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Yogesh GoyalBachelor of Technology (Honours) (4th year)

Department of Chemical EngineeringIndian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, India

Email: yogesh@iitgn.ac.in

Contact Number: (+91)9601068804

Education

Bachelor of Technology IIT Gandhinagar 2012 9.61/10 Department Rank-112

thStandard CBSE 2008 93% School Rank-1

10t

Standard CBSE 2006 96.6% State Rank-1

Journal Publications*

Colletti P, Goyal Y, Varman A, Feng X, Wu B, Tang Y.J. 2011. Evaluating Factors That Influence

Microbial Synthesis Yields By Linear Regression With Numerical And Ordinal Variables.Biotechnology andBioengineering.108: 893901. doi: 10.1002/bit.22996. (

Equal Contribution)

Sahu M, Wu B, Zhu L, Jacobson C, Wang W, Jones K, Goyal Y, Tang Y, Biswas P. Role Of DopantConcentration, Crystal Phase, And Particle Size On Microbial Inactivation Of Cu-DopedTiO2 Nanomaterials.2011. Nanotechnology(in press)

Kumar M, Goyal Y, Sarkar A, Gayen K. Comparative economic assessment of ABE fermentation based oncellulosic and non-cellulosic feedstocks in India. 2011. Applied Energy (in review)

Goyal Y, Kumar M, Gayen K. Metabolic Engineering Of Fermentative Pathways For Enhanced HydrogenProduction: A Review. 2011. International Journal of Hydrogen Energy (in review)

Gayen K, Goyal Y, Shoemaker J, Perkins E.D., Doyle III F. Vitellogenin Level Computation And Its

Application For A Priori Population Risk Assessment Quantitatively In Fadrozole Exposed Fathead Minnow(Pimephales promelas). (under preparation)

Conference Proceedings/ Symposium

Varman A, Xiao Y, Colletti P, Goyal Y, Tang Y.J. Statistics-Based Model For Prediction Of Chemical

Biosynthesis Yield From Saccharomyces cerevisiae. 111th

American Society for Microbiology (ASM) generalmeeting, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, 21-24th May, 2011.

Goyal Y. Biodiesel Production From Waste Vegetable Oil (WVO) For Washington University Campus

Vehicles.3rd International Symposium: Global Energy Future, St. Louis, Missouri, USA, October, 2010. Kumar M, Goyal Y, Gayen K, and Saini S. Economic Assessment Of ABE (Acetone-Butanol-Ethanol)

Fermentation Using Cellulosic And Non-Cellulosic Feedstocks. 64th

Annual Session (Chemcon), IndianInstitute of Chemical Engineers (IIChE). 2011 (Submitted)

Research projects

Hydrolysates preparation from lignocellulosic materials for biofuel synthesis (March 2011- Till date)

Project Guide: Prof. Kalyan Gayen, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, Indiao Identification and analysis of efficient enzymes for conversion of lignocellulosic waste (Example-

Watermelon outer cover, Ground nut shell) to degradable sugar under process.o Sugar production from the lignocellulosic material to be used for Butanol synthesis. Experiments to

start by August 2011. Computational model for population dynamics in fathead minnow (August 2010-Till date)

Project Guide: Prof. Kalyan Gayen, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Gandhinagar, Indiao A model has been made using MATLAB which efficiently predicts the Vitellogenin level (biomarker

for population dynamics) concentration in the blood on fadrozole exposure (a chemical toxic) as afunction of time. The model incorporates ~60 differential equations and more than 100 parameters.

o Parallel experiments are being done at collaborators laboratory to testify the practicality of the model.The model is found to be efficient in predicting population dynamics till now.

Cu doped TiO2 nanoparticles toxicity on environmental bacteria (May 2010-Aug 2010)Project Guide: Prof. Pratim Biswas, Prof. Yinjie Tang, Department of EECE, Washington University, USA

o Viability of environmental bacteria (E. coli, S. oneiensis, M. smegmatis) on being exposed to

nanoparticles of different copper concentrations was studied.o Studied survival under UV light, Fluorescent light and dark conditions. Also, Reverse TranscriptionPCR analysis was done to identify the shielded genes inM. smegmatis.

