Developing, validating, optimizing computational models for the Biopharmaceutical and Food & Beverages Industries

Design evaluations & optimization, development of new processes & technologies, and troubleshooting of existing operations for complex industrial problems in Metal & Mining, Oil & Gas, Energy, and Infrastructure using computational and mathematical models

➢ Conducted micro-scale studies to find out the process variables within which water emulsification may occur during bitumen extraction from oil sands➢ Provided consultancy services to oil sands industry in Alberta to minimize the water content in oil➢ Data munging and visualization to understand the experimental data using R (ggplot2 and dplyr)➢ CHE311-Separation Processes - (Winter 2016 and 2017: conducted weekly tutorials and review sessions)➢ Computational Fluid Dynamics: Modeling of a lid-driven cavity using finite volume method

➢Coordinated a team of four members to meet the semiannual targets setup by the funding agency➢Experimental design for cell-sorting; employed image processing library in MATLAB for inflow cell-counting➢Preparation of antibody-conjugated functionalized nanoparticles for immunomagnetic cell sorting applications➢Design, CFD simulation, and fabrication of micro-heaters for continuous flow microfluidic system➢Product design of a compact hand-held smartphone-based colorimetric chemical detection system

➢ Conducted slippage study of thin nonporous polystyrene(PS) films on porous polyacrylamide(PAA), that has potential application to reduce the frictional loss in fluidic channels by increasing the slippage➢ Dewetting studies of PS on uniformly patterned surface of PAA to form hierarchical structures with potential applications to form superhydrophobic surfaces➢ Thin film characterization using Ellipsometry, AFM, SEM, and FESEM

➢ Performed 3D CFD simulations of a HeLa cell for localized drug delivery via nano-electroporation to maximize cell viability and transfection efficiency (MATLAB, COMSOL)➢ Data cleaning and analysis (Excel) of data obtained from the 3D modeling of a drug delivery system➢ Concentration profile simulations for nano-porous charge sieving membranes to enhance the efficiency of a desalination device (COMSOL Multiphysics)➢ Optimized a desalination device to maximize the desalination rate and minimize the electricity consumption (MATLAB)

➢ Concentration gradient generation modeling for a ladder based microfluidic device with hydrogel for chemotaxis and cell migration studies (COMSOL Multiphysics) and to predict diffusion coefficient of drug in the hydrogel➢ Optimized a microfluidic device to minimize shear stress for stem cell docking and cell-culture (COMSOL Multiphysics)