Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area
- Current
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- Chief Technology Officer at OriginOil, Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA
- Principal (Partner) at PEACE USA, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Adjunct Professor of Environmental Engineering at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Past
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- Senior Vice President at Brinjac Engineering, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Adjunct Faculty at Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA
- Director, Process Engineering at Environmental Dynamics, Inc (EDI), Columbia, Missouri, USA
- Visiting Fellow at Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
- Group Leader, Environment and Natural Resources Management at Tata Consultancy Services, Pune, India
- Research Associate at TERI, New Delhi, India
- Doctoral Student at The Charles E Via, Jr, Dept of Civil and Env Eng, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Laboratory Coordinator at Service Training for Environmental Progress (STEP), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
- Research Fellow, Air Pollution Division at National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India
- Education
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- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
- Nagpur University
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Vikram Pattarkine’s Summary
Vikram Pattarkine’s Specialties:
Wastewater treatment
- Biological nutrient removal
- Energy-efficient aeration systems
- Lagoons and natural treatment systems
Environmental management
- Environmental and social impact assessment
- Energy-environment interface
Teaching, training, capacity building, and mentoring
Technical writing and presentations
Vikram Pattarkine’s Experience
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Chief Technology Officer
OriginOil, Inc., Los Angeles, California, USA
(Renewables & Environment industry)
October 2008 — Present (3 months)
OriginOil is developing a portfolio of new technologies for producing oil from algae, a next-generation biofuels feedstock
- Develop policies and procedures to support company’s technical mission
- Build and manage company’s technology department
- Develop and manage the technology roadmap and pipeline
- Spearhead and manage all product development programs
- Manage intellectual property assets across product lines
- Manage and oversee sub-contractor work products
- Direct and approve all project work, plans, and budgets
- Review SEC filings, press releases, and other materials
- Maintain and control the dissemination and distribution of technical information within and outside company
- Develop and manage product configuration control program
- Negotiate and approve agreements for the Company as required
- Develop technical staff
- Act as a company spokesperson as appropriate -
Principal (Partner)
PEACE USA, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
(Environmental Services industry)
April 2008 — Present (9 months)
PEACE USA provides environmental stewardship strategies and solutions worldwide, including:
- Wastewater treatment
• Biological nutrient removal
• Energy-efficient aeration technologies
• Lagoons and natural treatment systems
• Process design and troubleshooting
- Water quality management
• Lake restoration
• Algae control
- Alternative energy
• Waste-to-energy
- Environmental impact assessment and management plans
- Resource recovery
• Nutrients
• Carbon
• Energy
- Pollution prevention
- Waste management
• Municipal solid waste
• Industrial waste
• Medical and hazardous waste
- Training and capacity building
• Environmental engineering and management
• Technical writing and presentations -
Adjunct Professor of Environmental Engineering
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
March 2004 — Present (4 years 10 months)
- Guide research projects on waste management
- Conduct training programs for professionals from developing countries
- Present seminars on current waste management topics -
Senior Vice President
Brinjac Engineering, Inc., Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Architecture & Planning industry)
January 2008 — April 2008 (4 months)
- Provided technical leadership to Brinjac’s environmental consulting practice worldwide in
• Biological nutrient removal
• Environmentally sound technologies
• Wastewater treatment plant operation and maintenance
• Pollution prevention and energy efficiency (P2E2)
• Sewage/wastewater/stormwater management, collection, treatment, reuse, and disposal
• Solid/industrial/hazardous waste management
• Natural systems for wastewater treatment
- Prepared process designs for industrial and municipal wastewater treatment
- Wrote and presented technical papers at national and international conferences
- Provided technical training to colleagues and clients
- Prepared and updated marketing documents and publicity material
- Led and mentored colleagues in proposal development, project execution, and client re-lationship management
- Formed alliances with other firms and professionals as needed -
Adjunct Faculty
Penn State Harrisburg, Middletown, Pennsylvania, USA
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
August 2006 — December 2006 (5 months)
- Taught biological wastewater treatment
- Provided advice and assistance to program chair in curriculum and faculty development -
Director, Process Engineering
Environmental Dynamics, Inc (EDI), Columbia, Missouri, USA
(Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Environmental Services industry)
January 2002 — January 2006 (4 years 1 month)
- Participated in technology transfer from USA to developing countries around the world
- Participated in developing wastewater treatment processes and aeration products
- Designed wastewater treatment systems
- Advised clients and colleagues on wastewater treatment technologies, design, and operating practices
- Assessed performance and troubleshot wastewater treatment plants
- Prepared installation, operation, and maintenance manuals for new processes
- Compiled, analyzed, and managed information on processes and product development
- Kept abreast of latest wastewater treatment processes and technologies
- Conducted workshops, presentations, training programs to disseminate information within and outside company
- Developed technical content for company web site – shared knowledge within and outside company
- Participated in making strategic business decisions regarding development of new processes and products by providing timely information to company management -
Visiting Fellow
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, USA
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
July 2000 — December 2001 (1 year 6 months)
- Worked on sponsored projects on industrial and municipal wastewater treatment
- Mentored environmental engineering graduate students
- Worked with faculty members of the Department for
• Preparing and presenting technical proposals, reports, and papers
• Evaluating graduate applicants from developing countries -
Group Leader, Environment and Natural Resources Management
Tata Consultancy Services, Pune, India
(Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Management Consulting industry)
1997 — 2000 (3 years)
- Led, mentored, and managed a multi-disciplinary team providing consulting services in:
• Environmental Policy
• Environmental Impact Assessment
• Environmental Audit and Management Systems
• Risk Assessment and Emergency Preparedness
• Sustainable Development
• Environmental Indicators and Statistics
• Municipal, Industrial, and Hazardous Waste Management
• Computer Applications in Environmental Management
- Led, participated in, or reviewed environmental assessments for industry and infrastructure
- Developed, managed, and participated in projects sponsored by multilateral agencies (World Bank, Asian Development Bank, GTZ, OECF, etc), multinational corporations, government, and private industry
- Represented TCS on Tata Council for Community Initiatives, a corporate group established to address environmental, social, and community issues (corporate social responsibility) -
Research Associate
TERI, New Delhi, India
(Non-Profit; 201-500 employees; Think Tanks industry)
August 1991 — January 1993 (1 year 6 months)
TERI (presently The Energy and Resources Institute, earlier Tata Energy Research Institute), New Delhi, India – TERI is a think-tank on global energy-environment issues and a premier non-governmental organization in the Asia-Pacific region.
