Jiandong (Jd) Zhou Email & Phone Number

United States

Weirton, West Virginia, United States

Cathode process engineer supporting cathode process commission and startup and optimization

King Of Prussia, Pennsylvania, United States

Design lead for new Kynar high performance polymer plant design. Overall > 200 MM project. Summary of work include:• P&ID design and review • PHA review • Equipment design work on multiple heat exchangers with Aspen• Developed second order simulation on recovery of unreacted monomer and size compressor • Lead tester for new solid powder packer at different vendors sites • Develop/Review equipment specification datasheets Project leader for debottlenecking project at Kepstan polymer plant at Mobile, AL. Summary of work include: • Study and evaluate various dryers and drying technology • Develop drying model based on pilot testing results and scale up to design new dryer • Pass gate 1 of design package for installing new dryer and replacing packing unit • Project CAPEX, equipment design & layout, quotes for multiple equipment

Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States

Corporate Process Improvement Team. Eastman sold Flexsys in Nov. 2021.• Optimize process conditions to further improve production rate while saving energy and meeting QC and safety requirements• Support plant trials for making newly developed product XF• Successfully trouble shoot process and equipment problems • Take part in innovate new process to make brand new product

Monongahela, Pennsylvania, United States

Lead Process Expert for Crystex Manufacturing Technologies across eight global plants. • Led plant trials to assist plant to safely ramp up rate whilst meeting/exceeding product specs• Debottleneck equipment • Led to optimize whole plant operation. • Process design and capital cost estimate for expanding existing plants • Develop process models for several plants• Led cost savings project replacing raw material for Duralink to save $150-$300K/yr • Led plant trials for new products • Heavily involved in technology breakthrough at lab scale, pilot testing and scale up• Supported eight global plants• Breakthrough in solvent recovery to size it down by 30% and saving energy by 35%.Highlights• Lead Engineering Architect of new Eastman Facility in Malaysia, > $100 MM project • Over 3000 hours (one year +) of commissioning/ startup/ streamlining/ramp-up efforts of greenfield chemical plant with new technology. validating over 10,000 mechanical completion exercises, directing multi-national construction/ engineering crews, training team of junior Malay engineers, and startup shift coverage for three straight months. • Awarded several individual contributor awards. Promoted within four year of start date. • Obtain six sigma green belt certificate • Over three years of design work with Mustang Engineering. Work included: o Followed PMP standards: FEL2, FEL3 & detailed engineering design of large capital project o Scaling up pilot to design new plant o PFD, P&ID and HMB development o Equipment design and technical datasheet development: agitator, reactor, distillation column, heat exchangers, pumps, filters, mixers, solid handling, dryers etc. o Independently design solvent recovery unit including distillation columns, heat exchangers o Reviewed hundreds of instrument datasheets o Two months of PHA & LOPA o Process control design: Interlocks, alarms rationalization, control loops, DCS graphics.

Fremont, California, United States

• R&D work to develop and optimize adhesive process and formulations • Worked with analytical instruments (DSC, TGA, rheometer, SEM, HPLC, GC etc.); morphology analysis etc. • Design new adhesive dryer; fabricate lab scale adhesive dryer

Ph. D, Chemical Engineering, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Dissertation: Characterizing and Modeling the Hydrodynamics of Shallow Spouted Beds

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Chemical Engineering, 3.9

Activities and Societies: Thesis: Molecular Simulation of Aqueous Electrolytes in Silica Nanochannels