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California, United States

South Brisbane, Queensland, Au

• Developed a real gas model to determine pipeline system pneumatics for a ~90% carbon dioxide transport process, which was recommended for a future study phase.

South Brisbane, Queensland, Au

• Designed plant and potable water systems for a planned domestic mining operation.• Audited existing and planned pipeline system designs and successfully advised on both material and operability limits.Process EngineerAug 2011 - Nov 2012• Projects focused on the development of process simulations and respective cost analyses in conceptual and detailed capacities for pipeline slurry transport of metals, minerals, and by-products.

Austin, Texas, Us

MEP Factory System Design• Prepared construction packages detailing compressible flow transport processes and material specifications for new factory systems, which resulted in significant business expansion.• Promptly addressed numerous time-critical technical inquiries from project owners and managers, ensuring project objectives remained on schedule.• Developed a company-approved spreadsheet standard to calculate sizes of various piping materials including pressure loss for compressible flow transport.

San Ramon, Ca, Us

Process Engineer (seconded through Worley, 6/19 - 5/20) - Safety Instrumented Systems• Modeled a critical control valve bypass circuit addition for a polypropylene cooling process that was issued for construction.• Championed technical discussions and meetings with interdepartmental colleagues, which ensured timely completion of critical milestones.Chemical Engineer (seconded through ConneXsys Engineering, 1/14 - 11/16) - Small Capital Projects• Developed accurate pneumatic models for a new natural gas pipeline that were approved for refinery design.• Established an operational procedure to validate centrifugal pump curves for a batch mixing process with a serial pump configuration; successfully trained and directed staff.• Satisfied EPA RSR 40 CFR 63.643 through a refinery-wide study on process vents, including recommendations of required individual HAP abatement controls.• Developed successful process simulations to address low-heat flaring events per EPA RSR 40 CFR 63.670.• Assisted several interdepartmental colleagues with questions related to process engineering.Process Engineer (Golder Associates, 2013)• Designed a pipeline-based system to transport dredged spoils from the Long Wharf to an aboveground impoundment per EPA Section 404, which was approved and considered as a disposal option.

Larkspur, Ca, Us

Staffed at Valero Benicia Refinery and Tesoro Golden Eagle Refinery.• Projects included PSV design for distillation equipment, the design and implementation of efficacious process equipment, preparation of MOCs/EWOs for plant turnarounds, and analysis of distillation operations.

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering