Biochemical Process Engineer Resume

Desired Industry: Biotech	SpiderID: 4063
Desired Job Location: syracuse, New York	Date Posted: 11/2/2005
Type of Position: Full-Time Permanent	Availability Date: Dec 2005
Desired Wage: 50000
	U.S. Work Authorization: Yes
Job Level: Experienced with over 2 years experience	Willing to Travel: Yes, Less Than 25%
Highest Degree Attained: Masters	Willing to Relocate: Yes

Objective:
Seeking a research position as a Bioprocess Engineer/Scientist.

Experience:
WORK EXPERIENCE

Research Project Assistant, ERE, SUNY - ESF Aug 03 – Current

Groundbreaking Research on Molybdate-Surfactant Nano-particle complexation and selective Ion Flotation.

Conducted Ion-Flotation experiments on Pilot Scale Flotation Cells & analyzed Data using Excel and
Matlab.

Analysis using AAS (Atomic Absorption Spectrometer), Turbidimeter, Zeta-Potentiometer, UV-Vis.

Contributed to other projects in the group related to Waste-water Drainage and Filtration Modeling.

Teaching Assistant, ERE, SUNY - ESF Aug 03 – Current

TA for Air Pollution Engineering, Heat Transfer and Fluid Mechanics.

Helped students with Assignments in course-work and understanding concepts pertaining to the subjects.

Took lectures and Laboratory classes for Professor administering over groups ranging from 4 to 10
students.

Process Engineer, Ballarpur Industries (Delhi, India) Jul 02 – July 03

Worked in Bio-Pulping of Molasses for use as Fiber Source of Paper using Bio-Remediated Fungi

Coordinated efforts with Plant Manager in planning, organizing and scheduling activities of 20 employees in the production department to produce quality paper and met plant production goals.

Undertook Projects leading to 10% reduction in raw material losses and 15 % savings in Power at the Refining section of Paper-Forming Department.

Industrial Intern, Sheshasayee Papers & Boards (Erode, India) May 01-Aug 01

Developed detailed heat and mass balances for the plant and prepared their P&ID’s

Education:
EDUCATION

SUNY–ESF M.S. (Env. & Resource Engg.) Grad: Dec. 05

Master’s Thesis Research – Process Development for Molybdate Recycling using Ion-Flotation.

search Scholarship holder for all semesters. (GPA = 3.268)

Teaching Assistant – Heat Transfer, Air Pollution Engineering, Fluid Mechanics
IIT Roorkee B. TECH. Grad: May 02

Best Engineering School in India.

Research Project – Modeling of Newspaper Deinking using Cell-Flotation.

Affiliations:
AIChe- American Institute for Chemical Engineers.

ACS- American Chemical Society

Skills:
Technical – Fermentation, Protein purification, Electrophoresis, Experimental Design, Cell – Culture,
BOD, COD, PCR, Zeta – Potential, Turbidity, Mathematical Modeling, Statistical analysis, Spectrometry.

Leadership and People Skills -- Oversight of 20 odd Operators in job; Senator in Students’ body.

Communication skills – Teaching Experience, Prolific Debater, Lower Management Supervisor.

Computing - MS Excel, MS Office, C++, Fortran, Mat lab, MathCAD, Adobe Photoshop, FrontPage Editor

Additional Information:
COURSES

Biological Remediation
Biochemical Engineering
Environmental Microbiology
Process Control
Environmental Chemistry and Analysis Process Equipment Design
Optimization Techniques
Chemical Engineering Methods
Technical Writing

AREAS OF STUDY

Process Development for Molybdate Recovery using Selective Ion Flotation

Process design for Cellulase Production using a Fed Batch reactor

Production of Thermostable Xylanase from Common Yeast using Biological Remediation.

Reference:
Available on request.

Candidate Contact Information:

Name: Nilay Sameer
Street: -	Phone: 315-278-4614
City: syracuse	Fax: 901-284-2061
State: New York
Zip: -
Web Site: