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San Diego, Ca, Us

San Diego, California, United States

I am a Process Engineer at CP Kelco, soon becoming Tate & Lyle. I blend hands-on fieldwork with data analysis to enhance biogum processes in the food and beverage industry. Using PI, Excel, Minitab, and SQL, I focus on driving continuous improvements and optimizing operations at the San Diego plant.

Mount Vernon, Indiana, United States

- Determined how various Purified Terephthalic Acid (PTA) particle sizes impacted the flow ability, kinetics, and quality of the SABIC PBT product, as well as BDO, THF, and Water residual effects.- Formulated a chemical contaminants mass balance for the SABIC Chlor-Alkali plant to quantify the locations of contaminant build-up within the plant, in order to reduce the environmental impact of brine purge waste into the Ohio River.- Presented findings on my particle size experiments in a SABIC Mount Vernon research symposium.- Awarded 1st prize for the SABIC Summer Internship Safety Observations.

Coventry, Connecticut, United States

Research and Development Engineering Project:- Planned, developed, organized and ran tests on a hydrophobic polymer coating and coating machine for the product, Bondek Plus in order to minimize costs and maximize efficiency. - Coordinated and communicated with manager level staff in Quality, Manufacturing, and Production departments.- Supervised and performed extensive time and process study, resulting in implementation of adjustments, replacements, and part installations on the existing coating machine. Changes yielded a 65% reduction of coating cost and waste. - Used CAD programming to design a new concept for what I termed a “Continuous Microfluidic Coating Machine” to eliminate all coating waste, and speed up production time 10 fold. - Presented my findings to the Teleflex Coventry Facility at the end of my 8 week internship. Manufacturing Engineering Responsibilities:- Conducted product procedure assessments utilizing documentation tools, navigation skills and single audited programs; and documented procedural modifications based on my recommendations.- Gained expertise with document control systems including MiniTab, Microsoft, SAP, and Agile.Worked with quality systems such as process verifications, validation protocols and non-conformance documents

University Of Rochester

- Analyzed platinum catalyst removal experiments using various synthesized copolymers with Professor Matthew Yates, who worked with an Army research lab to test various methods for detecting explosives. - Synthesized copolymers that would eventually help to detect nitro compounds commonly found in explosives, via polymerization with Polydimethylsiloxane and vinyl groups such as Eugenol in a hydrosilylation reaction.

Undergraduate, Chemical Engineering, Graduated

Activities and Societies: Midnight Ramblers A CapellaGraduated from the University of Rochester with a degree in Chemical Engineering..

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, First Semester 3Rd Year Student

I was accepted into an exchange program at the top University in Australia, University of Melbourne, and studied Chemical Engineering.