AGNIDHRA GAIN Chemical Engg. Grad., Semicond. Mfg.

Enthusiast, Musician
Gainesville, FL +1 (352) 888 9430 [email protected] agnidhra

EDUCATION
MS in Chemical Engineering University of Florida 2021 – ‘23
MS by Research in Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology Madras 2018 – ‘22
Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering Jadavpur University 2012 – ‘17
Relevant Coursework: Semiconductor Fabrication Laboratory, Electronic Materials Processing, Chemical Process Data Science,
Statistical Methods in Research, Statistical Process Control (SPC), Adv. Chemical and Bio. Process Lab.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Data Specialist | Virtual Review Assist FL, USA 2022 –‘23
• Optical Character Recognition using Pytesseract.
• In charge of data cleaning and preparation (Pandas in Python) for the NLP model (achieved ~85% accuracy).
• Responsible for data acquisition (Image annotation, Web scrapping, Paraphrasing).
Industrial Training | Indian Oil Corporation Ltd. Haldia, India 2015
• Studied the process manufacturing and P&ID of Lube and Fuel Oil production.
• Proposed improved CPI/TPI that increases Effluent Treatment Plant's efficiency.
Industrial Training | Bengal Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals Ltd. Panihati, India 2014
• Observed and learned the production mechanism of Alum, Phenol production.
Conference Presentation | Max Planck Society Berlin, Germany 2020
• Invited to present MS research work: Kinetic Investigation of MSO in microreactors.
SELF PLACED PROJECT (PROCESS SIMULATION)
Process Simulation (using Aspen HYSIS, DWSIM) of the following – 2022–‘23
• Water gas shift reaction, heterogeneous catalytic reaction, production of butyl acetate, Heat of combustion.
• Extractive, Reactive, Multicomponent Rigorous, and Pressure Swing Distillation, PFR, CSTR. Created petroleum assay.
• Able to use CAPE-OPEN Distillation col., recycle logical op, pump, and valve unit op., and set up reaction kinetics.
SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION
Design, Fabrication & Characterization of MEMS Actuator NRF, UF 2022
• Used KLayout to design the MEMS photomask, and developed a bimorph actuator on a p-type 2” Si wafer.
• Performed lift-off, BOE etching, DRIE, lift-off, PECVD, lithography, sputtering. Used AC, DC current to characterize MEMS.
Fabrication & Characterization of PN Junction Diodes & Photodiodes NRF, UF 2022
• Built diodes by performing Photolithography, BOE Etching, Stripping, Descum, Metal deposition & Lift-off on p-type Si wafer.
• Characterized diodes using a 4-point probe for sheet resistance measurement, SEM & optical microscope.
SKILL
• Semiconductor device Fabrication Tools: Photolithography (Karl Suss MJB3 Contact Aligner System & UV Optical
Energy Controller), Photoresist (Headway Spinner), Vacuum Thermal Evaporation (AJA International PVDX-1800 series),
Descum (Plasma Sciences RIE 200W), Characterization (Veeco FPP-5000 4-Point Probe), PECVD (Unaxis 790), Sputtering
(KJL CMS-18 Multi-Source), DRIE (Oxford Plasma), SEM (FEI Nova 430).
• Programming lang. and Software: Python, MATLAB, FORTRAN, R, KLayout, COMSOL (Basics), Microsoft Suite
• Mathematical (including ML) Tools: ODE solvers, Optimization tools, Pandas, NumPy, Seaborn, Scikit-learn, RDKit
• Other: Balance (mass and energy) equations, Aspen HYSIS, P&ID, Microscope, PCR, CRISPR, HPLC (basics)
RESEARCH PROJECT
Current (MS) research at UF: Suspension Dynamics of Rigid Fibers 2022– ‘23
(Advisor: Dr. Jason Butler, University of Florida)
Studying non-colloidal rigid fiber suspensions’ dynamics under simple and reversed shear in FORTRAN. Simulated Jeffery’s orbit.
• Expected Outcome: Research Paper
MS Research at IIT M: Kinetic Investigation of Moffat-Swern Oxidation (MSO) Reaction and the 2019–‘22
Analysis of Micromixing (Advisor Dr. S. Pushpavanam, Institute Chair, Chemical Engg., IIT Madras, India)
Extracted the kinetics of the MSO reaction (in a Microreactor environment) computationally through optimization
techniques (fmincon, Particle Swarm Optimization) on MATLAB. Different mixing strategies for optimum yield were explored.
Results showed that in a Microreactor we can achieve the same yield at room temperature as -70℃ in a conventional batch reactor.
• Outcomes: MS Thesis, Invitation to Max Plank Society, Berlin, for Conference Presentation.
EXTRACURRICULAR AND LEADERSHIP
• Event Organizing Head of Annual Technical Festival of Dept. of Chemical Engg., IIT M (Organized MATLAB, Fortran
workshop, and Chemical Engineering-based fun game competitions) 2019-‘20
• Vocalist, instrumentalist, Composer, and Organizing head at Gator Resonance. 2021-‘23
• Actively worked at an NGO that served underprivileged children in Kolkata, India. 2017-‘18
• Singing for the attenuation of cancer patients' pain at Adyar Cancer Institute, Chennai, India 2019-‘20