​​​​Prahar Vaidya​, M.S.

​​S. S. White Technologies, Piscataway, NJ

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Manufacturing Intern, October 2016- Present

• Worked in a team with Product Development Engineers to generate Method of Manufacturing (MOM), routers, Inspection plans using QSI Module, test fixtures, tools/ adapters for new projects and contract manufacturing products in accordance with customer requirements

• By understanding product application and expectations, translated customer requirements into product specifications in accordance with manufacturing capabilities utilizing possible failure modes (DFMEA)

• Resolved various manufacturing issues & non-conformances by Root cause analysis, Corrective and preventive action (CAPA) and prototyping

• Liaison between the manufacturing operators and Manufacturing/ Product Development engineers as well as Sales/ Planning team to propose delivery date for upcoming products

• Conducted Time studies as well as providing manufacturing data

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Engineering Intern, May 2015- August 2015​

• Worked with a team to convert AutoCAD drawings to SolidWorks drawings utilizing Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) for Medical and Aerospace parts which helped the company to considerably increase efficiency of the manufacturing process

• Worked in a team aiming to generate routers and pictorial instructions for manufacturing of medical and aerospace parts which can be helpful to new hires, documentation of standardized procedures (SOPs) for regulatory compliance (ISO, FDA) and reviewed drawings/assembly layouts

• ​​Worked in team to maintain and manage router effectiveness metric, SOP, BOM, Inspection Database for Class 1 and 2 medical devices (clean room 10,000 Class), Orthopedic Flexible trephines, making sure that the operation runs to plan while minimizing quality issues

• Acquainted with the major software used in ERP (Epicor) for scheduling, material requirement & inventory planning so as to generate a purchase order

• Acquainted with basic Lathe operations

Cleveland State University, Cleveland, OH

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Graduate Research Assistant, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering,
January 2014- May 2016

• Researched on BINARY GAS ADSORPTION on Silicalite under the guidance of Dr. Orhan Talu at Cleveland State University and thus strengthening my knowledge of the MATERIAL CHARACTERIZATION & ADSORPTION PHENOMENA.

• Conceptualization on Binary Gas Adsorption and execution of various experimental studies performed on Pure and Binary mixture of various gases, gathering more analytical data to contrast more on Net/Excess/Absolute Adsorption, solid characterization and potential use of Silicalite for Natural gas enrichment

• The measurement techniques, advantages and disadvantages were discussed and data was examined for thermodynamic consistency and compared to ideal adsorbed solution predictions for both net and excess adsorption.

• Solid adsorbent (Silicalite, ETS-10, LiLSX) material characterization (surface morphology, surface area, pore size, density) using SEM, Gas Pycnometry, mercury displacement & gas adsorption techniques 

• Experienced with installing, troubleshooting, calibrating and maintaining process analytical instruments including but not limited to Gas chromatograph, Mass spectrometer, SEM, Porosimeter, Differential scanning calorimeter, etc.

• Acquainted with major data analysis and statistical softwares (Minitab, SPSS, SigmaStat)

• Conference proceeding and  Technical paper:

1) Vaidya, P., Moran, A., and Talu, O. (2014). “Pure and Binary Net Adsorption of CH4, CO2 and C2H4.” AICHE Annual meeting, Atlanta, GA. ISBN: 978-0-8169-1086-1

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2) Vaidya, P. (2016). "PURE AND BINARY ADSORPTION OF METHANE AND NITROGEN ON SILICALITE." Electronic Thesis or Dissertation. Cleveland State University, 2016. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center

Chemical Engineering Tutor & Recruiter Specialist, January 2014- May 2016

• Assisted undergraduate students in achieving a better understanding of calculus and engineering courses

• Helped students develop confidence in themselves and a positive attitude towards engineering

• Helped over 2000 high school students to learn about the engineering profession and its benefits

• Assisted with daily office responsibility, student walk-ins, and helped manage tutoring service

Teaching Assistant, Chemical & Biomedical Engineering, August 2014- May 2015​

• Assisted Prof. D B Shah with Grading homework assignments and exams in one of the Undergrad subject TRANSPORT PHENOMENA

• Assisted Prof. Joanne M. Belovich with Grading homework assignments and quizzes in one of the Undergraduate subject CHEMICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES

• Prepared materials, proctored exams, held office hours to consult with individual students

Nitrex Chemicals, Gujarat, India

Chemical Process Engineer, July 2012 - June 2013

• Investigated and reviewed Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID), computed the pressure distribution and velocities across streams which would help the company for future expansion and production capacity of Nitrocellulose 

• Learned simulation of the distillation column which basically regenerates iso-propyl alcohol used in nitrocellulose as a damping medium thereby helping the company in a way that handling the supervision of the dehydration unit was done independently

• Worked closely with process chemists and chemical technicians to ensure maximum output levels and the efficient running of the production facility

• “Hazardous Safety Training” at Reliance Industries Manufacturing Division, Dahej, Bharuch. (Fortune Global 500 rank #99)

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Gujarat Narmada Valley Fertilizers and chemicals Company Limited, Bharuch, India

Engineering Intern, June 2011-July 2011

• Studied the principles of production of methanol based on partial oxidation of oil and reforming processes of Synthetic Natural Gas (syngas) 

• Acquainted with panel operation of the plant on DCS (Honeywell)

• Analyzed the material and energy balance across important unit operations of the plant