Provide customer/tender support globally for non-metallics. Work with product-line, engineering, quality, supply-chain, manufacturing, and operations/sales teams to grow and maintain Baker-Hughes's position as a market leader.Provide material recommendations, material approvals, and all types of sustaining/support activity including compatibility, reliability studies, failure analysis as per ISO, NORSOK, ASTM, NACE, standards. Led development of a new chemically resistant high elongation Aptum elastomer for use in a high expansion open-hole sealing application.Developed barrier coatings for swellable packers to delay swelling and provide assurance during run-in.Developed and tested a high temperature chemical resistant coating for downhole sealing elements.Experienced user of SPC/SQC methodology and Design of Experiments.

Collaborated in development of degradable thermosets for downhole products like frac balls and plugs.Led scale up and development of next generation water swellable elastomers for high-salinity/divalent brine environments Collaborated and led the development of ultra-HTHP polymers to be used as sealing/packing elements in downhole tools - - Characterized polymer blends and mixes using thermal, mechanical, and rheological analysis- Improved dispersion using extrusion mixing of polymers with fillers and cross-linkers- Analyzed test data for repeatability and reproducibility using SPC/SQC methodologyLed the scale up of smart/designer materials for multi-stage hydraulic fracturing of shale formations throughout North America –- QA/QC testing and developing material specifications- Studied structure-property relationship of materials using statistical methodology- Developed a predictor of material properties in correlation with different types of thermal and chemical environmentsCollaborated in developing nanotechnology application for various oilfield-based elements – - Characterized nano-materials using thermal, dynamic-mechanical, rheological analysis- Applied layer-by-layer (LbL) nano-composite coating technology for barrier applications- Analyzed thermal, rheological, and electrical behavior of nano-materials in fluids, motor-oil, epoxy, greases, etc. for different applicationsCollaborated in development of a guar-based and visco-elastic surfactant (VES) based fracturing fluids for hydraulic fracturing

Master’s Thesis “An Experimental Investigation of Processes Limiting LiFePO4-Cathode Performance Intended for Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles” - Improved battery performance by identifying various factors limiting LiFePO4-cathode performance for high power and energy applications - Fabricated and assembled pouch-sized lithium batteries with different cathode parameters like loading, thickness, porosity, and type of conductive additives - Achieved Power and Energy density goals for Hybrid Electric Vehicles (HEVs) and Power density requirements for Plug-in HEVs - Tested cathodes by simulating similar driving conditions as hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicles using battery testing systems like MACCOR and ARBIN - Characterized cathodes and different cathode constituents using Scanning Electron Microscopy (JEOL 840 and Environmental SEM) and X-Ray Analysis (EDX)

Preliminary design of a Packed Bed Fischer Tropsch Reactor (PBR) of the heat exchange type for a pilot plant, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (August 2006 – December 2006) - Calculated optimal reactor length, catalyst volume, reactor productivity, cooling duty, and pressure drop across the reactor - Calculated conversion, temperature, and pressure drops across the reactor as a function of reactor length - Formulated material, momentum and energy balance equations for the reactor designStudied the influence of electrode (cathode) morphology on the performance of Lithium batteries using scanning electron microscopy, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah (January 2005 – April 2005) - Characterized and X-Ray analyzed various cathodes and cathode configurations - Identified problems affecting cathode performance resulting in improved fabrication and performance of lithium batteries

Teaching Asst for Heat & Mass Transfer class (approx. 60 students)

Designed a high pressure reactor for the synthesis of 1-nitro 3, 6, 8 trisulphonic acid (NTSA) to 1-amino 3, 6, 8 trisulphonic acid (ATSA) by catalytic hydrogenation, National Chemical Laboratories (NCL), Pune, India (August 2003 – June 2004)- Analyzed and interpreted kinetic run data to deduce rate equation and rate constant for the lab scale conversion of NTSA to ATSA in an autoclave- Mechanical design of the autoclave and its subsequent scale up from lab scale to commercial scale- Designed Process Flow Diagram, Process and Instrumentation Diagram, and Plant Layout for the manufacture of ATSA- Estimated the process costing and economics of the project and found it to be feasible