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Soma Das
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 | PhD Candidate, Department of Geosciences, SUNY - Stony Brook
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| One year of work experience in Coal Petrology at Central Fuel
Research Institute (CFRI), a central government research facility
under the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) in Dhanbad,
India |
| University of Calcutta, India: B.Sc, Geology (Honors),
September 2001 (3.73/4.00) |
| Jadavpur University, Calcutta, India: M.Sc in Geology,
September 2003 (4.00/4.00) (ranked 2nd in class) |
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Research Interests:
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Work Experience:
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Research Intern, Central
Fuel Research Institute (CFRI), India, Department of Coal Petrology
December 2003 - November 2004
| Roles and Responsibilities:
 | Performed manual petrographic analysis - maceral analysis and
Vitrinite reflectance measurements to ASTM standards- of Australian,
European and Indian coal through MPV compact microscope. |
| Determined gray values of vitrinite and inertinite through
image analysis software in DMRX microscope. |
| Delineated coking and non-coking coals through
microscopic analysis. |
| Determined pore diameter, thickness and micro-petrographic
characteristics of char through image analysis. |
| Underwent training on X-Ray Diffraction (XRD), X-Ray
Fluorescence (XRF) and Atomic Absorption Spectrum (AAS)
techniques and their respective software in CFRI (Coal Combustion) unit.
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| Project work: "Reclamation and development of well to enhance
availability and potability of water in CFRI" - an endeavor that
started with an abandoned well, analyzed the rate of
influx/percolation of ground water into the well, the storage capacity,
and potability of the well, and proved conclusively that the water
was capable of meeting the scarcity of potable water in the arid area of
its location. |
Researcher, Jadavpur University and University of Calcutta,
Departments of Geology
September 1999 - September 2003
| Five years of field training (Structural and Sedimentoloical)
in and around Shahpura and Zawar, Rajasthan, Ghatsila and Ghaludih, West
Bengal, and South Karanpura, Jharkhand (India) as a part of B.Sc and M.Sc
curriculum. |
| Industrial tours:
| Central Fuel Research Institute (CFRI), Dhanbad, India |
| Central Mining Research Institute (CMRI), Dhanbad, India |
| Tata Iron and Steel Company Limited (TISCO), Jamshedpur, India |
| Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL), Jamshedpur, India |
| Noamundi and Joda iron ore mines, Jamshedpur, India |
| Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited, CBM Exploration Unit,
Dhanbad, India |
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| Tour Objectives:
| Recognition and acquaintance with insitu occurrences of major
economic mineral deposits. |
| Appraisal of practical knowledge of extraction, mining,
beneficiation and ore processing, and the utilization of the same. |
| Acquaintance with laboratory methods of analysis of coal. |
| Familiarization with Coal Bed Methane (CBM), an alternate source of
eco-friendly energy. |
| Developing awareness of environmental hazards associated with mining
activities. |
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| MS Thesis work
| Thermal Effect of Intrusives on Coal Seams of the South Karanpura
Coal Fields: Evaluation of coking propensity of coal (due to induced
heat effect) through chemical analysis (proximate and ultimate) and
reflectance measurements. Deciphering the thermal maturity (jhama) of
the coal and its effective use for the metallurgical industries. |
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