Statistical analysis of yield for various products using metabolic pathways (May 2010-December 2010)

Project Guide: Prof. Yinjie Tang, Department of EECE, Washington University, USA

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o Data points (~160) were collected forE.coli and a linear regression model was made which identifiedvital factors controlling the microbial yields.

o Similar model with a few modifications is being made for yeast.

Develop fire protection solution(s) to reduce hazards to fire fighters (Nov,2009 - Jan, 2010)

Project Coordinator/ Sponsor: Underwriters Laboratories, Chicago, USAo Worked on fire safety keeping in mind the Indian scenario which included survey of different fire

fighting methods available and their drawbacks. Proposed a design of fire extinguishing bombs.

Bio Synth: A project on bio diesel synthesis (May 2009-June 2009)

Project Guide: Prof. S.M. Mahajani, Department of Chemical Engineering, IIT Bombay, Indiao Organizer, Research and Development team of the project. Synthesized biodiesel from Waste

Vegetable Oil (WVO) and palm oil. ASTM testing was done on the synthesized oil. The focus is torun the whole IIT Bombay campus on biodiesel.

o Winner of IGC award, 2009 in Industrial Green Chemistry Workshop (IGCW).

Biological alternatives to chemical pollutants (August 2004December 2004)Project Coordinator/ Sponsor: Department of Science and Technology (DST), India

o A team project where extensive survey was done to identify the general trends in day-to-day handlingof wastes. Biological alternatives were suggested.

o Qualified for the national level presentation (after district and state rounds) at 12th NationalChildrens Science Congress (2004-05) in the presence of the scientists from DST.

Awards and Achievements

Recipient ofMeritorious Scholarship for Academic Excellence (2011-2012), IIT Gandhinagar.

Recipient ofInternational Travel Grant (2011) from DST, Government of India.

Recipient ofMerit-cum-Means Scholarship (2009-10), Government of India.

National Quiz Champion (2006) organized by Oxford University Press.

In top 1% amongst the 0.4 million students who took the entrance exam IIT-JEE-2008.

Recipient ofDistrict Youth award (2005-06) from Ministry of Youth affairs & sports, Government of India.

State rank1st

(2005-06) and 2nd

(2006-07) in National Cyber Olympiad.

School Rank1st

in classes from 7th

to 12th.

Positions of responsibility

Captain - Basketball team (boys),IIT Gandhinagar (2008- 2010)o Represented IIT Gandhinagar for Inter-IIT Sports meet at IIT Kanpur in 2009.o Initiated the successful establishment of a new basketball court inside the campus.

Hospitality Coordinator - Blithchron (2009), cultural festival, IIT Gandhinagar.o Supervised a team of 20 students and managedstay of guests/students coming from outside the city.

Marketing Coordinator - Blithchron (2010), cultural festival, IIT Gandhinagar.o Managed a team of 25 students and coordinated organization of events in schools/colleges as a part

of Pre-Blithchron.o Coordinated marketing in various colleges, schools throughout Ahmedabad & Gandhinagar.

Founder and Leader - Environment clubGreen Gang (2009-2010), IIT Gandhinagar.o

Organized an extensive survey (~1000 people) across the area near the campus regarding Non-Conventional sources of energy. Pamphlets were also distributed educating people about the same.

Founder and Leader - Army Public School Udhampur Alumni Association.o Have collected data of over ~400 alumni of the school after acquiring an official permission from

the head of the school. Plan to organize some counselling sessions and sports matches.

Otherso Class Representative - Department of Chemical Engineering (2009-2010), IIT Gandhinagar.o Part Time Grader - Linear Algebra and Ordinary Differential Equations (2010), IIT Gandhinagar.

Membership in Professional Societies

Student Member (56802531), American Society for Microbiology (ASM). Institute Nominee Member (GYYGXA), American Mathematical Society (AMS).

Technical Skills

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Programming Languages/ Packages:

o Ro MATLAB

o Visual Basic 6.0o C

o Oracle-Pl-SQLo HTML