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Founder and President of Wasatch Ionics. Prime Investigator on an US Army STTR project for the development of next generation reserve battery technology based on Lithium-Oxygen chemistry. Inventor and researcher of an environmentally friendly, hydrometallurgical-based, low temperature Li-Ion battery recycling technology. Prime Investigator on a Army sponsored project for the development of 3D printed battery-on-the-chip technologies.Prime Investigator on a DOE sponsored project for the recycling of high value metals from Lithium-ion batteries.

Sr. Research Engineer on a NASA funded project to develop a high-purity (>99.99% O2) electrochemical oxygen generator and compressor (>4000 psig) for space applications.

Technology Holding LLC, Salt Lake City, UtahR&D Company with a focus on Energy and Environmental SolutionsPrincipal investigator and researcher in the field of batteries, supercapacitors and redox flow batteries.KEY RESULTS• Led research project for the development of next generation liquid electrolytes for electrochemical supercapacitors and Li-ion batteries under a United States Army (ARDEC) sponsored program. Novel non-flammable electrolytes were developed and successfully prototyped for the U.S. Army.• Prepared and submitted proposals for highly competitive Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR/STTR) and Advanced Research Project Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) awards.

Ceramatec Inc., Salt Lake City, Utah. An advanced ceramic technologies R&D companySr. Process R&D Engineer, Energy Group Led technology and process development in the field of heavy oil upgrading, ammonia fuel electrochemical generation, and low temperature sodium-sulfur battery technology. KEY RESULTS• Developed novel heavy oil upgrading and desulfurization technology from conception to pilot plant demonstration. Authored three U.S. patents on different aspects of the process. The technology has been commercialized under the trade name of CLEANSEAS and a 2,500 bpd heavy oil upgrading demonstration plant is under construction in Alberta, Canada.• Designed and operated a 10-bpd heavy oil upgrading facility in Edmonton, Canada to demonstrate technology feasibility and to aid in the scale-up of a 2,500 bpd demonstration plant. • Developed an electrolytic process to recover sodium metal and elemental sulfur from a sodium sulfide-containing stream using a ceramic ionic transport membrane. Scaled up the process from proof of concept to pilot plant scale. • Designed and constructed a novel low temperature electrolytic cell to recover molten sodium metal from a stream of sodium sulfide. Optimized cell design and performance during the development period to minimize operational and capital costs.• Conducted process simulations and cost analysis for full-scale heavy oil upgrading facilities. • Prepared techno-economic analysis and process simulation of electrochemical generation of ammonia fuel for grid storage applications • Investigated electrolyte liquid systems for low temperature sodium-sulfur rechargeable batteries.

Sr. Research Engineer, Ion Transport Membranes (ITM) Designed, built and tested high purity oxygen generator prototypes for civilian and military markets under contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Performed all aspects of the prototyping development process including product conceptualization, equipment configuration and sizing, control system design and implementation, prototype construction, laboratory testing, and prototype optimization. KEY RESULTS:• Investigated reliability and long-term performance of key components of Solid Electrolyte Oxygen Separators (SEOS) through experimentation and model development. • Applied Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and thermal stress analysis techniques to evaluate and propose innovative design concepts.• Developed novel heat exchanger designs and other proprietary high temperature devices critical to the commercial viability of SEOS.• Managed relationship with external systems integrator contractors to generate and build advanced prototypes for the US Air Force. • Performed steady state flowsheet process simulations to optimize energy requirements of a large scale commercial oxygen generator.

KEY RESULTS: • Provided process engineering support to batch chemical manufacturing facilities to solve reliability and product quality problems. Optimized reactor operating parameters.• Identified and executed capital and non-capital project initiatives to increase productivity, improve product selectivity, and minimize waste generation.• Initiated, organized, and executed R&D projects to test viability of new technology concepts to improve reactor performance. • Implemented and deployed multivariable control system strategies at several batch chemical processing plants.• Lead Operational Process Hazard Reviews (OPHR) to improve plant process safety.

• Performed Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) simulations and provided engineering solutions for different R&D and engineering organizations within the company.• Developed CFD solutions to accelerate design, scale-up and optimization of multiphase chemical reactors. Developed innovative strategies to validate CFD simulation results of multiphase stirred tank reactors using limited available plant data.• Formulated fundamentally-based reaction and heat transfer models to produce reliable design tools for chemical reactors. • Designed and executed field experimental studies at various manufacturing plants to understand and improve the performance of multiphase chemical reactors in areas related to mixing and mass transfer.• Helped to disseminate and use statistical tools, such as Design of Experiments and Response Surface Analysis, at various R&D organizations within the company.• Served on a cross-functional multinational research team, with participants from industry, academia and government institutions, to advance the existing modeling capabilities of slurry stirred tank reactors and to develop an integrated software toolkit to facilitate the design, scale-up and optimization of chemical reactors at Air Products.

Chemical Reaction Engineering Laboratory (CREL) Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO • Conducted experimental and modeling research work in gas-liquid multiphase reactors with special emphasis in Trayed Bubble Column Reactors.• Improved various advanced experimental techniques such as Computer Tomography for the study of hydrodynamics of bubble column reactors. • Developed a fundamentally-based compartment model to quantify the overall liquid phase mixing in Trayed Bubble Column Reactors.