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Sundaram Bhardwaj Ramakrishnan

Houston

Summary

Forward-thinking Process Engineer with more than [Number] years of experience in process design and establishing manufacturing routines. Known for great time management, effective multitasking and detail-oriented planning.

Overview

8
8
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Process Engineer II

Mars Materials Inc, PBC
07.2023 - Current
  • Lead Mars in their purification efforts to produce customer-grade product specifications
  • Designed and successfully ran experiments under spinning band distillation to understand the role of different control variables affecting product purity
  • Developed Mars alternate feedstock mapping by doing a literature review on the development of alternate reaction pathways
  • Collaborated with other Engineers on the documentation such as scopes of work (SOW), standard operation procedures (SOP), P&IDs, PFDs, process simulation and calculations, and equipment installation
  • Served as one of the liaisons between Mars and an external technology partner at Northwestern University who assists in scaling and optimizing Mars Nitrilation technology.

Graduate Researcher

Oklahoma State University
08.2018 - 07.2023
  • Led team of 3 and independently performed 50+ experiments on light-nanoparticle interaction for CO2 reduction; performed computational analysis via Lumerical and COMSOL to determine structure-property-performance relationship under visible light
  • The research will contribute towards addressing carbon reduction and energy security
  • Authored a 50-page book chapter as part of a specialized periodical series published by The Royal Society of Chemistry and a review paper through collaborations in Advanced Optical Materials (Imp
  • Factor 10.05) which has an active readership of 19.5M
  • Documented safety procedures and purchases and oversaw online inventory management of $3K worth of chemicals; developed lab’s group website to improve the group’s research visibility through restructuring content to improve UX and navigability
  • Mentored 2 undergraduate students one during a remote from India resulting in a journal publication and the other as a Niblack scholar working in our lab.

Consultant

Gyan Data Pvt Ltd
09.2017 - 08.2018
  • Led a team of 5 to develop 10+ case studies to train clients to solve business problems using data science and machine learning (i.e., Python and R)
  • Case studies reflected situations such as airline marketing and mitigating employee churn
  • Formulated case study-based curriculum on analytics for corporate professionals; conducted market research to inform the design and performed needs analysis through firsthand conversations to customize content for the client
  • Successfully presented the finalized draft to the client Founder and VP of Training, resulting in $3K revenue for Gyan Data.

Senior Project Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology
07.2016 - 09.2017
  • Developed 1st principles-based modeling for humidity control in fuel cells using MATLAB with a Ph.D
  • Researcher; work published in the International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (Imp
  • Factor 7.1).

Education

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering -

Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, OK
07.2023

Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering -

Anna University
Chennai, India
05.2016

Skills

  • Data Analysis
  • Process Development
  • Team Collaboration
  • Production Planning
  • Process Validation
  • Waste Reduction
  • Process flow analysis
  • Documents and reports
  • Design of experiments

Accomplishments

  • 2nd/100 in the technical abstract writing competition at OKST graduate college
  • 2nd/7 teams in the CapSpire business case competition; presented the most viable renewable energy options to be considered for the state of OK within a 2-hour timeframe

Google Scholar

https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ohPpQVwAAAAJ&hl=en&oi=ao

Patents

  • Khatri, N., Tirumala, R. T., Ramakrishnan S.B, Andiappan M., Kalkan A.K., Mie-Resonator Solar Thermal Absorbers, 05/06/2022
  • Wheeler, A., Ravi Teja A.T., Ramakrishnan S.B, Mohammadparast, F., Andiappan M., Mie Resonance Enhanced Dye Sensitization using Cu2O Dielectric Nanostructures using Red illumination system, PCTC/2020/059445. U.S. Serial No.: 62/932,991
  • Andiappan M., Wheeler, A., Tirumala, R. T., Ramakrishnan S.B, Mohammadparast, F., Photocatalysis using Mie Resonances of Cu2O Dielectric Nanostructures, 12/09/2019, U.S. Serial No.: 62/932,991

Leadership Experience

  • Mentoring, Graduate Teaching Assistant, Mentored two undergraduate students, one during a remote internship and the other as a Niblack scholar in our lab. Taught 7 semesters to 300+ students in core Chemical Engineering courses; proctoring, grading, and tutoring students.
  • Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association, President, 08/2022, 05/2023, Elected representative of the chemical engineering department, led a team of 7 to organize events for both personal and professional development of 40+ graduate students.
  • Chemical Engineering Graduate Student Association, Liaison, 08/2019, 05/2022, Elected representative of chemical engineering department with 30+ graduate students; represented cohort at graduate council meetings and helped acquire $1K+ in funds for hosting social and technical events.
  • Graduate and Professional Student Government Association, Finance Committee Member, 08/2019, 05/2022, Cleared $4K in travel awards for 100+ graduate students and professors on time.

