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Norwich, Ct, Us

North Kingstown, Rhode Island, United States

Conceptualization and design of reactors for green hydrogen production.

Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

• Taught CHE 213 (Thermodynamics I), CHE 445 and 446 (Senior Lab I+II), CHE 451 and 452 (Plant Design and Economics I and II)• Held instruction sessions for practice problems and reiterated concepts students missed during main lectures• Corrected homework assignments and lab reports and provided constructive feedback to support students in their learning• Taught and supervised student groups for practical experiments (Pump Lab, Heat Exchanger, Reactor Dynamics, Distillation… Show more • Taught CHE 213 (Thermodynamics I), CHE 445 and 446 (Senior Lab I+II), CHE 451 and 452 (Plant Design and Economics I and II)• Held instruction sessions for practice problems and reiterated concepts students missed during main lectures• Corrected homework assignments and lab reports and provided constructive feedback to support students in their learning• Taught and supervised student groups for practical experiments (Pump Lab, Heat Exchanger, Reactor Dynamics, Distillation, Liquid-Liquid Extraction)• Taught students the fundamentals of Aspen+, Aspen Dynamics and controller design to design a chemical production plant, using literature values as well as calculated chemical equilibrium data• Reiterated basic unit operations of chemical engineering• Received positive feedback on my methods from supervisors and students “You were the most caring and best TA we ever had” Show less

Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

• Implemented and enforced compliance with health and safety regulations in the lab, resulting in no accidents or serious violations during my tenure and name recognition by the health and safety office of the University of Rhode Island• Kept an inventory of materials and consumables and ensured proper storage and regular testing of hazardous materials• Assisted in planning and executing two moves of the lab and office space and spearheaded efficient lab layouts after the move

Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

• Enabled SERS measurement capabilities in the Chemical Engineering department, by developing methods, acquiring and negotiating for a benchtop Raman spectrometer, leading to SERS being commonly used by multiple lab groups• Characterized nano-structured substrates for measurement suitability, using SEM, DSA, and SERS measurement performance comparisons for model analytes• Acquired commercially available SERS substrates and successful negotiated for discounts amounting to 20%•… Show more • Enabled SERS measurement capabilities in the Chemical Engineering department, by developing methods, acquiring and negotiating for a benchtop Raman spectrometer, leading to SERS being commonly used by multiple lab groups• Characterized nano-structured substrates for measurement suitability, using SEM, DSA, and SERS measurement performance comparisons for model analytes• Acquired commercially available SERS substrates and successful negotiated for discounts amounting to 20%• Designed, fabricated, and modeled microfluidic and millifluidic flow channels for improved performance of the measurement system developed during M.S. thesis work• Further enhanced the sensor system by applying a potential and chemically modifying the substrate with a self-assembled monolayer (SAM)• Increased data analysis speed by developing supervised and unsupervised machine learning models• Mentored and trained undergraduate students in our lab, fostering an environment of mutual respectand supporting independent thinking and decision making of the students, leading to four studentschoosing to attend graduate school• Collaborated with professors, post-doctoral students and graduate students on research projects andwas considered a point of reference for Raman/SERS, design projects, poster and oral presentations by my colleagues Show less

Brunswick, Lower Saxony, Germany

Provided support on various research projects throughout my bachelors and masters at TU BS:• Conducted grinding experiments in a continuous stirred media mill on cellulose as a pharmaceutical model system and measured the resulting particle size distributions through DLS• Assembled coin and pouch cell lithium ion batteries and ran c-tests to support optimization of anode and cathode materials and production parameters• Characterized a gelatin/water model using an in-house developed… Show more Provided support on various research projects throughout my bachelors and masters at TU BS:• Conducted grinding experiments in a continuous stirred media mill on cellulose as a pharmaceutical model system and measured the resulting particle size distributions through DLS• Assembled coin and pouch cell lithium ion batteries and ran c-tests to support optimization of anode and cathode materials and production parameters• Characterized a gelatin/water model using an in-house developed fluid dynamics gauging device and provided feedback to the lab technician to remove bugs and inconsistencies in the labVIEW code• Built a column for the adsorptive purification of ionic liquids and quantified the results through HPLC• Conducted literature research on fouling mitigation in sea water systems and caffeine as apharmaceutical model system• Quantified the fouling behavior for different modified surfaces through mass accumulation and heat transfer changes in a polymer solution• Examined fuel cell characteristics experimentally• Modeled the observed characteristics in Matlab and generated a report comparing theory and experimental results• Designed a method to simulate diffusive movement in a coupled CFD and DEM simulation in the software CFDEM (based on LAMMPS and LIGGGHTS), and implemented it by writing a module in C++• Tested the influence of diffusion on the rheological behavior of an epoxy resin aluminum oxide nano- particle suspension, allowing project leads to further their understanding of the system• Supervised high school interns, trained them on lab equipment and assisted with experiments Show less

Bracknell, England, United Kingdom

• Experimentally evaluated a mathematic approach towards the flow conditions inside the chamber of a continuous stirred media mill, which provided valuable information for the process design team of the company• Analyzed a vast molecular simulation data set, testing different software solutions and simulation methods using Microsoft® Excel, which supported the company in the final decision on a simulation software

Phd, Chemical Engineering, 3.7

Activities and Societies: Peer reviewer "Chemosphere", Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands (https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3185-2746) President.

Master Of Science - Ms, Chemical Engineering, 3.7

Dual Degree M.S. Chemical Engineering Thesis: “Nanostructured surface enhanced Raman spectroscopy sensor for marine pollutants” • Created.

Master Of Science - Ms, Biochemical And Chemical Engineering, 3.7

Dual Degree M.S. Biochemical and Chemical Engineering Thesis: “Environmental in situ sensing platform for detection of sea water.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Bioengineering, 3.0

Thesis: “Experimental investigation of ice formation on modified cooled surfaces” • Used drop-shape analysis, perthometer, and SEM.