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Greater Chicago Area

- Issued in-depth recommendations for improvements to Continuous Catalyst Regeneration (CCR) Tower in a bench marking test- Provided customers quarterly operational recommendations for CCR Platforming and Penex units- Developed Naphtha Hydrotreater Training material

Greater Chicago Area

- Completed the front end engineering design for an UOP Olefin Reduction Process Unit, $MM project- Proposed process design improvements Olefin Reduction Process unit for better on-stream reliability and performance- Designed the hydraulics of a Naphtha Hydrotreater, $MM project

Greater Chicago Area

- Conducted research as a pilot plant owner on breakthrough low pressure catalytic reforming- Reduced set-up time by 33% for the purge and pressure test sequence of 8 naphtha plants- Tested an insulation prototype that would reduce setup time by 8 hours a month per plant- Standardized start-up instructions for naphtha plants for more efficient turnarounds- Streamlined on-boarding for incoming engineers by creating an operations handbook

Baton Rouge, Louisiana Area

Conducted developmental research of lithium extraction to find the optimal operating parameters for scaling up procedures.

Alachua, Florida

Worked on equipment management and scheduling routine work. Managed over 500 individual pieces of equipment for calibration, repair, or preventative maintenance. Designed future organizational practices and described them with flow diagrams.

Gainesville, Florida

Analyzed data files on fluidized bed particulate data using ImageJ and modeled them in ExcelWrote VBA code to process the aggregated data files that modeled the flow rates for a fluidized cavitiy or chimneyStudied the patterns and corresponding force arches from the fluidization of granular particlesPresented research on fluidization to my peers and professors using my public speaking skillsSpoke to vendors to procure a specific laser measuring system and compared the quotesSeparated particles into different groups depending on their widths to the thousandth millimeterLed and trained other undergraduate research assistants in lab safety and ImageJCategorized inventory based on material, particle size, particle shape, and quantity

Gainesville, Florida

Collaborated with graduate students in the synthesis, assembly, and surface engineering of nanoparticle oligomersRecorded data using a mass spectrometer and interpreted results to maximize efficiency and yield

Pleasanton, California

Gathered and analyzed information to rank a website's effectiveness based on its authority, information, and user interfaceValidated search results against user queries and rated their relevance to better the experience with search engines