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Developing advanced physics modeling capabilities for ExxonMobil’s next-generation reservoir simulator(As part of ExxonMobil Upstream Research)

Cambridge, Ma, Us

'Modeling and Simulation of Heavy Crude Oil Upgrading using Supercritical Water'Developed reduced-order and high-fidelity Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) models and tools for coupled reaction and multiphase transport phenomena at supercritical or near-critical thermodynamic conditionsResearch Advisor: Prof. Ahmed F. GhoniemIndustry Sponsor and Collaborator: Saudi Aramco

Cambridge, Ma, Us

Masters' Thesis: 'Numerical Simulations of Supercritical Water - Hydrocarbon Mixing in a 3-D Cylindrical Tee Mixer'Developed a Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) tool for simulation of fluid mixing and transport applicable to:- Realistic 3-D reactor geometries - Supercritical or near-critical fully-miscible thermodynamic conditionsUsed open-source CFD libraries OpenFOAMResearch Advisor: Prof. Ahmed F. GhoniemIndustry Sponsor and Collaborator: Saudi Aramco

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Worked as part of a diverse and dynamic team on developing next-generation reservoir simulation capabilities

Toronto, Ontario, Ca

- Designed and fabricated compact heat exchangers incorporating porous media (metal foams) for a two-fold enhancement in heat transfer- Performed extensive experiments to quantitatively determine the heat transfer performance and pumping power requirement for the metal foam heat exchangers

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Mechanical Engineering

Master'S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Technology (B.Tech.), Mechanical Engineering