Dhruv

3/1/2015
Philadelphia, PA

Position Desired

Materials Engineering
Anywhere in the U.S.
Yes

Resume

EDUCATION____________________________________________________________________________ _
University of Pennsylvania, School of Engineering and Applied Science, Philadelphia, PA May 2015
Candidate for Master of Science in Engineering: Materials Science and Engineering
Courses: Semiconductor Device Physics, MEMS/NEMS, Nanoscale Science and Engineering, Tribology
Fabrication and Characterization of Nanostructured Devices, Energy Storage and Generation
Batteries & Super Capacitors, Marketing Strategy (Wharton Marketing Department),
Dwarkadas J. Sanghvi College of Engineering, University of Mumbai, India May 2013 Bachelor of Engineering in Chemical Engineering. (GPA- 3.2/4.0)
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Computational Modelling – VESTA, VASP, ImageJ-image processing tool,
MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook & Basic MATLAB.
Markstrat- Marketing Simulation Software
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Graduate Student Fellow, University of Pennsylvania Fall 2014- Spring 2015
(Quattrone Nanofabrication Facility & Nanoscale Characterization Facility)
• Thin Film Deposition and Characterization in Cleanroom environment using metrology tools such as Optical Microscope, Atomic Force Microscope, Ellipsometer & Stylus Profiler.
• Investigated the Deposition profiles & rates of various metals, semiconductors and insulating oxides on silicon wafers and their impacts on processes like pinhole generation.
• Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), Plasma Enhanced Chemical Vapor Deposition (PECVD), Physical Vapor Deposition (PVD) - DC/RF Sputterer, E-Beam Thermal Evaporator, Xenon-Fluoride Etcher & Thin Film Mapper were employed to compare the quality of thin films.

Internship- Darshan Chemicals Pvt. Ltd., Mumbai, India. December 2010-January 2011
December 2011-January 2012
• Examined and checked for percentage purity of products using Gas Chromatograph in Quality Control Department.
• Tested pilot batches of crude material in fractional distillation process.
• Trained in the sales department and ensured smooth dispatch of products to customers.
PROJECTS AND TECHNICAL PAPERS
Research Assistant to Prof. Vivek Shenoy, University of Pennsylvania Summer 2014
• Analyzed the Structural & Electronic properties of MXenes as high capacity electrodes to replace graphite anodes in next-generation Metal & Lithium-Ion Batteries.
Research Assistant to Prof. Christopher Murray, University of Pennsylvania Spring 2014
• Experimented the use of Nano-structured m...

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