Metallurgist / Materials Science Engineer

Seeking an Entry level position within your organization to leverage my knowledge and technical skills in the field of Metallurgy and Materials Science

EDUCATION:

Master of Science, Material Science and Engineering, (Expected May 2010)

University of Florida, Gainesville; CGPA: 3.83/4

Bachelor of Technology, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering (May 2008)

National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, India; CGPA: 3.89/4

SKILL SET

Technical

DISCOVER D8 PHILIPS and ISO DEBYE FLEX-2002 X-ray Diffractometer , FEI QUANTA – 200 SEM , AFM Dimension 3100 controller VEECO HOLMARC Scanning Probe Microscope Controller,

LAMBDA 800 UV/VIS Spectrometer, DSC/TG NETZSCH STA 409 PC

Software

Platforms: Windows, LINUX

Languages: FORTRAN, C, C++, HTML, PHP

Tools: Microcal Origin, Thermo-calc, Minitab, VMD, CLAWPACK, Adobe Photoshop, MS-Office

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville

Student Research Assistant, September 2009 – Present

 Modeling of the fully developed one dimensional pipe flow for fluid – solid systems

Particle Science and Engineering Research Center (PERC), University of Florida, Gainesville

Student Research Assistant, January 2009 – May 2009

 Synthesis of gold nano-particles using principles of flow chemistry for medicinal applications. Focused on particle size reduction, repeatability and reproducibility of the process and scaling-up of the entire system for continuous bulk production of particles

INTERNSHIPS:

Arcelor Mittal Research and Development, Maizeres-les-Metz, France

Research Intern, May 2009 – August 2009

 Developed a mathematical model for the partially fluidized granular flows in a Blast Furnace to study the coke push effect

 Solved the model using different numerical techniques and compared the results with that obtained from commercial software package routines

Indian Institute of Technology Madras, Chennai, India

Summer Research Intern, May 2007 -July 2007

 Synthesized NiAl-Al2O3 and Ni-Al2O3 in-situ nano-composites by mechanical alloying

 Performed Thermal and Phase analysis of the milled powders using XRD and DSC/TG

 Carried out compaction, sintering and surface morphology studies using AFM

Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, India

Summer Research Intern, May 2006 -July 2006

 Aqueous electrode plasma nitriding of 316L austenitic stainless steel to study the effect of various process parameters on the nitride layer

 Characterized the treated surfaces with XRD and Scanning electron Microscope

 Carried out hardness measurements and performed data analysis.

ACADEMIC AND RESEARCH PROJECTS:

Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville

Independent Study, August 2009 – Present

 Working on the development of a separation technique to obtain single nano-crystalline Diamond particles to exploit their huge application potential

Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology Trichy, India

Undergraduate Curriculum Project, January 2008 – April 2008

 Performed Equal Channel Angular Pressing of commercial purity copper rods

 Carried out tensile testing and hardness measurements on these specimens and analyzed their workability aspects using the stress-strain behavior and the Cockcroft criteria

TECHNICAL PAPERS AND PUBLICATIONS

• Synthesis of in-situ NiAl-Al2O3 nanocomposites by reactive milling and subsequent heat treatment

International Conference on Advanced Materials and Composites (ICAMC), October 2007, India

Journal of Intermetallics, 2009, In Press, proof corrected;

• Effect of the process parameters in Aqueous Electrode Plasma Nitriding of 316L Austenitic Stainless Steels, in Proc. of TATVA, National Conference, January 2007, Nagpur, India

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Best Technical Paper award, in Proc. Of ICAMC 2007

• Gold Medalist and Best outgoing student award of the Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli (NITT)

• Finalist, Ignited Mind Award 2008, outstanding undergraduate researcher award organized by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

• All India Rank of 26, Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers (GATE) Examination in Metallurgy and Materials Science Stream, February 2008

• Recipient of Foundation For Excellence (FFE) merit scholarship

• President, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering Association, Tiruchirappalli Chapter, (July2007 – May 2008) NITT, India

• Special Distinction Certificate for commendable performance in the National Service Scheme of the National Institute of Technology, Tiruchirappalli, India

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