Derek Ham Email & Phone Number

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Fort Wayne, In, Us

Supervise Watertreat Operations and Maintenance Personnel

Fort Wayne, In, Us

I was offered the opportunity to work on a iron ore reclamation project with Steel Dynamics with the spirit of providing low cost iron units to the Mesabi Nugget project. Our company partnered with Magnetation to design and develop a 1.06 Million tonnes per year production facility. This facility was named Mining Resources, LLC and broke ground in November of 2011 and first produced in September of 2012. I assisted in purchasing, procurement, shipping, installation, commissioning and operation of a majority of the $70 million dollar project. I also helped manage and coordinate the efforts of nearly 600 contractors. My continued efforts have transitioned back into a more traditional process engineering role; maximizing production and minimizing variability of our product to our customer Mesabi Nugget.

Fort Wayne, In, Us

As a process engineer at Iron Dynamics, I was responsible for a SAF offgas system and its maintenace and operation. This was a wet system that utilized direct contact cooling, numerous sludge removal operations and pH adjustment/control. I spent a great deal of time retrofitting old, inadequately designed water treatment equipment for its current use but also put a few new constructions under my belt as well. Also, I assisted in the process (both chemical and energy) balances around the submerged arc in order to help maximize production while maintaining suitable chemical control for prolonged plant success.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science - Ms, Engineering/Industrial Management