• Lead analyst and subject matter expert on several client projects relating to Energy, such as > Conversion of ligno-cellulosic biomass and algae to high-value fuels and chemicals > End-of-life options, such as pyrolysis and gasification, for flexible plastic films, especially from renewable sources > Energy-efficient purification of water using vapor compression distillation > Biogenic natural gas production and methane-enhanced oil recovery for the oil & gas industry > Energy storage using carbon nano-materials

• Technical lead on several joint projects with Linde’s U.K. business unit and RWE nPower, such as improving the flexibility of power plants fitted for carbon capture using a hybrid combustion strategy, and reliably transporting liquid carbon dioxide at low pressures by ship • Identified growth opportunities for Linde’s merchant hydrogen and oxygen business by analyzing biofuels manufacturing processes and estimating their industrial gas usages • Key contributor to a team responsible for generating suitable company-wide carbon capture and monetization leads for Linde’s Corporate Strategy function • Developed methodologies for estimating the global carbon footprints of Linde’s hydrogen generation and air separation plants • Assessed the feasibility of capturing carbon dioxide for Enhanced Oil Recovery (EOR) from Linde’s nitrogen generation facility in Cantarell, Mexico, by estimating capital and operating costs for various commercially-available technologies • Organizer, global expert team meeting on Energy with participants representing varied international geographies, business units, and project areas, 2007 • On-Campus Recruiter, 2007–2008

• Supported BOC’s tonnage oxygen business development by assessing the techno-economics of Gases-To-Liquid (GTL) for stranded natural gas monetization • Key contributor to BOC’s successful proposal for a hydrogen supply scheme for BP and Sunoco refineries in Toledo, Ohio, via simulations of their future hydrogen requirements • Developed opportunities for increasing refinery profitability by debottlenecking Fluidized Catalytic Cracker (FCC) units using oxygen enrichment under a variety of equipment constraints • Technical lead on an international BOC team responsible for the development of Recycle SURE, a novel oxygen-based process for sulfur recovery • Set guidelines for the use of the best commercially-available activated carbon and molecular sieve adsorbents in BOC’s hydrogen plants through a self-directed experimental study • Key contributor to a cross-functional team responsible for the commercialization of BOC-proprietary adsorbents for non-cryogenic oxygen generation and air pre-purification applications • Facilitated BOC’s winning bid for a renewable distributed power generation project in San Diego, California, by evaluating the economics of various technical options for the utilization of biogas from a wastewater treatment facility • Established the feasibility of sourcing hydrogen from the anode offgas streams of molten carbonate fuel cells, as part of BOC’s commitment to a Canadian Transportation Fuel Cell Alliance project • On-Campus Recruiter, 1995–1997