Adarsh Arun

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  • Timeline

    Feb 2014 - Feb 2016

    Transport Operator (National Service)

    Singapore Army
    Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

    Chemical Engineering Intern, J-Park Simulator Project

    Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES)
    May 2019 - Aug 2019

    Process Safety Intern

    Shell
    Sept 2020 - Dec 2020

    Research Associate

    Cambridge Centre for Advanced Research and Education in Singapore (CARES)
    Apr 2021 - Jul 2021

    Consultant

    Cambridge Consulting Network - HQ
  • About me

    PhD in Chemical Engineering at University of Cambridge | Research Associate at Cambridge CARES

  • Education

    • United world college of southeast asia

      2008 - 2013
      Ib diploma
    • National university of singapore

      2016 - 2019
      Bachelor of engineering - be chemical and biomolecular engineering cap: 4.65/5

      Activities and Societies: Vice President (External) of the GEP Committee; Marketing Director of the GEP Committee; Member of the NUS Toastmaster’s Club; Member of the NUS Tennis Team Graduated with Highest HonorsGlobal Engineering Program (GEP) Scholar, an accelerated 3-year Undergraduate Program catered to top 3% of the cohortPursued an undergraduate research project on improving the cost-effectiveness of long-term Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage by integrating an Air Separation Unit (ASU). Conceptualized and simulated a solution that potentially reduced costs by up to 80 %. Received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Project Award from AlChE (The… Show more Graduated with Highest HonorsGlobal Engineering Program (GEP) Scholar, an accelerated 3-year Undergraduate Program catered to top 3% of the cohortPursued an undergraduate research project on improving the cost-effectiveness of long-term Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) storage by integrating an Air Separation Unit (ASU). Conceptualized and simulated a solution that potentially reduced costs by up to 80 %. Received the Outstanding Undergraduate Research Project Award from AlChE (The American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Singapore Chapter. Received MIT Club of Singapore gold medal for topping the cohort in the Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design module (2017) Show less

    • Stanford university

      2017 - 2017
      International honours program (summer school )

      Activities and Societies: Silicon Valley Innovation Academy Finalist Participated in the Silicon Valley Innovation Academy, a two-month long start-up competition at StanfordCollaborated with a multi-disciplinary team and pitched a pair of earbuds that would mitigate noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) to a panel of Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and Venture Capitalists in the finalsJointly conducted up to 27 interviews with parents, teenagers and audiologists to better understand the issue of NIHL and gauge the effectiveness of the earbuds

    • University of cambridge

      2021 - 2024
      Doctor of philosophy - phd chemical engineering

      Activities and Societies: Early careers talks prize sponsored by Digital Discovery (Royal Society of Chemistry) at the 4th Machine Learning/AI conference, Cambridge Editor of the CEB (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology department) Focus magazine; co-supervisor for the undergraduate CET1 Sustainability (in Chemical Engineering) course; Vice President (VP) of talks and content, Cambridge University Energy Technology Society (CUETS); member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club (CULTC) PhD in Chemical Engineering with the Sustainable Reaction Engineering Group (SRE)Identification of sustainable routes from biowaste to chemicals using reaction networks, knowledge graphs, and complex systems modeling

    • The university of texas at austin

      2017 - 2017
      Bachelor of engineering - be chemical engineering
    • University of cambridge

      2019 - 2020
      Master of philosophy - mphil advanced chemical engineering

      Activities and Societies: Editor of the CEB (Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology department) Focus magazine; member of i-Teams commercialization project; member of the Cambridge University Lawn Tennis Club (CULTC) Master's project with the Sustainable Reaction Engineering (SRE) group on understanding complex reaction networks for a circular chemical economy integrating biowaste feedstocks, taking Singapore as a case study.Courses taken: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Numerical Methods, Data Analysis, Bionanotechnology, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Strategic Management, Management of Technology, Climate Change Mitigation, Technology and Policy Perspectives on Low… Show more Master's project with the Sustainable Reaction Engineering (SRE) group on understanding complex reaction networks for a circular chemical economy integrating biowaste feedstocks, taking Singapore as a case study.Courses taken: Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD), Numerical Methods, Data Analysis, Bionanotechnology, Pharmaceutical Engineering, Electrochemical Engineering, Strategic Management, Management of Technology, Climate Change Mitigation, Technology and Policy Perspectives on Low CO2 Electricity Show less

