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Bakersfield, CA, US

Bakersfield, CA, US

Findlay, Ohio, US

Findlay, Ohio, US

• Led Mechanical Integrity program for an oil & gas refinery with a total crude-oil capacity of 63,000 barrels per day including implementation of inspection plans based on corrosion studies
• Performed calculations, including reverse engineering, using COMPRESS on over 50 pressure vessels and heat exchangers following ASME Sec. VIII ensuring the integrity of the equipment
• Managed dead leg inspection project that entailed performing digital radiography testing on over 700 dead legs due to corporate recommendation which located 27 locations at risk for removal:o Determined inspection.
• Managed replacement projects including pressure vessels, heat exchangers, and metallurgical upgrades regarding valves, piping, and bundles:o Worked with stakeholders (operations and process engineers) to develop the.
• Managed pressure vessel re-rating that resulted in over $100K in savings
• Developed and implemented QA/QC program for application of internal coatings on tanks and vessels

Bakersfield, CA, US

• Led Mechanical Integrity program for a large upstream oil & gas company processing over 1MM barrels of gross production per day with 10,000 pipelines and 1,500 vessels, including analysis of Ultrasonic/Visual Testing.
• Developed repairs and replacements recommendations that complied with CA Title 8, API 510, and API 570 for vessels and piping to prevent environmental leaks and loss of production o Zero recordable scorecard spills.
• Developed database in MS Access to perform 6 Sigma analysis on 3 years of historical UT data for steam generators to target inspection and repair efforts to areas with evidence of past failures o Achieved 66% reduction.
• Revised fitness for service (FFS) inspection program for vessels and developed inspection program per API 579 FFS-4
• Led multiple Kaizen events to optimize frequencies of Preventative Maintenance (PM) programs for performing non-destructive examination (NDE) that resulted in total savings of more than $100K
• Implemented representative sample inspection program based on risk analysis for vessels following the exploration & production chapter from API 510 that reduced inspection cost by $20K per year

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Developed a Matlab program to process raw drive data and calculate the tape dimensional changes to the tape as it is influenced by environmental change, tape usage, tension, and age.
• Separated environmental effects into temperature and humidity using a thermal chamber
• Characterized adjustment times for various environmental conditions by measuring tapes in a thermal chamber
• Discovered a phenomenon causing abrupt changes in the tape width that will impact future tape products
• Developed a Matlab program that collected real-time temperature data from lab instrumentation using a serial port
• Created a program in Matlab for instrumentation control of an Agilent Technologies power supply

Armonk, New York, NY, US

• Translated advanced direct chip immersion cooling and high performance liquid cooled cold concepts into manufacturable CAD (CATIA) 3D models and 2D prints readied for model shop fabrication
• Worked closely with Matlab vendor to select a Mapping Toolbox
• Developed a "Data Center Weather Analyses Tool" using Matlab GUI to enhance data center energy efficiency analyses
• Constructed numerical solvers using Matlab to calculate air humidity ratio and wet bulb temperature for large data sets in real time
• Packaged the tool into a standalone executable program for distribution to IBM thermal engineers for convenient self-use
• Collected water flow rate and pressure drop measurements for an experimental liquid cooled rack of servers

St Louis, Missouri, US

• Performed energy model calculations using Trace 700 for a 200,000 ft2 and 125,000 ft2 buildings
• Assisted project engineers with narratives, diagrams, and parametric runs for current projects
• Installed data loggers for the PG&E Core Retrocommissioning program
• Worked closely with chilled beam vendors to select equipment for current projects
• Identified inconsistencies with diagrammatic cover sheets (CAD symbols) and updated diagrams binder using AutoCAD
• Created 15 case studies using PowerPoint for Rumsey projects that will be used to obtain new contracts for the company

Master Of Science And Bachelor Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Associate Of Arts, Liberal Arts

High School Diploma