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Paramus, Nj, Us

Indianapolis, Indiana, Us

Somerset, Nj, Us

Catalent Biologics- Drug Substance/API• Provided technical support and monitoring for transfer of mammalian cell culture processes in stainless steel bioreactors and other batch process equipment.• Identified and developed equipment design requirements based on client process specifications.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Process Engineering Group: Distillate Hydrotreater, Gas Desulfurization, and Aromatics Saturation Unit• Coordinated reactor temperature and quench optimization initiative with Operations to reduce sulfur overtreating and prevent $120k per year in octane degradation.• Analyzed and extended catalyst cycle length saving $3.9 million in material and change-out costs.• Mentored and supervised summer co-op, providing technical and professional guidance.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Process Engineering Group: Naphtha Hydrotreater, CCR Platformer, Cyclic Reformer• Developed process design basis and presented decision support package for reformer reactorinternals replacement with a reaction yield benefit of $2.6 million per year.• Provided technical support during two shutdowns and conducted equipment inspections,including distillation columns, reactors, exchangers, and fired heaters, to ensure smooth startup.• Troubleshot and resolved historical heat exchanger fouling issue to increase product yields worth$4.6 million per year and double expected cycle length, worth $1.3 million per year.• Modeled and optimized unit operating pressure to increase product yields by $1 million per year.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Process Engineering Group, Unit: Resid Hydrocracking Unit• Optimized product viscosity control and proposed new product cutter, saving $8 million per year.• Evaluated and optimized temporary slop tank usage for unit shutdown to reduce turnaroundoutage time worth $2 million per day.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Operations Research Department• Oversaw and led material balance team of 2 other co-ops to maintain data quality for processunit monitoring and major refining planning activities.• Collaborated with engineers across 6 sites to troubleshoot mass balances and resolve issues.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Process Engineering Group, Unit: Fluid Catalytic Cracker• Developed process design basis for a product jumper line, which enabled incremental productexport worth $1.1 million per year.• Organized surveys on heat exchangers and calculated heat transfer coefficients to monitor foulingpost-cleaning and optimize cleaning cycles.

Taught, guided, and mentored two Chemical Engineering Learning Communities. A Learning Community is a group of 10-20 students in the same major that have nearly identical course schedules. The group meets once or twice a week to cover subjects like career fair preparation, self-management skills, and how to excel in the chosen major.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Process Safety Management Group• Led incident investigations using Taproot Root Cause Analysis method to identify plant issues and recommended solutions to prevent recurrence.• Managed and directed a corporate-wide video involving over 50 people to promote the AFPM Walk the Line process safety campaign in an engaging and memorable fashion.

Findlay, Ohio, Us

Process Engineering Group• Conducted a unit test run to troubleshoot plugging in process scrubber to reduce unplanned shutdowns and associated costs worth $130k per year.• Coordinated pressure surveys and in-field projects with Operations to monitor unit activity and improve performance.

Midland, Michigan, Us

Worked in Engineering and Process Science for Dow AgroSciences• Conducted research regarding optimization and process design of the isolation of a solid intermediate • Designed and conducted all supporting experiments

Master Of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering