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Design/budget/plan/execute projects aimed at extracting and recovering rare earth elements (REE), platinum group, and other valuable or impurity metals (Li, Co, Cu, Ni, Sb, Bi) using molecular recognition technology (MRT) in combination with novel and environmentally benign processes.Main Achievements: 1. New product development by designing and installing.

Tula De Allende, Hidalgo, MX

Invited to give two Lectures under the postgraduate Master's program for Management in the Oil & Gas Industry.1) Leadership and Management & 2) The oil Industry in Mexico

Sahuarita, Arizona, US

Youngest manager in the history of ASARCO, a more than 100 years old companyProcure resources to meet Safety, Environmental, Quality, and Production objectives within the electrolytic plant, the third largest in the world, and two byproduct departments. OPEX and CAPEX planning and review. Main Achievements: 1) Unit cost reduction by decreasing the amount.

Sahuarita, Arizona, US

In charge of 2 productions and 1 shipping departments with an operating budget of 2 million USD per month. Anual development of OPEX and CAPEXMain Achievement:Becoming the youngest manager in the history of ASARCO, a more than 100 years old company.

Sahuarita, Arizona, US

Ensure compliance with Safety, Environmental, Quality and Production objectives and regulations within departments. Establish goals and objectives to meet KPIs, daily track & review with junior staff. Development and implementation of process and technology improvements. Provide training on copper electrorefining related processes, and assign projects to.

Sahuarita, Arizona, US

Responsible for tracking and analyzing operational parameters, assessing quality and evaluate process capability using Minitab. Train operators and supervisors on the quality management system implemented at the plant.Main achievements: 1) Define and develop the process scope and flow diagrams for the installation of an electrolyte purification plant based.

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, MX

Research assistant in in the laboratory of Bio-nano Catalisis studying the kinetic behavior of yeast and bacteria in batch bioreactors. Training was received in the use of a plasma reactor for surface treatment.Present 2 research posters, one at the XII National Congress of Biotechnology and Bioenginering for the Mexican Society of Biotecnology and.

San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí, MX

Summer internship studying the kinetic behavior of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in batch bioreactors. Cell culture and inoculation training was provided using petri dishes for yeast growth on a solid support containing nutrients in an agar gel to quantify the number of cell in a culture, a counting chamber (hemocytometer) together with a microscope was used to.

Durango, Durango, MX

Summer internship focused on designing and evaluating a pH control for a fed-batch bioreactor. A graphical user interface was developed using the software LabVIEW, and a data acquisition system was built to be able to measure and condition the signals for pH and temperature.A research poster was presented in the Science Summer 2006 poster contest for the.

Columbus, Ohio, US

Summer internship in the research group of Dr. L. S. Fan who was named by the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) one of the "One Hundred Chemical Engineers of the New Era" on 2008. The main purpose of the research was to study the cyclic redox performance of a commercial Iron Oxide catalyst against a sol-gel derived Iron Oxide catalyst..

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemical Engineering

Master Of Science, Engineering Technology

Licenciatura/ Bachelor Degree, Chemical Engineering