Publications

  • Tirumala, R. T. A., Khatri, N., Ramakrishnan, S.B., ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng. 2023, https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c04328
  • Ramakrishnan, S.B., J. Phys. Chem. C 2022, 126, 38, 16272–16279, https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c04646
  • Tirumala, R. T. A., Gyawali, S., Wheeler, A., Ramakrishnan, S.B., ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 13, 7975–7985 (Imp. Fac ~ 14), https://doi.org/10.1021/acscatal.2c00977
  • Tirumala, R. T. A., Ramakrishnan, S.B., ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2022, 5, 5, 6699–6707, https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsanm.2c00730
  • Ramakrishnan, S.B., Adv. Optical Mater. 2021, 2101128 (Imp. Fac 10.05), https://doi.org/10.1002/adom.202101128
  • Ramakrishnan, S.B., Catalysis, 2021, pp 38–86, https://doi.org/10.1039/9781839163128-00038
  • Ramakrishnan, S.B., ACS Appl. Nano Mater. 2020, 3 (7), 6806–6815, https://doi.org/10.1021/acsanm.0c01201
  • Mohammadparast, F., Tirumala, R.T.A., Ramakrishnan, S.B., Chemical Engineering Science 2020, 225, 115821, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ces.2020.115821
  • Tirumala, R.T.A., Dadgar, A.P., Mohammadparast, F., Ramakrishnan, S.B., Green Chemistry, 2019, 21, 5284-5290, https://doi.org/10.1039/C9GC01930H
  • Raman, S., Swaminathan, S., Ramakrishnan, S.B., International Journal of Hydrogen Energy 2019, 44 (1), 389–407, https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360319918314046?via%3Dihub

Training

  • Ramakrishnan S.B., Mie Resonance-Enhanced Photocatalysis using Dielectric Cuprous Oxide Nanostructures, AIChE Annual Meeting, Phoenix, AZ, November 2022
  • Ramakrishnan S.B., Dielectrics for Light-Matter Interaction: Application in Photocatalysis, The 27th North American Catalysis Society Meeting (NAM), New York, NY, May 2022
  • Ramakrishnan S.B., Dielectric Nanostructures for Solar Light Harvesting Applications, AIChE Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2021
  • Ramakrishnan S.B., Dielectric Resonance-Enhanced Photocatalysis on High Refractive Index Semiconductor Nanostructures, 95th ACS Colloid Surface Science Symposium, Virtual, June 2021
  • Ramakrishnan S.B., Low-cost dielectric nanostructures for efficient use of solar energy, Great Plains Catalysis Society (GPCS) Annual Meeting Conference, Bartlesville, OK, September 2020 (Virtual)
  • Ramakrishnan S.B., High Dielectric Semiconductor Nanostructures with Tunable Mie Resonance in the Visible to Near-IR region, AIChE Annual Meeting, Orlando, FL, November 2019
  • Ramakrishnan S.B., Light confinement in dielectric and plasmonic materials for efficient conversion of solar to chemical energy, Great Plains Catalysis Society (GPCS) Annual Meeting Conference, Bartlesville, OK, April 2019

Certification

Microeconomics,

Introduction to Corporate Finance,

Fundamentals of Quantitative Modeling.


Timeline

Process Engineer II

Mars Materials Inc, PBC
07.2023 - Current

Graduate Researcher

Oklahoma State University
08.2018 - 07.2023

Consultant

Gyan Data Pvt Ltd
09.2017 - 08.2018

Senior Project Assistant

Indian Institute of Technology
07.2016 - 09.2017

Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering -

Oklahoma State University

Bachelor of Technology in Chemical Engineering -

Anna University
Sundaram Bhardwaj Ramakrishnan