TEGITON SIMSON SICILA MARY
Yokogawa India Limited
Bremerhaven
Summary
Motivated to bridge process engineering thinking with fundamental research in the context of tolerant and sustainable biochemical processes.
1
Language
4
years of professional experience
Work History
Process Simulation Engineer
2 Years 4 Months- Executed a 1.5-year HydroFlex OTS project, delivering the client's first OTS model with our company.
- Built dynamic (Visual Modeler) and steady-state (Petro-SIM) process models with ±2% HMB accuracy.
- Developed operator graphics and process control logic for the OTS simulator.
- Validated startup/shutdown and process control logic through dynamic simulation testing.
- Completed MAT and FAT to support factory acceptance and on-time project delivery.
Graduate Apprentice Trainee
1 Year- Trained in Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) and Diesel Hydrotreating units at BPCL's 15.5 MMTPA Kochi Refinery, focusing on refinery operations, process engineering, and safety.
Education
Joint MSc - Biomass Technology
- Focus: biotechnologies, biorefinery and biomass valorisation
- GPA: Grade: 2 (1= very good, 2= good)
Master Thesis - Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
- Thesis topic: Property Performance Assessment of tailored-first row transition metal catalyst for alkaline water electrolysis.
- GPA: Thesis grade: 1.3 (1= very good, 2= good)
Erasmus Exchange Semester - Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Awarded Erasmus+ Student and Graduate Mobility Program Scholarship
B. Tech - Chemical Engineering
Focus: Process design, process engineering, mass transfer, thermodynamic and reaction engineering
Skills
Process Engineering & Simulation: Steady-state and dynamic process simulation
mass and energy balances
process control strategies and process safety
Separation & Unit Operations: Distillation columns
heat exchangers
pilot-plant operations
parametric process analysis
process monitoring and safety
Structural & Material Characterisation: XRD
Raman spectroscopy
HR-TEM/STEM-EDX
ICP-OES
Sustainability: Life cycle assessment
cost assessment
CSRD
Interests
Hiking and exploring different cultures through food
Languages
English (C1), German (A2 – actively improving), Malayalam (native), Tamil (Speaking)
Timeline
Process Simulation Engineer
Yokogawa India Limited
07.2020 - 11.2022
Graduate Apprentice Trainee
Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
01.2019 - 01.2020
Calicut University
B. Tech from Chemical Engineering
Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
Erasmus Exchange Semester from Chemical and Biochemical Engineering
Institute for Catalysis Research and Technology (IKFT)
Master Thesis from Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
Technical University of Munich (TUM), University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences (BOKU)
Joint MSc from Biomass Technology