Piyush Kulkarni

Experience

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  National Chemical Laboratory

  Jan 2010 - May 2011

  Project assistant

  Work profile-:work on MNC project. (Work under Dr.M.G.Kulkarni)1) work on polymer synthesis and their charaterization.2) study apllication of polymers in drug delivery systems.

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  Aquatech

  May 2011 - Mar 2014

  Scientist

  Job Responsibilities-: UF membrane development for MBR application-1) Involved UF membrane (flat sheet) preparation, modification and characterization.2) Developed process for membrane preparation on large scale.Aerobic MBR/SMBR Lab Scale piloting 1) Study of membrane performance with different quality of water2) Process development.Ion exchange membrane development for Pharma application.(Used in EDI)1) Involved in membrane modification and characterization2) Develop feasible method for membrane preparation.3) Successfully optimize membrane performance.Lab scale piloting of UF hallow fiber (In-out/out-in) membrane-:1) Piloting of 4” UF membrane module.2) Study performance of membrane at different turbidity level of water.3) preparation of operation manual.Walnut shell filter-:1) oil removal study using walnut shell filter.2) Developing effective backwash system for walnut shell filter.Water Analysis-:1) Good hands on analytical techniques like spectrophotometer,flamephotometer.2) Good hands on analysis of BOD,COD,TKN etc. Show less

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  DuPont

  Mar 2014 - now

  Technical Services

  Product Development and Validation. Involved in development and validation of new product. Conduct extensive and comparative study in lab and on external sites for performance validation of new product.Modelling Tools  Hands on modelling tools for design of projection for different water system. Able to design projections on ROSA, UFlow , IXCalc and WAVE  Support OEM’s for design of projections. Pilot study Conduct pilot studies for UF, RO on customer sites. Study performance of membrane in complicated effluent and developing case study report.Trouble shooting of membrane system Proficient in troubleshooting of membrane systems. (RO and UF)Lab Work – Resin and water Analysis Establish lab facility for resin and water analysis. Manage all lab activity independently. Good hands on different lab equipment like Spetrophometer, Autotitrator, Conducvity meter, pH meter etc. Give support to customer for analyzing resin samples. Show less