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Louisville, KY, US

Process Engineer leading a circular economy project from pilot to commercial scale.

Louisville, US

Charlotte, NC, US

• Responsible for sale and support of company products, developing strong business relationships, and networking with clients, suppliers, and industry partners.
• Work to prospect and qualify (technical and commercial) potential customers, system sizing/scale-up, generating cost sheets, preparing purchase/lease proposals, and price negotiations.
• Involved in the marketing aspects of the business including advertising, trade shows, workshops, technical presentations, etc.
• Provide sales support to the engineering staff during test center trials, projects, equipment commissioning, and provide general technical support to LCI clients.

Charlotte, NC, US

• Process design for a variety of applications depending on customer (Thin film and scraped surface evaporators, vacuum systems, solid handling equipment, and skidded units). Provided process startup.
• P&ID development and process calculations. Worked with project managers to meet cost and schedule. Specified vendor equipment.
• Evaluated new applications using laboratory equipment, pilot plant testing, and theoretical modeling.
• Provided customer support by traveling to sites domestic & international for technical clarification meetings, commissioning new equipment and troubleshooting existing equipment.
• Provided sales support by proposal writing and estimated project cost.

Irving, Texas, US

-Helped design the Central Utilities Building for a $2 billion facility. Managed Cooling Tower, Heating Water, Process Steam and Clean Steam systems. Designed heat exchangers, boilers, chillers, pumps and the piping and instrumentation around the equipment to meet the consumption of the process users. Participated and led Process Hazard Analysis (Novo.

Aberdeen, GB

-Participated in basic design aspects for several FEED engineering projects-Assisted process engineers to complete projects-Calculated relief valve loads and sized valves-Verified piping runs and P&IDs-Completed thermodynamic calculations and unit conversions

CA

-Worked with the production engineer managing and analyzing the solid fertilizer production process-Learned to communicate with operations, maintenance, and management to complete projects-Completed a temperature study on process to reduce product loss-Produced a P&ID of the air compressor system for the solid fertilizer plant

Columbia, SC, US

-Designed, tested, and evaluated catalysts in the hetergeneous synthesis of Flavanone.-Characterized catalysts with X-ray Diffraction, CO2 Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and temperature programmed desorption.-Prepared and gave a poster presentation on Flavanone research to three judges and interested faculty members.

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Science, Chemistry

Education record