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Name Designation : : P.KARTHIK REDDY. B.Tech.(IIIrd Year Student) Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Male Indian Room No.311(B2), Hostel KAMENG, IIT Guwahati, Guwahati-781039 Assam, India. p.karthik@iitg.ernet.in

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Research Interests
************************* 1. Polymers 2. Fuel cells 3. Process Control

Academic Qualifications
******************************* EDUCATION : Undergraduate Degree (ongoing) B.Tech Chemical-Enginerring Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati Cumulative Performance Index: 7.93/10 (till the 5th semester) Higher Secondary :Selective Percentage: 100(In Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry) Secondary School :Selective Percentages: 92 (Mathematics, Sciences) COMPUTING SKILLS: **************** Operating Systems : Windows XP/98/NT/2000, MS-DOS Programming Languages: C,C++,Data Structures using Oops Software Packages : Matlab, MS Office 2003 Papers & Publications : ********************** 1."Hybrid Genetic Algorithm to Find the Best Model and the Globally Optimized Overall Kinetics Parameters for Thermal Decomposition of Plastics" is going to publish in Chemical Engineering Journal shortly.

Projects Done: ************* 1."VISCOMETRIC STUDIES OF EXPANDED POLY STYRENE AND LIMONENE SYSTEM" Under the guidance of Dr.Abhijith Deshpande, Associate prof. at IIT madras in Chemical Engineering,and Dr.susy varughese , Assistant Prof. at IIT Madras in Chemical Engineering. 2. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS ON "Cooling of an injection-molded slab of HDPE. Under the guidance of Dr.PALLAB GHOSH, Assistant Professor, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPT.,IITG. 3. NUMERICAL ANALYSIS OF ADSORPTION USING ORTHOGONAL COLLOCATION TECHNIQUE, Under the guidance of Dr.SASIDHAR GUMMA, Assistant Professor, CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPT.,IITG. 4."STUDY ON METHANOL/ETHANOL ELECTRO-OXIDATION REACTION MECHANISM IN ALKALINE MEDIUM USING CYCLIC VOLTAMETRY" under the guidance of Dr. ANIL VERMA, Assistant Professor., CHEMICAL ENGINEERING DEPT., IITG 5. Text editor in C++ :developed a text editor as part of data structures course using circular doubly linked lists and using the package n curses. It had to open, create, edit files and save accordingly.This had the facility of periodic saving in a temporary file which could prove useful on power interruption. Guide : Dr Pinaki mitra , Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, IIT Guwahati 6. 4-Digit Decimal Frequency Counter :Designed and Implemented 4-digit decimal frequency Counter(for measuring the frequency of a periodic waveform displayed on a 4-digit BCD number display system using multiplexed common-anode type seven-segment LEDs). Guide : Chitarlekha mahanta, Assistant Professor, Department of ECE, IIT Guwahati, Presently Doing: **************** 1.Analysis of Catalytic Thermal Degradation Kinetics of polymeric wastes under the guidance of Dr.Alok Ghoshal Associate Professor H.O.D of Department of Chemical Engineering at IIT Guwahati

Relevant courses taken:

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1.Fluid Mechanics 2. Themodynamics 3.Heat Transfer 4.Chemical process calculations 5.solid and solid-fluid operations 6.strength of materials 7.Chemical Reaction Engineering 8.mass tranfer Operations 9.Chemical Process Tecnology 10.Material science and Engineering 11.Chemical Process Control 12.Heat and Mass Transfer Lab 13.Fluid Dynamics Lab 14.Physical Operations Lab 15.Chemical Engineering Lab-1&2 Computer science and electrical science department courses: **********************************************************

1. Introduction to computing along with programming in c. 2. Object oriented programming language(c++) and Data structures using c/c++ 3. Computing laboratory 4. C++ and data structures laboratory 5. Electrical science and Electrical science laboratory Mathematics departmental courses: ******************************** 1. Numerical analysis 2. Real and complex analysis 3. Calculus 4. Ordinary and Partial differential equations 5. Linear algebra Electrical science and Electrical science laboratory Other courses: ************* 1. Optics 2. Electrodynamics 3. Modern physics and Theory of relativity 4. Modern Biology 5. Consumer Chemistry 6. Organic and Inorganic Chemistry *Extra Curricular Activities: **************************** ~Recipient of the Pratibha Scholarship Award for meritorious students by the state government of Andhra pradesh, India. ~I have participated in Techscribe-Tecnical Paper Presentation in our Institute Technical Festival(Techniche 2006).

~I have visited IITM for a project during my summer holidays to get experience in Lab activities and i did work on polymer recycling as mentioned above. ~Member of Organizing Team, 1st Students Chemical Engineering Congress (SCHEMCON), Indian Institute of Technology(IIT) -Guwahati, 7th to 9th December, 2005. ~I Secured 3rd place in South India Mathematical Exhibition and 1st in our cluster(Telengana) region. ~ I have received A certificate from National Cadet corps ,India.I have completed training for B certificate. ~sports(outdoor) like volleyball, cricket, badminton, ~I had actively participated in our technical and cultural festivals.

*References Dr.Alok Ghoshal Associate Professor H.O.D of Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati Email:aloke@iitg.ernet.in Dr. Abhijit P Deshpande Associate Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Email:abhijit@iitm.ac.in Dr. susy varughese Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Indian Institute of Technology, Madras Email:susy@iitm.ac.in