Joshiba Venkidsalapathy, Ph.D.
Engineering Staff
Joshiba Venkidasalapathy, PhD., is a chemical engineer specializing in process safety, process control and optimization, and data analysis, with 7 years of experience. Current work is as an Engineering Staff with Viking Engineering, preceded by an Engineering Consultant role in the Systems Engineering Division at GATE Energy and two years as Manager at the Jamnagar Refinery of Reliance Industries Limited in India.
Technical work spans development of normal and initial start-up operating procedures, produced water and separation system reviews, completion performance analysis using data analysis, systems completions planning, and safety critical element testing of USVs and SCSSVs, supporting onshore and offshore facilities in the United States, India, and Oman.
Refinery experience includes pinch analysis and heat network optimization, steam-power balance modeling, and furnace efficiency improvement. Published research covers safety-centered process control design based on dynamic safe sets, quantitative alarm identification and rationalization, Hidden Markov model based fault diagnosis, and bow-tie risk assessment of underwater robots in offshore oil and gas operations, appearing in the Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, AIChE Journal, and Computers and Chemical Engineering Journal. Joshiba is recognized for applying quantitative and data-driven methods to process safety and risk assessment challenges in oil and gas facilities.
Areas of Expertise:
Process Safety
Data Analysis and Visualization
Chemical Reaction Engineering
Process Control and Optimization
Corrosion Risk Evaluation
Material Selection
Operating Procedure Development
Systems Completions Planning
Completion Performance Analysis
Safety Critical Element Testing
HAZOP, STPA and Risk Assessment
Alarm Identification and Rationalization
Fault Detection and Diagnosis
Machine Learning Applications
Pinch Analysis and Heat Integration
Process Simulation and Modeling
Python
Software
Spotfire, UNISIM, Super Target, GAMS, SIMULINK
Education:
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University, College Station, USA
Bachelor of Technology (B.Tech), Chemical Engineering
Indian Institute of Technology Madras, India
Phone: 281.870.8455
