Donovan Stagg Email & Phone Number

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Support new pad and pipeline developments at Lloyd Thermal assets with flowline network simulation and hydraulic evaluation to inform sizing and possible production constraints.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Foster Creek, Alberta, Canada

• Independently scoped, engineered, and executed site-specific Management of Change (MOC) projects while supporting day-to-day facility operations and maintenance at the Foster Creek SAGD production facility, focusing on.
• Liaised with various stakeholders while developing project deliverables to complete engineering evaluations of MOC projects.
• Followed rigorous Health, Safety, and Environment frameworks and legislation to ensure a safe and effective workplace.
• Lead and contributed to various Process Hazard Assessments and Risk Assessments for project or job execution and abnormal site operations.
• Worked with and reported to a diverse team of Professional Engineers to develop technical expertise while following all applicable company and industry codes and standards, including ASME B31.3, CSA Z662, API 520/521.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Focused on comparing the growth of human induced pluripotent stem cells in various culture environments including static adherent and suspension cultures, as well as vertical wheel bioreactors.
• Prepared and expanded hiPSC cultures with daily media changes, cell counts, light microscope imaging of both adherent and aggregate cultures, and preparation of cultures for future metabolomic and proteomic analysis.
• Performed technical analyses of culture growth dynamics and kinetics.
• Submitted full project report with literature review, project findings, and recommendations for future work entitled “Comparison of Static and Dynamic Culture for the Expansion of Human Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells.”
• Received training and certification for work in a biosafety level II laboratory, following rigid safety protocols and cGMP regulations.

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

• Supported the Process Development team on a variety of projects and tasks associated with facilities design, including butane injection blending skids, hydraulic line analysis, and large-scale facility phase expansion.
• Reviewed and cross-checked Piping & Instrumentation Diagrams, Process Flow Diagrams, and Line Designation Tables for inconsistencies as well as to ensure adherence to company and industry design codes and specifications.
• Performed equipment sizing and system hydraulic calculations as well as process simulations to help characterize and define process conditions, as well as to cross-check third-party engineering company deliverables.
• Ensured pump overpressure protection by system design (OPPSD) requirements were met for new pumps associated with developing projects, referring to ABSA AB-525 and Alberta Pressure Equipment Safety Regulation. Reviewed.

Calgary, Canada

• Worked as a member of the Asset Engineering group in the Liquid Business Unit under a diverse group of Professional Engineers providing project execution support.
• Liaised with various project stakeholders while assisting with the evaluation, development, and execution of engineering solutions.
• Assisted in preparing technical documents and reviewing technical deliverables from third-party engineering companies.
• Attended site visits to various facilities, observing safety procedures and operational narratives.
• Assisted in the preparation of high-level project schedules and cost estimates.

Calgary, Canada

• Worked on upgrading and improving mini-biaxial tensile testing machine prototype, focusing on staining human and pig aorta samples and implementing laser confocal microscope imaging to the testing procedure.
• Received training and certification for work in a class II biohazard laboratory, following rigid safety protocols and principles.
• Presented research at 2017 BME Summer Research Symposium and had an abstract accepted to the 2017 Annual Alberta Biomedical Engineering Conference. Presented research poster at the 8th World Congress of Biomechanics in.