- Provided environmental engineering and science inputs to research projects and pro-posals related to energy-environment issues such as
• Environmental impact of energy generation and use
• Feasibility of energy generation from liquid and solid waste
- Worked on projects funded by national and international agencies (ADB)
- Conducted survey of coal briquetting and carbonization technology and use of coal bri-quettes as a fuel
- Assessed coal briquette quality and pollution from coal briquette burning
- Studied impact of global warming on India’s water resources -
Doctoral Student
The Charles E Via, Jr, Dept of Civil and Env Eng, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1984 — May 1991 (6 years 9 months)
• Graduate Project Assistant (1989-1990)
- Designed, fabricated, and successfully operated a pilot-scale biological nutrient (N and P) removal plant for municipal wastewater treatment
- Analyzed data collected on the system
- Wrote technical papers, reports, and doctoral thesis
• Graduate Research Assistant (1986-1989)
- Provided technical assistance in sponsored research projects on wastewater treatment – particularly on upgrade of conventional systems to achieve biological nutrient removal
- Analyzed data, wrote technical reports
• Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Environmental Intern (1985)
- Provided technical assistance in the Virginia Initiative Plant (VIP) biological nutrient re-moval pilot plant project at Lambert’s Point Plant, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
• Graduate Assistant (1984-1986)
- Provided teaching assistance to professors for several post-graduate and undergraduate courses in environmental engineering
- Taught as a substitute in the absence of professors as needed -
Laboratory Coordinator
Service Training for Environmental Progress (STEP), Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
(Non-Profit; Environmental Services industry)
July 1990 — March 1991 (9 months)
This grassroots non-governmental program provided opportunities to undergraduate student interns to spend time with communities facing water quality problems, study the problems, and attempt to address them in innovative ways.
- Analyzed water samples
- Edited technical reports
- Provided computer and technical assistance to STEP staff and interns -
Research Fellow, Air Pollution Division
National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India
(Government Agency; 501-1000 employees; Research industry)
September 1983 — August 1984 (1 year)
- Monitored air pollution in ambient air using high-volume samplers and through industrial stacks using stack monitoring kits
- Wrote technical reports
Vikram Pattarkine’s Education
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1984 — 1992
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Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
1984 — 1991
- Activities and Societies:
- • Graduate Project Assistant (1989–1990)
- Designed/fabricated/operated pilot-scale biological nutrient (nitrogen+phosphorus) removal (BNR) plant for municipal wastewater
• Graduate Research Assistant (1986–1989)
- BNR upgrade projects
• Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Environmental Intern (1985)
- Assisted in developing Virginia Initiative Plant (VIP) process for BNR
• Graduate Assistant (1984–1986)
- Provided teaching assistance
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Nagpur University
Master of Technology, Chemical Engineering, 1981 — 1983
- Activities and Societies:
- As Post-Graduate Research Fellow:
- Studied the impact of wastewater from a thermal power plant on water quality of surrounding areas
- Analyzed water samples
- Analyzed data
- Wrote Master’s thesis
Additional Information
Vikram Pattarkine’s Honors:
• Alien of Extraordinary Ability (2005): US Citizenship and Immigration Services
• IPP Fellow (2005-Present): International Professors Project, Vermont
• Visiting Fellow (2000-2001): Environmental Engineering, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
• Key Resource (1999): Top 5% of approximately 11,000 employees of Tata Consultancy Services, India
• Graduate Assistant (1984-1990): Environmental Engineering, Virginia Tech
• Edna Bailey Sussman Fund Environmental Intern (1985)
• Scholarship for Higher Studies Abroad (1984)
• Research Fellow (1983-1984): National Environmental Engineering Research Institute, Nagpur, India
• Second Rank in graduating class of Master’s in chemical engineering (1983), Nagpur University, India
• Post-Graduate Fellow (1981-1983): Nagpur University, India
• National Merit Scholar (1975): Secondary School Certificate Examination, India
• Special Prize in Mathematics (1975): Secondary School Certificate Examination, India