  • Experience

    • Singapore army

      Feb 2014 - Feb 2016
      Transport operator (national service)

      Operated and maintained a fleet of vehicles from the 5-Ton Man Truck to the Ford 550 Combat AmbulancePerformed emergency evacuations of soldiers in need of hospitalization and assisted in resuscitation procedures Received award for MSET (Maintenance Skills Enhancement Training) Program Best Trainee

    • Cambridge centre for advanced research and education in singapore (cares)

      Jun 2018 - Aug 2018
      Chemical engineering intern, j-park simulator project

      Worked on a modelling tool that analyses and represents the multi-dimensional real-time impact of ‘what-if’ scenarios on Jurong Island with respect to CO2 emissions, energy requirements and other factorsConducted research on more than 20 plants on Jurong Island to understand petrochemical industry dynamicsSpearheaded the process simulation of two petrochemical plants on Jurong Island using simulation software such as Aspen HYSYS, gaining exposure to process simulation and design Collaborated with another intern to write code using Java automating conversion of simulation data into a universally machine-readable format, reducing a task taking a week to a few minutes.Gained exposure to the potential of IOT, Industry 4.0 and the Semantic Web in the Chemical industry Show less

    • Shell

      May 2019 - Aug 2019
      Process safety intern

      Designed a report laying out the foundation for a leak predictor tool identifying important factors, data sets and trends, accelerating progress towards safer petrochemical plant operation. Conducted statistical data analysis using Excel to verify findings.Collaborated with different stakeholders such as Corrosion Engineers, Operations Engineers, and Risk-Based Inspection Engineers to better understand corrosion-related mechanisms, to produce report aboveSpearheaded translation of a face-to-face Management of Change (MoC) course to an online platform by designing an interactive slidepack of 90 slides with recorded voice-overs and scripting, allowing trainees to learn at their own pace Show less

    • Cambridge centre for advanced research and education in singapore (cares)

      Sept 2020 - Dec 2020
      Research associate

      Researcher in PIPS (Pharma Innovation Program Singapore), a $1.8 million dollar program featuring collaborations between CARES, A*STAR, Pfizer, Merck, GSK and Syngenta aiming to develop multi-step processes in pharma based on advances in process systems engineering and machine learning.Leading development of a cheminformatics python tool that can aid process development by predicting impurities of single and multi-step reactions via data mining of large commercial chemical databases

    • Cambridge consulting network - hq

      Apr 2021 - Jul 2021
      Consultant

      Assisted a start-up specializing in screening for enzymes targeting plastic recycling in understanding value of the technologyConducted market research of the plastic recycling landscape, and technical analysis of recycling methods (mechanical and chemical recycling)Led in organizing interviews with more than five start-ups and companies in the plastics recycling space to understand industry dynamicsRecognized as the star consultant of the project for contributions

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • R programming (johns hopkins)

      Coursera course certificates
      Jul 2020
      View certificate certificate
    • The data scientist's toolbox (johns hopkins)

      Coursera course certificates
      Jun 2020
      View certificate certificate
  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      Outstanding Undergraduate Research Project AlChE (The American Institute of Chemical Engineers) Singapore Chapter Aug 2019
    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      MIT Club of Singapore Gold Medal MIT Club of Singapore, NUS Aug 2018 Received for topping the cohort in the Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design module
    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      Dean's Lister National University of Singapore Dec 2017
    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      Silicon Valley Innovation Academy Finalist Silicon Valley Innovation Academy Jul 2017
    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      STA (Singapore Tennis Association) Intermediate Doubles Champion Singapore Tennis Association 2017
    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      SINDA Academic Excellence Award SINDA Jun 2013 Received from the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore for securing 43/45 in the International Baccalaureate program
    • Awarded to Adarsh Arun
      Kent Ridge Undergraduate Merit Scholarship Recipient NUS
  • Volunteer Experience

    • Editor

      Issued by CEB Focus on Jan 2019
      CEB FocusAssociated with Adarsh Arun
    • Operations Head

      Issued by Project Cheway on May 2017
      Project ChewayAssociated with Adarsh Arun
    • i-Teams consultant

      Issued by Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of Cambridge on Jan 2020
      Institute for Manufacturing (IfM), University of CambridgeAssociated with Adarsh Arun