• Design, build, & troubleshoot experimental apparatuses• Oversee maintenance, repair, & modifications of lab equipment & instruments• Provide expertise in chemical analysis – GC, GCMS, HPLC & GPC• Ensure compliance with local, state, & federal safety regulations• Enforce institutional safety policies for all department laboratories

Provide technical expertise to design & conduct experiments for process scale-up. Perform new technology evaluations to determine technical feasibility Assist with selection of analytical techniques & design of custom analyzer configurations. Some key achievements include:• Developed scale-up parameters for novel multiphase, high surface area reactor system• Formulated new model for scale-up of gas phase packed-bed reactors and adsorbers• Devised solution for removing aromatics from C6 olefin stream using molecular sieves• Derived mechanism-free kinetic model to simplify reactor design, scale-up, and operation• Established techniques for sulfur analysis of catalytically treated fuel oils

• Assisted researchers & senior technicians with experiments• Assembled & tested experimental apparatuses • Selected & installed thermocouples, flow meters, pressure/level transducers, & analyzers• Performed calculations for sizing and selection of pumps, valves, piping, & vessels• Established protocols for gas & liquid chromatography, & IR spectroscopy