1. Ameen Sayal Contact: +1(352)-745-9945
Website: ameensayal.in Linkedin: linkedin.com/in/ameensayal Email:ameensayal@ufl.edu
EDUCATION
 Master of Science, Chemical Engineering May 2017
University of Florida (UF), Gainesville FL (GPA: 3.66/4.00)
 Bachelor of Technology, Chemical Engineering June 2013
Thapar University, Patiala, India (CGPA: 9.17/10, Department Rank 3, Silver medal for year 2011-12)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Furnace Improvement Services (FIS), Sugarland Texas, US June ’16 - Aug ‘16
Intern, Process Engineer
 Improved the convection section efficiency by 11% (81% to 92%) of crude fire heater, a product of Phillips 66 refinery
 Performed computational fluid dynamic (CFD) simulation of inclined burners and performance improvement of coker heaters
Interacted with clients for requirement gathering, identified issues, conducted inspection & recommended solution to address challenges
 Conducted sales meetings with current and potential clients for product specifications and patented techniques
Reliance Industries Limited, Aromatic & Sulphur Plant, Jamnagar, India July ’13 - July ‘15
Shift Field Engineer/Manager
 Worked on Distributed Control system (DCS) and operational activities of Sulphur and Aromatic plant
 Worked with international vendors like Bechtel, UOP, Terachem to improve the plant capacity from 65 KBPSD to 85 KBPSD
 Instrumental in optimizing aromatic content in Petro Chemical Naptha to 16% as part of the six sigma yellow belt project
 Performed pre-incident planning and assessment analysis of distillation column on Phast platform (hazard tool)
 Owned the knowledge management process and prepared technical documents including SOP, 5S and conducted training for new staff
Jagatjit Industries Ltd., (Hamira) Jalandhar, India June ’11 - July ‘11
Intern, Process Engineer
Conducted experiments on glycolysis method and mass balance fermenter to determine amount of carbon dioxide
 Performed furnace convection section calculations to determine heat transfer coefficient & pressure drop using FRNC 5PC software
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Research Project, Chemical Engineering department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Jan ‘16 – Till date
 Creating a simulation platform for students, by doing backend coding on dynamic system of various chemical unit operations
Teaching Assistant, Chemical Engineering department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Sept ’15 – Till Date
 Conducted experiments (distillation, cooling tower), instructed undergraduates with handling and trouble-shooting procedures
Research Project, Chemical Engineering department, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL Aug ‘15 – Jan ‘16
 Validate the unsteady state energy balance of continuous stirred tank reactor by doing mathematical modelling in order to verify the
experimental data and analyzed the dynamic effects of reaction thermodynamics in control modeling
Research Project, Chemical Engineering deptartment, Thapar University, India Jan 2013 – July 2013
 Performed CFD simulations to assess the quality of vapour velocity of crude entering the vane type inlet device.
 Did CFD simulations and analyzed results of electrostatic desalter-Influence of obstruction plate design on crude-water separation
Summer Research Fellowship, Separation Process Division, Indian Institute of Petroleum, India July 2012 – Jan 2013
 Converted waste plastic to hydrocarbons and optimized the temperature, catalyst life, Weight hourly space velocity (WHSV)
 Estimated installation cost by doing equipment cost calculation of 5 tons per day plant using Marshall and swift index method
 Optimized techniques and operating parameters for production of hydrocarbons to scale up to 5 tons per day, using Hysys tool
Project, Process Designing at Engg. Design and Power Training Institute, Chandigarh, India Jan 2012 – Mar 2012
 Performed calculations on line sizing and column sizing, optimized temperature and flow rate following design of experiment technique.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
 Programming/Software: FRNC5, XPM Pro, Hysys, Aspen+, Phast, Unisem, Fluent, C, C++, HTML, MATLAB (Neural, Simulink)
 Operating Systems/Industrial Platforms/Instruments: Windows, LINUX, DCS, APC, RTO, SCADA, LEED, STM, AUTOCAD
PUBLICATIONS
 Bansal H, Sayal A, Singh Parminder, “CFD Simulation on Vane Type Feed Inlet Device in a Column”, Elixir Chem. Engg. 2014
 Sayal A, Vikas K, Singh Parminder, “Simulation study for production of hydrocarbons from waste”, AJER Journal 2015
 Sayal A, Bansal H, “CFD Analysis Of Horizontal Electrostatic Desalter ”, International Conference ICRISET IRAJ, 2014
AWARDS & ACHIEVEMENTS
 Department Rank 3, Department of Chemical Engineering, Thapar University, India (Batch 2009-2013)
 Recipient, Meritorious Student Award 2011-12 and Merit Scholarship for securing 2nd position in Chemical Engineering, B.Tech
 Recipient, Merit Scholarship for securing All India Rank 4 in National Science Talent Hunt 2007 by Aakash institute, India
 Recipient, Top 0.1% Category Merit Certificate in XII C.B.S.E. Examination
LEADERSHIP ROLES
 Peer Mentor, Reliance Industries Limited Internship Programme, 2014
 Joint Secretary, Indian Institute of Chemical Engineers Society in Thapar University, 2011-12
 Technical Head (Chemical Engg.), Aranya, Largest Annual Technical Festival, Thapar University, 2011