THARUNESH PONUKANTI
Calgary,Canada
Summary
My career objective is to utilize my strong analytical skills and technical knowledge to drive innovation and efficiency in innovate chemical processes sustainably, emphasizing safety and environmental responsibility. I aim to advance the field through research and continuous improvement, contributing to global challenges.
Overview
2
2
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Teaching Assistant
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Osmania University
India
01.2021 - 04.2021
Online Internship (Intern)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
India
08.2020 - 11.2020
Engineer Trainee (Intern)
Indian Institute Chemical Engineers (IICHE)
India
07.2020 - 10.2020
Chemical Engineer Trainee (Intern)
SARACA Laboratories Limited
India
07.2019 - 08.2019
Education
Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary
04.2024
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Chemical Engineering
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Osmania University
07.2021
Skills
- MS office
- MATLAB
- COMSOL
- DWSIM
- AVEVA
- PYTHON
- PID
- PFD
- C
Certification
- Completed NPTEL course on Waste to Energy conversion with Elite certificate
- Completed training sessions successfully in Aveva Process Simulation
- Best Model Presentation (Fuel oil from plastic waste) on Research Day 2020
- Conference proceedings in international conference on Advances in chemical engineering (ADCHE), 2020
- Conference proceedings in International E-Conference on materials processing & characterization (ICMP&C), 2020
- Won Inter-school Cricket Championship as Captain of Vijay High School, Armoor, Telangana, India
- Won Singing Competition while doing my high school
Publications
- International Journal of Science, Engineering and Technology (IJSET)
- Social Science Research Network (SSRN)
- Sadhana publications
Community Service
- Student Volunteer, Chemicos, Chemispark organisation, CBIT, Osmania University, India, 01/2022, 04/2022, Directed students around campuses, provided local information, and hosted information stations, facilitating befriending conversations and responding to email inquiries promptly. Attended events to oversee activities, ensuring they ran smoothly and without incidents.
- Event Head, National Social Service (NSS), CBIT, Hyderabad, India, 08/2018, 11/2021, Led a team in planning, organizing, and executing community service events, including orientation for new students, Women’s Day, and blood donation camps, ensuring detailed logistics and resource allocation. Communicated effectively with team members and managed budgets and resources, and optimized materials for cost-effective and successful event outcomes.
Projects
Fuel oil from Plastic waste, 06/2019, 07/2021, Conducted research on plastic waste composition and optimized the pyrolysis process, improving fuel oil yield and quality at heater temperature at 350-4000C. Demonstrated commitment to sustainability by reducing plastic waste and minimizing harmful emissions, also created wax candles with left over wax after completion of heating of plastic. The incondensable fumes are projected out through a pipe and connected to Bunsen burner. Conducted GCMS (Gas chromatography and mass spectroscopy) analysis from the lab and got the results in peak with restive to retention time where our obtained oil having closer properties of diesel. Successfully produced high-quality fuel oil, which can be used in industrial feedstocks and automobiles., https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3710529 Valuable Products from ANANAS COMOSUS (Pineapple) waste, 01/2021, 07/2021, It is a literature review, which is to explore methods for extracting valuable products from pineapple waste, contributing to waste reduction and economic sustainability. Provided 7 different uses from waste of pineapple. Published a journal on this review on “International Journal of Science Engineering and Technology (IJSET)”., https://www.ijset.in/wp-content/uploads/IJSET_V9_issue3_305.pdf Bioplastics from OPUNTIA FICUS INDICA (Cactus), 01/2021, 07/2021, Evaluated the viability of cactus plants as a renewable source for bioplastics, analyzing composition, growth patterns, and sustainability. Developed methods to extract biopolymers from cactus plants, optimizing for maximum yield and minimal energy consumption. Formulated and tested bioplastic blends, ensuring compliance with industry standards, and demonstrated a sustainable alternative to traditional plastics. Machine learning assisted selection of adsorption – based carbon dioxide capture materials, 08/2023, 12/2023, Created a novel machine learning-assisted method for identifying the optimum adsorption materials with high capture capacity and selectivity in carbon capture processes based on their textural properties and operating conditions. Tested with new ML algorithms like Artificial Neural Networks (ANN), K-Nearest Neighbours for better adsorbent classification.
Languages
English
Full Professional
Telugu
Native or Bilingual
Hindi
Native or Bilingual
Tamil
Professional Working
German
Limited Working
Accomplishments
· Best Model Presentation (Fuel oil from plastic waste) on Research Day 2020.
· Conference proceedings in international conference on Advances in chemical engineering (ADCHE), 2020.
· Conference proceedings in International E-Conference on materials processing & characterization (ICMP&C), 2020.
· Won Inter-school Cricket Championship as Captain of Vijay High School, Armoor, Telangana, India.
· Won Singing Competition while doing my high school.
Timeline
Teaching Assistant
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Osmania University
01.2021 - 04.2021
Online Internship (Intern)
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
08.2020 - 11.2020
Engineer Trainee (Intern)
Indian Institute Chemical Engineers (IICHE)
07.2020 - 10.2020
Chemical Engineer Trainee (Intern)
SARACA Laboratories Limited
07.2019 - 08.2019
Master of Engineering (M. Eng.) - Chemical and Petroleum Engineering
University of Calgary
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech.) - Chemical Engineering
Chaitanya Bharathi Institute of Technology, Osmania University