Pavithra C. Tiruppathi 132 East Madison St Elmhurst, IL 60126 (630) 706-0850 pt15b2a12@westpost.

net Objective: Seeking an entry level position in a technical field or software development Education: Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, expected August 2011 University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN Thesis: Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Ionic Liquid Nanodroplets in Electric Fields Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, May 2009 University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL GPA 3.52 Qualifications: * * * * * * Proficient in Python Knowledge of object oriented programming languages such as Java and C++ Strong understanding of Linux/Unix systems Experience in a high performance computing environment Ability to perform data analysis and have extensive experience in research Strong oral and written communication skills

Employment: Space Scholar Summer Intern, May 2010-Aug 2010 Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, MA * Worked as a research assistant under the direction of Dr. Yu-Hui Chiu * Used molecular simulation techniques to study thermal stabilities of ionic liq uids and collaborated with mass spectrometric experimentalists * Worked with graph theory packages to perform clustering analysis of simulation data * Developed scripts for efficient data analysis and assisted in force field deve lopment Research Assistant, Summer 2009-present Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN * Performed molecular dynamics simulations to study the behavior of ionic liquid s * Learned to use the simulation package LAMMPS (Large-scale Atomic/Molecular Mas sively Parallel Simulator) * Gained data analysis and programming experience doing post-processing of simul ation data using the language Python * Gained experience in doing computational work in a parallel computing environm ent Research Assistant, Jan 2008-May 2009 Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago I L * Acquired research experience in the heterogeneous catalysis area * Used Density Functional Theory to study the effects of subsurface carbon and h ydrogen on ethylene hydrogenation occurring on a palladium surface * Gained experience in using VASP, a computational package for performing ab ini

tio molecular dynamics Technical Conferences: Tiruppathi P, Tenney C and Maginn EJ. "Molecular Simulation of Ionic Liquid Nanodroplets in Electric Fields". AIChE Annual Meeting 2010. Nov 2010. Tiruppathi P and Meyer RJ. "Density Functional Theory Study of the Effect of Subsurface H and C on C2H2 Hydrogenation on Pd(111)". Catalysis Club of Chicago spring symposium 2009. May 2009. Publications: Tiruppathi P, Low JJ, Chan ASY, Bare SR, and Meyer RJ. "Density Functional Theory Study of the Effect of Subsurface H, C, and Ag on C2H2 Hydroge nation on Pd(111)". Catalysis Today. 2011. Vol 165. 106-111. Relevant Coursework: Numerical Methods Computational Chemistry Computational Biophysics Statistical Mechanics Activities: Second place winner in the UIC Engineering Expo 2009 in the category chemical processes. Topic: Production of Phthalic Anhydride from Ortho-Xylene. April 2009. Technical Skills: Python, Java, C++, Maple, Numpy, Scipy, Sage, Unix, Linux, VIM, LaTeX, MS Office