Assistant Project Scientist Resume Davis, CA - Hire IT People

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Assistant Project Scientist

Confidential, Davis, CA

Responsibilities:

Design, build and demonstrate teh sequential infrared and hot air dryer for teh production of healthy snacks from fruits and vegetables
Design, build and test a combined infrared and hot air dryer for simultaneous drying and decontamination of nuts, spices, rice, and powdery foods
Manage teh food processing laboratory for safety, injury prevention, chemical and hazardous material safety and disposal, and training of students and researchers
Preparation of SOP documents for equipment and processes and train teh researchers on safety compliance and appropriate use
Write scientific research papers, book chapters, project reports, proposals and work with teh funding agencies and industries for successful funding and completion of teh projects

Postdoctoral scholar

Confidential, Davis, CA

Responsibilities:

Design, build and demonstrate commercial scale energy efficient infrared dryer for walnuts
Optimization of infrared drying conditions for spent barley grain for designing a pilot/commercial scale IR dryer
Optimization of infrared drying conditions to produce high quality cricket powder and development of commercial IR drying unit for cricket drying
Extraction of oil and value added products from grape, pomegranate and tomato waste
Evaluation of dry - peeling technology using infrared heating for tomato, pear, orange and jujube
Manage teh food processing laboratory for safety, injury prevention, chemical and hazardous material safety and disposal, and training of students and researchers
Preparation of SOP documents for equipment and processes and train teh researchers on safety compliance and appropriate use
Write scientific research papers, book chapters, project reports, proposals and work with teh funding agencies and industries for successful funding and completion of teh projects

Consultant

Confidential, Davis, CA

Responsibilities:

Worked for Afghanistan Agricultural Development Program of USAID
Prepared extension materials on processing of nuts, vegetables and fruits processing
Prepared fact sheets on rain water harvest and storage structures and irrigation systems
Responded to questions on fruit and vegetable processing, storage and irrigation related queries from growers and community development workers in Afghanistan
Supercritical water gasification of rice straw, corn cob, green algae and saw dust
Analysis of gas composition using gas chromatography
Mass balance and proximate analysis of biomass compounds
Development of continuous flow reactor for algae
Supercritical fluid extraction of oil from soybean
Gasification studies with biomass model compounds and biomass in supercritical water

Research Specialist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Soil sample collection and nutrient analysis
Soybean field experiments on drought and heat tolerance
Courses taught: Workshop Practice and Drawing, Dairy Engineering, Bio thermal process Engineering and Environmental Engineering
Maintained teh day to day operation of pilot scale diary plant for teaching and research
Scheduling of dairy equipment to researchers
Maintenance of experimental dairy plant following HACCP and GMP
Research on design of LPG burners for milk heating
Mechanization of rasogolla (milk sweet) manufacturing

Scientist

Confidential

Responsibilities:

Design and fabrication of furnace with automatic feeding and ash removal mechanism
Testing of furnace for paddy drying, bio-char production and flue gas emission
Milling of rice and analysis of rice quality
Teaching dairy plant layout course to diploma students
Research on mechanization of milk product
Creation of controlled growth chambers for mushroom cultivation
Training mushroom growers on post-harvest handling, storage and processing
Canning and packaging of mushrooms
Development of value added products from mushroom
Development and storage of ready to eat mushroom products