Responsible for new process development, piloting, and scale-up. Specializing in designing and building lab scale reactor systems completely new to Imerys.

-Organized and executed plant trials for New Product Development-Performed milling and classification process research on minerals new to Imerys-Designed and built a pilot coatings line that was scaled to 300 ton/yr - patent pending

- Held office hours and volunteered to give a guest lecture- Tutored students outside of office hours when requested- Graded homework and quizzes, and entered student grades in a timely fashion

- Scaled up production and identified process conditions of a new filter aid product- Managed a 24/7 production run and night shift crews over a three week production trial- Sent customers samples of new products

Co-op for Polyethylene III, Freeport, TX May – Aug 2014- Performed root-cause analysis and process improvements leading to an estimated $500,000 in savings- Worked with the global project manager to implement changes in future polyethylene plantsCo-op for Site Logistics, Hahnville, LA Sept – Dec 2013- Analyzed the storage process for glycol which lead to a $800,000 business decision- Solved unloading issues by performing root-cause analysis, which lead to a major reduction plant downtime- Proposed and implemented a new unloading method which saved utility gasCo-op for Tech Center, Hahnville, LA Jan – May 2013- Planned and ordered equipment for an upcoming turnaround project- Worked with a team to produce training materials for the startup of a new Dow plant