Kate Malcolm Email & Phone Number

Alameda, California, United States

Manages a team of 15 Operators at Alameda production plant to produce silicon anode material to meet customer demands.

Alameda, California, United States

- Lead process engineer for one of the primary processes to create silicon anode battery material- Provides daily engineering support and troubleshooting to Operators- Leads projects for plant efficiency and yield improvements- Trainer for Operators on process equipment start-up and tool recoveries

Richmond, California, United States

Control Board Operator for the Hydrogen Plant

Richmond, California, United States

• Provides daily cost-saving energy optimization and troubleshooting recommendations for the facility in terms of steam and electricity usage• Develops and implements long-term energy savings and GHG reduction projects for the facility• Ensures accurate and timely reporting to government agencies for facility operations

Richmond, California, United States

• Skilled as a daily plant and long term project process engineer for hydrogen SMR technology as well as hydrotreaters and isomerization units• Experienced in continuous process monitoring and optimization of a variety of liquid hydrocarbon processing technologies • Skilled in using process data to specify process equipment and instrumentation design, including: heat exchangers, pumps filters, separators, vessels, flow meters, and process temperature, level and pressure indication• Knowledgeable in process control schemes logical and skilled in using and drawing PFDs & P&IDs • Recognized by supervisors and teammate as “exceeding expectations” in the ability to build relationships and work well with others, most notably with Operations and Maintenance personnel• Highly experienced in working shifts during planned maintenance outages (turnarounds) of process plant equipment, performing equipment inspections, providing engineering recommendations for fixing equipment and loading catalyst

Richmond, California

• Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Specialist: Perform complex calculations and QA/QC of TRI compounds for all relevant streams in Refinery; troubleshot inconsistent results based on process and chemical knowledge • Leak Detection and Repair (LDAR) Specialist: Fieldwork to verify VOC component compliance; overseeing technical and managerial aspects of P&ID highlighting of heavy liquid VOCs • Primary regulatory rule interpreter, reporter and contact for the Refinery for the following regulations: Process Vessel Depressurization (PVD), Pressure Relief Device (PRD), and On-Road/Off-Road Diesel, Stationary and Temporary Engines

Stanford Gsb; Maharashtra, India

• Recruited, interviewed and hired a team of engineers for the summer out of a pool of 25 candidates• Managed a team of engineers to design a drip irrigation demo kit that can be manufactured for less than $1 for the India-based company Driptech, which provides low-cost, high-quality drip irrigation systems to small-plot farmers• Wrote a detailed proposal, pitched to a funding committee, and received a grant for $25,000; managed team finances• Traveled to 12 rural villages in India to conduct tests, interviewed 15 Driptech sales officers and designed and made multiple iterations of the demo kit onsite in India

Spormann Lab, Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

• Isolated methane and acetate-producing bacteria from deep-sea thermal vent cultures with the purpose of discovering bacteria that could be used to produce biofuels• Built miniature bioelectrochemical reactors necessary for isolating single strains of bacteria

Spormann Lab, Department Of Civil And Enviromental Engineering

• Investigated genes which are essential to external electron transfer in exoelectrogenic microorganisms with the goal of engineering microorganisms to enhance biofuels production• Conducted research through culturing microorganisms, constructing gene knockouts and complementations, cloning, performing polymerase chain reactions (PCRs) and colony PCRs

Master Of Science (Ms), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering