John M. Stueve, P.E. Email & Phone Number

Norwood, Ohio, United States

Scale new products and processes from bench to pilot to full commercial volumes. Identify and evaluate new equipment and processing technologies. Investigate current products for cycle time and efficiency opportunities. Where feasible and economical, convert existing batch processes to continuous processes.Design new reactor systems and custom mechanical parts for optimum performance.Measure phase equilibrium data to aid in process designProvide advanced… Show more Scale new products and processes from bench to pilot to full commercial volumes. Identify and evaluate new equipment and processing technologies. Investigate current products for cycle time and efficiency opportunities. Where feasible and economical, convert existing batch processes to continuous processes.Design new reactor systems and custom mechanical parts for optimum performance.Measure phase equilibrium data to aid in process designProvide advanced technical support to production teams and assist in troubleshooting.Design and execute designed experiments (DoE) in order to determine the usable process space for a given product and process.Use and maintain a variety of analytical instruments including GC-MS, FTIR, ReactIR, ReactRaman, NMR, XRD, FTIR, TGA, Karl Fischer.Mentor Co-operative Education students in their Research and Development rotation.Work directly with customers to fine-tune processing conditions to meet their needs.Write Standard Operating Procedures for pilot plant equipment and train R&D technicians on running new products. Show less

Norwood, Oh

Employ statistical process control methods to improve production capacity and reduce cycle times, execute some small capital projects including reactor and piping upgrades, and identify process and product improvement opportunities.

University Of Cincinnati

Research on Zeolitic Imidazolate Frameworks as membranes and gas adsorption materials.

Synthesized silicalite-1 zeolite membranes using a hydrothermal synthesis method with secondary growthCharacterized the membranes using unsteady state permeation testing and X-ray diffractionInvestigated chemical vapor deposition (CVD) and atomic layer deposition (ALD) as routes of modifying the zeolite pore sizes

Performed liquid-liquid extraction using a Karr ColumnConducted a fundamental study on the extraction of lime oilWorked on extraction lemon and lime oil with a liquid-liquid centrifugeInvestigated the removal of agricultural residues from orange oil using a wiped-film stillCarried out the start-up of a hybrid wiped-film - fractioning stillCalibrated a Continuous Vacuum Belt Dryer for use in drying flavor pastes, Completed ceramic filtration on orange oil for wax removal

Updated and drew new P&ID's and PFD's using AutoCADUpdated electrical schematics using AutoCADRan statistical analysis on kiln firing temperature data using Excel

Master'S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering