchannels.26th Symposium on Biotechnology for Fuels and Chemicals, Chattanooga, TN, 2004.
OTHERS
• Willing to relocate
• References available upon request
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