Wastewater/Environmental/Chemical Process Design Engineer Go Back Name: Hima Bindu Meka Contact Information E-mail: hmeka@syr.edu Phone Number: 315-729-8830 Target Work Locations: #1 - Anywhere, #2 - Willing to Relocate? Yes Date Available: 01/02/2005 Resume: HIMA BINDU MEKA Phone no: 315-729-8830 E-mail: hmeka@syr.edu srib4u@yahoo.com EDUCATION: Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY M.S in Chemical Engineering, Dec 2004 Birla Institute of Technology and Science (BITS) Pilani, India B.E. (Hons) Chemical Engineering, May 2002 M.Sc. (Hons) Mathematics, May 2002 Project: Biological Aerated Filters (BAF) For Carbonaceous and Nutrient Removal Fall 2004 * Conducted a comparative literature study of the different BAF models currently used for wastewater treatment (I.e. Bio-for /Bio-styr /Biocarbone process) their characteristics and history. * Designed a BAF reactor to incorporate carbonaceous removal, nitrification, denitrification by biological means, suspended solids by the filtering mechanism of the media and phosphorus removal by chemical precipitation. RELATED COURSE WORK: * Water Pollution Engineering - reactor design, biological treatment, nutrient removal * Biological Wastewater Treatment - conventional activated sludge, biomolecular methods, modeling * Biochemical Engineering- bioreactor design, enzyme, microbial growth kinetics, microbiology * Environmental Chemistry and Analysis - organic chemistry, thermodynamics, kinetics, acid-base reactions. * Applied Environmental Microbiology - principles, ecology, microbial processes, genetics, microbes and water * Green Engineering - mass exchange network, heat exchange network, toxicity analysis, design of environmental friendly chemical processes PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE: Indian Institute of Chemical Technology (IICT), Hyderabad, India. Jan 2002- July 2002 Research Assistant * Treatment of Heavy Water Effluent by Pervaporation: Butanol is a compound, which cannot be removed by conventional methods such as aerobic and anaerobic digestion. My role in this project was to study and evaluate the effect of process variables such as feed concentration and permeate vacuum to optimize experimental conditions. * Oxygen Barrier Properties of Chitosan Polymeric Film: Chitosan was tested since it is a biodegradable biopolymer when compared to the other currently used synthetic polymers. Chitosan polymeric film was tested for its ability to withstand oxygen penetration by using gas separation. This study was done to check chitosan's feasibility as a good packaging material. Vasanth Chemical Industries, Hyderabad, India May1998-july 1998 Plant Trainee * Payroll: Created a program in C language, which takes employee's personal and salary information as input and stores it in the database. It has provision for modifying the data and also calculates variables like Over Time, Provident Fund, Employees State Insurance corporation statements for employees in the company. PAPER PRESENTATION: "Oxygen Barrier Properties of Chitosan Polymeric Film"- Presented in BITS, Pilani for APOGEE (A Professional Oriented Gathering over Educational Experience) during the 20th All India Academic Week. ACADEMIC PROJECTS: Production of the protein human insulin in bacterial culture: * Studied insulin production methods and designed a fed-batch reactor for the production of human insulin using Escherichia coli bacteria. Acidobacterium in the Adirondack Mountains: * Studied the genetics, function, metabolism, and role of acidophilic microorganisms and acidobacterium in particular. * Incorporated laboratory results of the samples collected from Adirondack Mountains. Optimal Design of Shell and Tube Heat Exchanger: * Optimizing the design. * Cost and Profit analysis of the equipment. Probability and Statistics: * Studied the various probability distributions, Sampling, Regression, Correlation and concept of fitting a line to a set of data. * Formulated a program in C, which gave the value of the various probability functions. Bits Virtual University (Web design): * Created an intranet site using HTML and JavaScript for BITS virtual university website. A Computerized approach to Simulating Banking System's Effectiveness: * Analyzed various simulation methods for measuring the effectiveness of the banking system. FIELD TRIPS: * Adirondack Ecological Center, Newcomb, NY: Soil samples collected from Arbutus Lake and water samples at two different sites from Military Lake were analyzed and studied to check the presence of acidic microbes in the terrestrial and aquatic environment. * Mineoa Waste Water Treatment Plant, Mineoa, NY: Obtained information of the process of sequencing batch reactor, trickling filters and construction wetlands. * Syracuse Metropolitan Wastewater Treatment Plant, Syracuse, NY: Obtained information of the process of activated sludge,biological aerated filters (Biostyr), and active flows. COMPUTER SKILLS: Platforms: UNIX, Windows 95/98/2000/NT/XP Languages: C, Visual Basic Web Development: HTML, JavaScript, Front Page. Office Applications: Microsoft Office Software PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS: Member of AWMA (Air and Waste Management Association) & NYWEA (New York Water Environment Association) organization. LEADERSHIP: Cultural Secretary, Meera Bhawan Girls Hostel BITS, Pilani 1999-2000 * Organized the prestigious Meera Bhawan night (cultural night). * Conducted various events based on team building and socializing themes. * Organized the seniors' farewell event. Executive Committee member, Andhra Samithi (a regional association of Bits Pilani) 1997-2000 * Responsible for organizing various cultural programs based on team building and socializing themes.