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Nikhil Mistry
 

About Me

I am a chemical engineering graduate with a keen interest in the energy, environmental, banking and consulting sectors. I am an ambitious and very hard working individual with a desire to always achieve to the best of my ability. Through my experiences in my studies and high-level sports, I have developed excellent leadership skills and can work as part of a team with ease. I thrive in intense, high-pressure situations, and have a keen problem-solving ability.

Prior to advancing my academic career, I played golf at the highest amateur level in South Africa. I competed in multiple national level tournaments in diverse fields comprised of the best golfers in the country. My dedication to playing high-level sport has allowed me to develop the ability to perform exceptionally under pressure and taught me the value of discipline and work-ethic, which aided my academic and personal performance.

  • Age . . . . . 22
  • Work Status . . . . . Available
  • Country . . . . . South Africa
  • City . . . . . Johannesburg

Interesting Facts

  • Scratch Golf Handicap Index
  • Professional Fortnite Player
  • Front-end Web Developer
  • Golden Key Member
  • Coffee Addict

References List

  • Dr Thanos Kotsiopoulos Thesis Supervisor University of Cape Town thanos.kotsiopoulous@uct.ac.za
  • Dr Pieter Levecque University Lecturer University of Cape Town pieter.levecque@uct.ac.za

Resume

Education

Experience

Leadership Positions

  • Smuts Hall O-Week Committee
    Organised orientation week activities for incoming first year students at Smuts Hall Residence
  • Smuts Hall Mentor
    Acted as a mentor to first year students helping them adjust to university life
  • First Team Golf Captain
    Led Crawford College Lonehill's golf team at multiple team events. Held the position from grades 9-12
  • Chemical Engineering Design team leader
    Led a team of six engineers in designing an offshore natural gas processing plant

Skills

Technical Skills

Data Analysis
80%
Process Modelling
90%
Mathematical modelling
90%
Regression Analysis
80%
Financial Modelling and Forecasting
75%
Web Design
60%

Coding Skills

85%
Python
90%
Scilab
75%
HTML/CSS
65%
JavaScript

Project Skills

  • Teamwork
  • Leadership
  • Project management
  • Time management
  • Verbal communication
  • Written communication
  • Report writing
  • Presentation production

Microsoft Office

Word

Excel

Powerpoint

Visio

Modelling Environments

  • AutoCad
  • AutoDesk Inventor
  • Cape-Open Flowsheet Simulator
  • Aspen Flowsheet Simulator
  • Procreate

Personality Traits

  • Dedicated
  • Creative
  • Ambitious
  • Analytical
  • Competitive

Golf

  •  Current Handicap Index . . . . . 0.9
  •  Home Club . . . . . Randpark Golf Club

I have played golf ever since I was three years and played the sport competitively for more than 15 years. I have competed at the highest amateur level in South Africa, competing against some of the best golfers in the country. Since I grew up in the competitive golf world many of my personality traits are a direct result of me consistently competing at a high level.

Playing highly competitive golf taught me the value of hard-work and discipline in order to achieve a goal. In addition to this, it forced me to become aware of my emotions and how to control them in a multitude of situations. This allowed me to cultivate a strong ability to thrive in high pressure situations.

Playing high level golf for so many years has allowed me to play with a wide range of people spanning various industries and levels. This has developed my ability to communicate effectively with a people from various backgrounds.

Key Achievements

  • 2 Glacier Junior Series Wins
  • South African Boys Nationals (u15, u17, u19)
  • Randpark 1st Team Scratch League
  • Crawford Lonehill 1st Team Captain

Additional Information

  • Lowest Score 68 (-4)
  • Hole in One Woodhill, 2nd Hole
  • Years Played 19
  • Favourite Course Simola Country Club

Other Sport Achievements

  • Tennis
    • Crawford Lonehill 1st Team
    • Crawford Lonehill Half Colours
  • Karate
    • Brown Belt
    • SA Karate Nationals (Bronze Medal)
    • Crawford Lonehill Full Colours
  • Netball
    • Position: Goal Shooter
    • Smuts Hall 1st Team
    • UCT Inter Res Champions

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BSc Chemical Engineering

2017 - 2020

University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

After finishing my high-school career I pursued a Bachelor of Science in Engineering in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cape Town which I graduated from with distinction. The content of the degree focussed on process design and optimisation based on fundamental thermodynamic and physics theory. My academic performance in the degree earned me recognition in the form of being on the Dean's Merit List, invited to the Golden Key International Honour Society and receiving the Smuts Hall Wardens Award for Academic Excellence.

