Tim Stephens Email & Phone Number

Hamilton, On, Ca

Hamilton, Ontario

Setting up, maintaining and training undergraduate students and Teaching Assistants on the use of equipment demonstrating the following concepts:• Process control of heated tanks• Process control of pH adjustment• Polymer extrusion • Steam Distillation• Gas purification • Waste-water treatment by ultra-filtration membrane • Reaction Kinetics• Heat of Reaction• Gas adsorption and desorption• Fluidized Bed Reactors• Fluid flow through pipes, valves and fittings• Bioreactors and fermentationMaintaining a safe lab working environment:• Maintaining MSDS, chemical inventory and safety records• Training graduate Teaching Assistants on safe operation of lab equipment• Maintaining records of training

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sessional Instructor, Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering

Planning and Setting Up New Teaching and Research Laboratories:• Procurement and tendering of environmental, geotechnical and structural testing instruments• Planning of new Laboratory Layouts • Planning of new Laboratory activities for undergraduate classes

Department Of Civil And Environmental Engineering

Setting up and Demonstrating Undergraduate and Graduate Course Labs in the following areas:• Municipal Water Treatment• Soil Mechanics• Materials Testing• Analysis of cement and concrete mixesMaintained and Operated Laboratory Instrumentation:• Gas and liquid chromatography systems• ICP-OES • Mass spectrometers• UV-VIS Spectrometers • Solid Phase Extraction Manifolds • Auto-titration systems and ion selective meters• Mercury Intrusion Porosimiter • TGA-DSC and BET testers• Viscometers and rheometers• Laser diffraction Particle sizer• Zeta potential and streaming potential metersContract testing for research and industry:• Chemical analysis of water, soil and air samples• Porosity and physical properties of concrete, polymers and nano-materials• Soil properties, including optimum density, hydraulic conductivity and liquid limits• Test report writing Safety and Administrative: • Collaborated with faculty members to obtain research and capital funding• Trained researchers on equipment use• Equipment budget estimates• Billing • Permit compliance for Bio-hazardous and Radioisotope samples• Classification and labeling of hazardous waste for disposal• MSDS and Standard Operating Procedures.

Burlington, On

• In lab verification (QA/QC) and testing of membrane filtration systems• Site visits to local water and waste-water treatment centers to maintain equipment• Repairs and routine maintenance of pumps and dosing equipment• Calibration of monitoring equipment for simple water parameters (turbidity, pH, etc)

Professional Development Courses, Chemistry And Management, 85% Average

For-Credit advanced science and professional development courses: • Industrial Chemistry • Molecular Structural Elucidation •.

Certificate, French Language, 86% Average

Working towards Certificate of French Language, with courses in spoken, written and busniess french. / Je travaille pour obtenir un.

Diploma, Environmental Technician, 85% Average

• Mapping and Surveying • Mineralogy • Hydrology • Geotechnical testing • Water Treatment • Pollution Control • Environmental Remediation.

Bachelor'S Degree, Biology/Chemistry, 79% Average

• Writing • Microscopy • Botany • Microbiology • Ecology • Organic Chemistry • Analytical Chemistry • Mathematics and Statistics