Rishabh Shah Email & Phone Number

Mumbai, MH, IN

Pleasanton, California, United States

Pleasanton, California, United States

Lexington, Kentucky Area

• Advisor: Dr. J. Zach HiltCo-Advisor: Dr. Thomas D. Dziubla
• Designed thermoresponsive smart flocculant system (patented technology) for wastewater treatment resulting in the removal of metal oxide contamination by 98%
• Synthesized novel organic monomers and their respective polymeric materials for pollutant removal and tested their efficacy in water remediation resulting in 95% of biphenyl-based pollutant removal
• Developed insights into various biotechnological methods for… Show more Advisor: Dr. J. Zach HiltCo-Advisor: Dr. Thomas D. Dziubla
• Developed insights into various biotechnological methods for the synthesis of nanoparticles for their applications in drug delivery, sensor technologies, therapeutics and diagnostics
• Performed analytical testing of materials to characterize their molecular structure, molecular weight, mechanical strength, surface properties, and particle size

Baltimore, Maryland

• Awarded the prestigious KC Donnelly Supplement
• Worked with Dr. Upal Ghosh on development of novel passive samplers
• Operated and deployed on-field passive samplers used for monitoring pollutants in Back and Middle Rivers in Maryland
• Incorporated some of the novel polymers developed during my PhD at University of Kentucky and engineered next generation passive samplers to increase the binding efficiency upto 150% for low molecular weight pollutants.

Mumbai Area, India

• Developed a synthesis process for the preparation of mustard oil nanoemulsion
• Compared various parameters like concentration, surfactant type, and time to optimize the emulsion synthesis procedure

India

• In Plant Training in a niche design, fabricating firm specializing in stirred tanks and unit operation equipment.
• Worked in a multi faceted team directly with the director to design and set-up R&D equipment on a pilot plant scale which included tanks, impellers, viscometers and other measuring devices.
• Created detailed manuals for future R&D employee training programs.
• Completely overhauled and updated Equipment design and testing mechanisms in line with modern breakthroughs in… Show more
• Completely overhauled and updated Equipment design and testing mechanisms in line with modern breakthroughs in Fluid technology.
• Formulated comprehensive but modular equipment design worksheets from process to mechanical design to decrease design times and increase productivity. Show less

Mumbai Area, India

• Vortex is one of the largest Chemical Technology festival in India.
• Being a part of the core committee, we oversaw the entire festival including sponsorship, events, registration.
• Being the registration head, I created a network of students for registration and public relations.The festival saw an increase in the footfall by 220% from 1400 in 2013 to 3300 in 2014

Mumbai Area, India

• Worked on the enhancement of adsorption capacity of chitosan beads by modification of chitosan with sodium triphosphate (TPP)
• Increased the thermal stability of the chitosan and was able to remove Cu2+ ions from an aqueous solution with high efficiency

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

High School