During my degree I specialised in chemical catalysis, which focusses on the optimisation of reaction process. Exposure to this field allowed to refine my mathematically modelling skills. My final year thesis investigated the feasibility of combining chemical and biological reaction systems into a single tandem system. This project allowed me to use my skills in modelling and coding to create regression algorithms to complete the investigation.

Outside of academics, I was a very active member of my residence, Smuts Hall. I was a part of the committees which organised orientation week activities for incoming first year students and keynote evening where we organised for external people of prominence to give a talk to members of the house. In addition to this, I was a mentor to first year students both within Smuts Halls and the UCT Chemical Engineering department helping them adjust to university life. I was also a member of the UCT Golf Club and Engineers without borders.

Awards and Achievements

  • Dean's Merit List
  • Golden Key International Honour Society Member
  • Smuts Hall Wardens Award for Academic Excellence
  • Best final year thesis project

Societies and Leadership Positions

  • Smuts Hall Orientation Week Committee
  • Smuts Hall Keynote Committee
  • Smuts Hall Mentor
  • Chemical Engineering Mentor
  • UCT Golf Club
  • Engineers Without Borders

Key Skills Developed

  • Process Design and Optimisation
  • Project and Time Management
  • Advanced Process Modelling
  • Scilab, MATLAB, Python
  • Data Analysis
  • Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint

High School Diploma

2012 - 2016

Crawford College Lonehill

Johannesburg, South Africa

I completed my high school education at Crawford College Lonehill, in Johannesburg. I graduated as one of the top ten academic achievers in my class with five international examination board (IEB) distinctions in mathematics (for which I received the gold medal), physical science, advanced program mathematics, accounting, and life orientation. I was recognised for my academic achievements by being awarded full colours.

During my high school career, I was a highly competitive golfer and competed in multiple national tournaments across the country. I represented the Crawford College Lonehill Golf 1st Team f or all 5 years of my high-school career and captained the team for my final 4 years. In addition to this, I was also a part of the Tennis 1st Team.

Academic Awards and Achievements

  • 5 IEB distinctions
  • Academic full colours
  • Top ten academic achiever
  • Mathematics Gold Medal
  • Senior Mathematics Olympiad

Societies and Leadership Positions

  • Golf full colours
  • Karate full colours
  • 1st Team Golf Captain
  • 1st Team Tennis

Junior Process Engineer

Jan 2020 - Feb 2020 (2mo)

G4 Engineering and Project Services (Pty)

Johannesburg, South Africa

I served as a Junior Process Engineer at G4 Engineering and Project Services (G4 EPS) during a summer vacation of my chemical engineering degree. G4 EPS are a specialised mining consulting firm based in Johannesburg and the scope of my role as a Junior Process Engineer was to complete various feasibility calculations. This included sizing and costing various pieces of mining equipment, completing mass and energy balances across multiple processes, and creating process models.

I completed these engineering calculations and modelling for three different sections of a platinum recovery process. As required of the role, I learnt how to build 3D models of equipment in AutoDesk Inventor and was able to produce 3D models of the pieces of equipment which I designed.

Key Skills Developed

  • Mining Equipment Design
  • Project Management
  • AutoDesk Inventor modelling
  • Process Design

Undergraduate Mentor

Jan 2018 - Dec 2019 (2yr)

Chemical Engineering Department at the University of Cape Town

Cape Town, South Africa

During the second and third years of my chemical engineering degree I was a mentor to incoming first year chemical engineering students at the University of Cape Town. My role in this position was to assist first year students with adapting to life in the university environment. Over the two years I spent in this position, I was a mentor to seven students and provided them with tools and techniques which would help them handle the pressure and demands of a chemical engineering degree.

A large portion of the job involved interacting with head of the undergraduate chemical engineering program to ensure a smooth transition for incoming students. Other aspects of the role include providing emotional support and organising orientation events for students.

Key Skills Developed

  • Empathy
  • Time Management
  • People Management
  • Communication
  • Leadership

Vacation Work Engineer

Jul 2018 - Jul 2019 (1mo)

Unilever

Johannesburg, South Africa

During the winter vacation in the 2nd year of my chemical engineering degree, I worked as a vacation work engineering at the Unilever margarine and washing powder plants in Johannesburg. The first portion of the vacation work was to job shadow process engineers and gain an understanding of the processes on both plants and how a process engineer operates.

A large portion of my time at Unilever was spent in the research and development department for the margarine processing plant. As part of the job, in team consisting of other vacation work engineers, I completed a research investigation to improve the efficiency of the process. This was completed by gaining an understanding of the process, developing a process model, and determining which areas can be optimised. As a team, we were able to provide constructive feedback on optimisation possibilities to the plant director.

Key Skills Developed

  • Teamwork
  • Time Management
  • Process modelling
  • Process Optimisation
  • Data Analysis