1. Kaustubh Laturkar
352-871-6024 kos19188@gmail.com
2810 E Saginaw Street, Lansing, Michigan 48912 www.linkedin.com/in/kaustubhlaturkar/en
Career Objective
To be counted amongst the best professionals in the Chemical Process design industry. I wish to
provide a seamless continuity of professional excellence by living upto and possibly improving
the high standards set by my senior predecessors.
Education
 M.S. in Chemical Engineering, CGPA 3.83 (Fall 2013 – Spring 2015)
University of Florida, US
Related Coursework: Chemical engg. Kinetics, Advanced transport phenomena, Computer
control of machines, Advanced chem and bio lab
 B.E. (Honors) in Chemical Engineering, CGPA 9.21 (Summer 2006 – Spring 2010)
Panjab University, India
Related Coursework: Process modelling and simulation, Heat and mass transfer, Petroleum
process engg., Chemical reaction engg., Process dynamics and control
Work Experience
Facility of Rare Isotope Beams, Lansing, Michigan (Feb 2016 – Present)
[A US DOE-SC national user facility operated by Michigan State University]
Process Engineer II
 Currently creating a plan for the commissioning and startup of the conventional and non-
conventional utility systems.
 Overseeing the installation, inspection, box-up and pressure/vacuum testing of various
equipment including hydrogen recombiner, ion-exchange columns, plate and frame heat
exchangers
 Working on the design, documentation, programming, and installation of PLC based control
systems, logic systems and safety interlocks
HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd., Bathinda, India (Jan 2011 – Aug 2013)
[A 181,000 BPD refinery in the Public-Private Partnership]
Assistant Manager
 Supervised a team of 20 operators to commission a 181,000 BPD EIL designed CDU-VDU
 Coordinated the box-up inspection, pressure/vacuum testing and startup of process
equipment including heat exchangers, desalters, CDU-VDU columns , fired heaters, vessels
and air coolers
 Conducted the calibration, programming, testing and fail tests of the safety interlocks on a
Yokogawa console system

2. Procon India Pvt. Ltd. (Apr 2010 – Dec 2010)
[Delhi based engineering consultancy]
Graduate Engineering Trainee
 Acquired the skills and knowledge on the concept studies of Process Design, Detail
Engineering and plant troubleshooting
 Performed HYSYS simulation, Line sizing, hydraulic calculations, P&ID development and
process calculations for equipment sizing and specifications and hazardous area
classification for a 1,260 BPD ethanol plant
Indian Oil Corporation Ltd., Panipat, India (June 2009 – July 2009)
Process Intern
 Trained in the daily operations of the 50,000 BPD, Foster-Wheeler designed Delayed Coker
Unit of the 241,000 Panipat refinery. Learnt several important concepts and functioning of
key equipment.
Special Assignment
Study and Analysis of Process Line Pressure Drop
Calculations and scheme to
o Reduce the pressure losses by 16% in the pipeline from the second stage compressor to
the main fuel gas header in the DCU. Scheme has since been successfully implemented
o Modified the pipe design by reducing the total number of bends from 16 to 12 and
improved the tray design using process simulations. Used Unisim and AutoCAD
CB&I Lummus Heat Transfer, Delhi, India (May 2008 - June 2008)
Process Intern
 Gained familiarity with HTRI software by working on the design and study of heat exchangers
for the energy loss and pressure drop calculations
Petronet LNG, Dahej Terminal (May 2007 - June 2007)
Process Intern
 Obtained a basic knowledge of the functioning of the LNG terminal. Studied the actual ship
unloading at the jetty and transfer processes along with LNG pipeline distribution
Projects
Mock Process design Of Delayed Coker Unit [at Panjab University, Chandigarh, India]
 Developed a process design package as an individual project on Aspen-HYSYS of a 20,000 BPD
Delayed Coker Unit with two (3’ dia) coke drums with emphasis on mass and energy balance,
design and economics

3. Troubleshooting and configuration of control elements in Distillation tower [at University of
Florida, Gainesville]
 Successfully calibrated and debugged the Coriolis transmitters, vortex transmitters and
control valves for the batch and continuous distillationcolumns using the Siemens DCS control
system
 Trimmed the mA output to a 4-20 mA range and corrected the flow meters to show non
negative readings at zero flow conditions
Laboratory Hydrogen Fuel Cell Development [at University of Florida, Gainesville]
 Team lead in the project funded by the US DOD for a lab scale sustainable hydrogen fuel cell
development
 The 11 KW, 36 VDC PEM fuel cell prototype was re-engineered from a recycled fuel cell in
which the stack modelling was performed on MATLAB while the electrical simulation was
executed using LabVIEW
Teaching Assistant [at University of Florida, Gainesville]
 Taught and demonstrated experimental procedures of DNA electrophoresis, hydrogel drug
transport, Michaelis Menton kinetics, Continuous and Batch Distillation, Heat Exchangers,
Liquid-Liquid Extraction
Graduate member of AIChE [at University of Florida, Gainesville]
 Gave presentation on the Optimization of energy losses in oil and gas refineries in annual
AIChE conference in Atlanta, Georgia, 2014
Certifications
 Comprehensive Safety and Chemical Engineering Education (SAChE), AICHE, May 2015
 Introduction to Safety management, OSHA, April 2015
 Hazardous Materials Management, IACET, April 2015
 Recognized with an Academic Achievement award at University of Florida, 2013
 Concept paper on Cold Fusion shortlisted in Chandigarh Science Congress, 2007
References
Available on request.