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Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Thousand Oaks, Ca, Us

Amgen is one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies reaching millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.Graduate Intern as part of the Environmental Sustainability Team, working closely with Amgen’s Engineering Technical Authority (ETA) experts to progress multiple Sustainability Projects from the Ideation Phase through Conceptual Design.

Longview, Tx, Us

Sphere 3 Environmental, Inc. is a full service environmental consulting firm that assists clients in environmental compliance and permitting.Experience & Achievements:Aided in the preparation of air permit applications required by federal state, state or local environmental regulatory agencies for Sphere 3 clientele.Collaborated in developing reports for the mandatory reporting rule for greenhouse gases.Reviewed and understood air emission regulations in states including New Mexico and Texas.Applied ProMax simulation software for modeling, reporting, and emission calculations to oil and gas production tank battery sites.

Houston, Tx, Us

Experience & Achievements:Assisted in focusing on air quality to understand climate change.Investigated trace gas budgets of unpolluted atmosphere in order to determine undisturbed atmospheric background conditions.Performed statistical analysis of air quality collected at various sites in Mexico City over a period of 3 years.Created plots to present the results using MS Excel and MATLAB.Contributed to scientific interpretation of the data.

Houston, Tx, Us

Senior design project working with LyondellBasell. LyondellBasell is one of the largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies in the world. The company sells products to more than 100 countries and is the world's largest producer of polymer compounds and the largest licensor of polyolefin technologies.Experience & Achievements:Designed a vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant using ethylene as the primary feed-stock with a tubular reactor using a fixed bed Pd/Au catalyst.Optimized vinyl acetate monomer plant process into a technically and economically feasible result using cash flow and sensitivity analysisUtilized ASPEN Plus process simulator in team collaboration and exceeded production specifications while maintaining process safety.Priced all reactants and products according to the Southeast Asia market. Assessed the economic feasibility of the plant over a 20-year operational period.Established HAZOP Study to guarantee safety operation in the plant.Improved sustainability regarding economic, societal, and environmental factors.Minimized negative impacts on the environment.Led the heat integration process modeling effort that resulted in plant process savings of 65% of original utility cost.

Houston, Tx, Us

Experience & Achievements:Exhibited effective communication, team building, and time management skills while excelling in school.Provided learning assistance in courses including chemistry, calculus, algebra, engineering courses to students.Worked with students to help improve their problem-solving and learning strategies skills.Conducted one-on-one tutoring sessions and 5 class room review sessions.Attended training seminars as required each semester.Completed all assigned work accurately and on time.Performed other duties as required by Learning Support Services.

Houston, Tx, Us

Experience & Achievements:Served as a peer advisor to new students arriving into the university.Guided new students with class registration at new student conferences.Aided the exploratory studies department with day to day office responsibilities.

Master'S Degree, Chemical And Biomolecular Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering