CHAITANYA BELWAL ******************* * Houston TX 77077 * (281) 630-**** * cbelwal@yahoo.com EDUCATION Master of Science (M.S.) in Computer Science (GPA 3.8 / 4.0), June 2003, Michigan Technological University (MTU), Houghton, Michigan Specialization: Parallel Computing and Atmospheric Modeling Relevant Courses: Advanced Computer Architecture Advanced Algorithms Parallel Computing Distributed Systems PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ***** **********, Houston, TX -------------------------------- Software Development Engineer (July 2003-Present) Domain: Software Product Design, Scientific computing, Systems Integration * Design and development of System 7 an integrated environment for running chemical and process engineering applications. This included design of Class Libraries and ActiveX Controls as components of System 7. * Analyzed data requirements for process flow sheet simulations. * Maintained code in Fortran function libraries * Modified and developed SINET 7 a pipeline analysis software product * Designed a method and developed a prototype for engineering applications to share data with each other. * Improved business processes for sale and deployment of all company products * Provided deployment support via Email, WebEx and phone to users in major oil and petrochemical companies around the world. Department of Computer Science, MTU, MI --------------------------------------- Graduate Research Assistant (May 2002 - June 2003) Domain: Software Design, Parallel Programming, Scientific Computing, Systems Integration * Developed a comprehensive Air Quality Modeling system capable of doing Dynamic Adaptive Mesh Refinement of the Simulation grid. * Redesigned legacy research code in Fortran 77 to a modular based design in Fortran 90 * Integrated STEM a research Air Quality Simulator with PARAMESH an open source parallel Adaptive Mesh Refinement library developed by Goddard Space Flight Center. * Tested and debugged problems on a distributed memory 64 node Linux Beowulf cluster Department of Chemical Engineering, MTU, MI -------------------------------------------- Programmer /Graduate Research Assistant (February 2001 - May 2002) Domain: Software Product Design, Database programming, Scientific Computing * American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AiCHE) - Design Institute of Physical Property (DIPPR) Funded Research. * Developed modules for Environ 2002, A Commercial Software Package * Programmed ActiveX Dynamic Link Libraries for full range of unit conversion and property estimation methods. * Received a Fellowship from a Houston basec company, to enhance a group breakdown module for use in Environ 2002, and to develop a version for Windows CE devices DishnetDSL Limited, Pune, India ------------------------------- Assistant Manager of Web Development (August 1998 - January 2001) Domain: Web Development, Network Programming, Software Design, Project Management * Oversaw web and software development activities * Designed and wrote code for multi-tier, database applications * Developed various web systems using Active Server Pages and Microsoft SQL Server * Developed network socket based applications * Worked on a UNIX based online gaming system PATENTS * 'Process Explorer Framework for Engineering Applications', TJ Willman, J Willman, C Belwal United States Patent ( Pending ) RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS *Chaitanya Belwal, Adrian Sandu, Emil M. Constantinescu, "Adaptive resolution modeling of regional air quality", Proceedings of the 2004 ACM symposium on Applied computing, Nicosia, Cyprus *Chaitanya Belwal, "High Resolution Simulations of Regional Air Quality on Parallel Adaptive Grids", Masters Thesis, 2003, MTU RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS *B. Oonkhanond, T. N. Rogers, P. Chatkun Na Ayuttaya, C. Belwal, et al "Chemical Substructure Searching to Automate EDC and PPCP Property Estimation by Functional Group Contributions", 2002 AWWA Endocrine Disrupters & the Water Industry Symposium, April 18-20, 2002, Cincinnati,OH *T. N. Rogers, P. Chatkun Na Ayuttaya, B. Oonkhanond, R. Chen, C. Belwal, and J.C. Metsa "Structure-Based QSPR Models for the Fate and Transport Properties of EDCs and PhACs in Drinking Water", 2002 AWWA Annual Conference and Exposition, June 16-20, 2002, New Orleans,LA TECHNICAL PUBLICATIONS IN MAGAZINES/ NEWS JOURNALS Belwal, Chaitanya, "Internet" (a series of technical articles), Indian Express Daily November 1999 - April 2000, Pune, India Belwal, Chaitanya, "Web Programming", CHIP Web Development Special Jan 2000,Mumbai, India Belwal, Chaitanya, "Piano on your Keyboard", Computers@Home March 1998, New Delhi, India Belwal, Chaitanya, "Taming the Computer", Computers@Home June 1997, New Delhi, India LANGUAGES: C/C++, Visual Basic, Fortran Platforms: Unix , Windows