DURGA SWETHA CHIVUKULA
Buffalo,NY
Summary
6+ years of R&D experience including wet lab. Expertise in Chemical Kinetics, Process Engineering, Water Treatment, Thermodynamics, Membrane Separations and energy evaluations of a desalination process. Motivated, self-directed Graduate Student with exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
Overview
8
8
years of professional experience
Work History
Graduate Student Researcher
University At Buffalo
01.2022 - 05.2022
- Identified time and concentration of coating layer of PDMS on polysulfone gutter layer
- Evaluated gas permeation of trilayer polymeric membrane
- Performance of different concentration of top layer was evaluated
Founding Member
CNM Nanotechnologies (P) Ltd
, India
10.2019 - 07.2021
- Led R&D of zinc nanoparticles synthesis from bench scale to pilot scale
- Process developed for large-scale production
- Prepared and filed patent for zinc nanoparticles as well as COVID detection device parts
- Procured agreements with local industry for company products and services
- Assisted company to develop larger market base via website development
Research Associate
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology
09.2018 - 08.2019
- Redesigned process of desalination plant in Busan by variation of membrane modules in plant
- Analyzed desalination process to decrease energy consumption, modeled variation in recovery ratios to increase energy consumption
- Evaluated fluctuations of energy consumptions with temperature and seasonal feed water concentrations
- Reduced energy consumption by 8%
Graduate Student Researcher
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology
01.2018 - 08.2018
- Summarized problems in utilizing hollow fibres in desalination process, modeled process of water flow through hollow fibre under real time conditions
- Examined water flow variation in fibres shows water pattern changing from turbulent to laminar flow
- Identification of maximum stress points in system is near neck of hollow fiber
- Set flow rates and pressure for hollow fibre system
Graduate Research Assistant
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology
, South Korea
03.2017 - 08.2018
- Designed system where each parameter (temperature, concentration, membrane, and process configuration) could be varied without it affecting water quality and quantity
- Compared performance of high flux membrane and high rejection membranes on basis of process configuration, feed water concentration and temperature of system
- Assessed viability of using high flux membranes in high-temperature conditions existing in desert-like climates
- Summarized development of equations of solution diffusion model as well as speigler-kedem model for transport of water across membranes
- Assessed results of PAFO experiments considering these equations
- Developed model for susceptibility of PAFO membranes under pressurized conditions
Summer In-Plant Trainee
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
, India
06.2015 - 07.2015
- Performed effect analysis of utilizing various stirrers as temperature increase and decrease was observed in process engineering department
- Performed separation of various chemical compounds using silica bed separator in R&D department
- Gained practical insight into process requirements in pharmaceutical industry such as filtration, fluidization, heat transfer, mass transfer, energy transfer, chemical compound separation, degradation of chemical compounds
Intern
BASF India
, India
06.2014 - 07.2014
- Assisted R&D department in chemical synthesis of 3 dyes to reduce environmental impact of same using green chemistry
- Studied in-depth impact of effluents released from generation of dyes utilized for printing
- Devised method for incorporation of metal ions to reduce wastage of chemicals thus increasing yield and reduced costing for raw chemical requirements
Education
Master of Science - Chemical Engineering
University At Buffalo,State University of New York
Buffalo, USA06.2022
Master of Science - Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering
Gwangju Institute of Science And Technology
Gwangju, South Korea08.2018
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology
Mumbai, India05.2016
Skills
- UV-Vis Spectrophotometer, Turbidity meter, sessile drop goniometer, Fluorescence Spectrophotometer, Zeta Potential, SEM analysis, IR spectrophotometer
- R Language, Python, Matlab
- Ansys CFX, WAVE, ROSA9, CSMPro, CE Waters, UniSim, Minitab (Visualization Softwares)
- AutoCAD, Samson Molecular Dynamics, Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and Origin Pro
- Process Engineering and Process Development
- Scale-up and Process Improvement
- Process design
- Process data collection and analysis
Additional Information
- Best Oral Presentation at Advancements in Membrane Technologies, Chennai, 2020
- Korean Government Scholarship for Masters: 2017-2018
- Patent Pending Title: Polymer coated metal oxide nanoparticles by self-emulsion polymerization reaction and preparation method thereof
Timeline
Graduate Student Researcher
University At Buffalo
01.2022 - 05.2022
Founding Member
CNM Nanotechnologies (P) Ltd
10.2019 - 07.2021
Research Associate
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology
09.2018 - 08.2019
Graduate Student Researcher
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology
01.2018 - 08.2018
Graduate Research Assistant
Gwangju Institute Of Science And Technology
03.2017 - 08.2018
Summer In-Plant Trainee
Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd
06.2015 - 07.2015
Intern
BASF India
06.2014 - 07.2014
Master of Science - Chemical Engineering
University At Buffalo,State University of New York
Master of Science - Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering
Gwangju Institute of Science And Technology
Bachelor of Science - Chemical Technology
Institute of Chemical Technology
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