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United States

Columbus, Ohio, United States

• Lead the catalyst lab at Nexceris in executing critical clean energy projects involving CO2 utilization and other clean energy premises; managed catalyst testing and optimized processes, resulting in on-time delivery.
• Synthesize proprietary heterogeneous catalysts using coprecipitation and spray coating methods for in-house development; produced catalysts that enhanced reaction efficiencies, and improved catalyst stability.
• Conduct extensive testing on high-temperature, high-pressure reactors to gather data for kinetic modeling; performed comparative analysis on various catalysts, providing crucial data that improved the reliability and.

Newark, Delaware, United States

Newark, Delaware, United States

• Collaborated in an industrial partnership with GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) to hands-on optimize bioreactor mass-transfer efficiency, achieving marked improvements in biopharmaceutical production.
• . Established a predictive model for gas-liquid mass transfer by correlating five physical properties with CFD parameters and validated mass transfer theories.
• Validated mass transfer coefficients across a 36-data point experimental Design of Experiments using 3-D CFD models in Mstar Pre.

Carlisle, Pennsylvania, United States

• Conducted hands on experiments with 13 liquid catalysts polymer materials using in-house apparatus, identifying specific structures that directly boosted reactivity and product yields.
• Collaborated across departments to employ 5 characterization methods on polymer materials, directly pinpointing catalyst structures that enhanced product properties.
• Executed a comprehensive literature review and employed FTIR analysis, uncovering five previously unidentified catalyst structures

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

• ‘Establishing QA/QC procedures for synthesized catalyst powders and pellets using various ‘in-situ’ and ‘ex-situ’ characterization’
• Devised a Quality Control-Quality Assurance protocol for four porous transition metal oxide catalysts, saving 10 labor hours weekly.
• Analyzed over 100 samples through hands-on tests, directly linking composition to structure, surface morphology, and porosity revealing key structure-property relationships.
• Achieved consistent material testing results by streamlining instrument parameters and pre-treatment protocol for Powder XRD, SEM, and ICP-AES.
• Presented the developed protocol findings as part of a multi-million USD technology fund to executives of DRDO, India.

IIT Bombay

• ‘Creating a CFD model for the 'I Booster’ liquid rocket monopropellant thruster engine to further optimize the design parameters’
• Designed and developed a gas reactor to estimate Arrhenius coefficients for unknown gas-solid adsorption catalytic reactions, enhancing predictive accuracy and optimizing reaction conditions.
• Led an intern team to verify novel mechanisms for adsorption on metal oxide surfaces using kinetic and thermodynamic modeling aided by the predictive CFD model in Ansys Chemkin.
• Enhanced the packed bed catalytic reactor performance with a 10% efficiency increase and optimized the design parameters by creating a predictive CFD model, validated using in-house experimental results.

IIT Bombay

• ‘Development of Heterogeneous catalysts for green propellants to be used in spacecraft thrusters’
• Developed four porous metal oxide catalysts using coprecipitation, sol-gel, and solid-state synthesis, achieving enhanced porosity and resistance to high temperature sintering.
• Scaled catalyst production eightfold in the lab, ensuring consistent synthesis efficiency and preserved material properties.

Sangli, Maharashtra, India

• Investigated the effect of temperature, mixing speed, feed rate and reactant concentration on the final product by revising the synthesis process of thermoplastic paint by performing Design of Experiments using JMP and.
• Improved product yield by 15% by redesigning cost-effective SOPs

Pune Area, India

• Studied various analytical techniques, including HPLC, UV-visible spectroscopy, fluorescence microscopy and DSC
• Studied the use of the image to analyze microscopic cell images produced after various spectroscopy methods
• Assisted in the development of ONCO-CARE, a novel technology developed by Actorius innovations for the detection of CTCs (Circulating tumour cells) at a meager cost

Mumbai Area, India

• Analyzed and determined crude oil properties of samples coming from oil wells all over India
• Examined characterization of crude samples using various methods such as SARA (Saturates, Asphaltenes, Resins, Aromatics) distribution

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology - Btech, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Astronomy Club of Manipal, Blank 101-Public Speaking Forum

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