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Phone: 860-486-2490 |
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Fax: 860-486-2959 |
Summary: A versatile senior-level
chemical engineer with a record of accomplishment
in both higher
education and technology development.
Key Accomplishments include:
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Supervision and mentoring of young engineers
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Transfer of technology between research, engineering, and manufacturing
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International training and project execution
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Inventive Solutions to technical problems
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Simulation of complex and non-standard chemical processes
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Current Position |
University of Connecticut
Chemical Engineering Department Instructor in Residence |
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2005
– Present |
Direct
Undergraduate Labs in Chemical Engineering
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Teach
Process Design
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Consulting Practice |
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have been involved in independent consulting since 1985. I have three major focus areas: |
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Training: Development of training materials, Delivery
of training (In-house, on-site, and international), Train-the-trainer
coaching, Individual tutoring and mentoring. |
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Process
Simulation with ASPEN Plus:
Construction of physical property models, unit or plant simulations, reconciliation
of models with real-world performance |
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Process
Analysis and Plant Troubleshooting:
Root Cause Analysis, Kepner-Tregoe and Six Sigma Problem-solving, USIT
Structured Invention system |
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Academic Experience |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Lecturer in Chemical Engineering |
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1992
– 1996 Summer
1995 |
Supervised two required undergraduate laboratories, the Project Laboratory and the Unit Operations Laboratory. · Managed team of 7 faculty, 2 full-time assistants, 4 TAs for a combined enrollment of ~120 students/yr. · Secured industrial sponsorship for 15-20 new projects annually. · Converted existing UO lab to perpetually novel experiments. · Both lab courses were designed to require experimental work, data analysis, project management, and technical communications. · Directed the Chemical Engineering Department writing program. · Member of the Safety and ABET Committees. · Freshman advisor. MIT School of Chemical
Engineering Practice – Station Director Supervised graduate students doing off-site Masters
research projects. US Army Soldier Systems Center, Projects
on chemical protective equipment development, electrochemical heating units,
food product and process development, and portable shelters. |
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Assistant, then
Director of
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1984
- 1986 |
Directed
stations in large industrial sites at Waterford
and Selkirk,
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Industrial |
Cabot Corporation - Lead Process Engineer |
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Experience 2001
– 2004 |
Internal
consultant for a variety of process design, scale-up, and plant operations
issues. ·
Provided engineering support for Fumed
Metal Oxides business in North America, Europe, and ·
Led operations improvement team that avoided $5MM capital cost. ·
Process design and problem solving for product development group. ·
Founding member of USIT
structured invention team. |
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Aspen Technology, Inc. - Sr. Staff Technical Solutions Consultant |
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1996
– 2001 |
Second-level technical support specialist. ·
Consultant to clients on thermodynamics and separations issues. ·
Principal instructor and course developer for six separate courses
on thermodynamics, separations, and electrolytes. ·
Instructor for introductory modeling courses. Developer of many custom courses to
meet needs of individual clients.
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Formulated second-level support program allowing experienced
engineers to mentor new engineers.
Revised new engineer training program. Created internal technical communications
course. ·
Contributed to documentation and user interface development. |
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Badger Engineers, Inc. - Process Engineer
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1981
– 1984 |
Process
design, simulation, preparation of equipment specifications, PFD and
P&IDs, bid review and pre-commission inspections for a variety of petroleum,
petrochemical, utilities, and synfuels projects.
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Foster Wheeler Energy Co. - Process Design Engineer |
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1980
– 1981 |
Preparation
of equipment specifications and P&IDs for a major refinery expansion project. Worked with Delayed Coker, LPG
cleanup, Alkylation unit, and flare system.
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Education 1986- 1992 |
University of California
Work in process development and thermodynamic modeling of liquid-liquid extraction processes for production of industrial salts with John M. Prausnitz and Scott Lynn. Passed doctoral qualifiers. ·
Winner of Outstanding TA award for help with senior design course. |
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1984 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
MS in Chemical Engineering
Practice
Project
work at Bethlehem Steel, ·
Invited to join Practice
School staff on completion of Master’s Degree |
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1979 |
SB in Chemical
Engineering
Thesis: Health Effects of Coal and Wood
Pyrolysis Liquids |
Addendum 1
Project
Management Accomplishments
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Project |
Management Experience |
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As a student, led team of four engineers doing
lab/plant project at Bethlehem Steel. |
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On the staff at GE station, formulated and supervised
more than 50 technical projects.
Managed Station finances and staff of 2 full-time employees. |
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MIT |
Directed undergraduate labs in chemical
engineering. Organized seven
faculty members, two full-time assistants, three teaching assistants and up
to 60 students doing up to 21 projects at a time. Supervised installation or revision of
dozens of experiments. |
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Directed |
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Aspen Technology |
Organized second-level support process for Aspen
Engineering Suite products. |
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Cabot |
Led team to improve acid recovery operations at Barry,
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Knowledge
Transfer Accomplishments
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Employer |
Teaching Experience |
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Taught project management, practical engineering &
technical communications on a just-in-time basis to Chemical Engineering grad
students in an industrial setting. |
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UC Berkeley |
TA for Prausnitz’ Molecular Thermodynamics
course. Rewrote solutions
manual. TA for Process Design
(winner of Outstanding Instructor award). |
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MIT |
Directed undergraduate labs in chemical
engineering. Taught experimental
techniques, technical communications, statistics, and safety. |
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Taught project management, practical engineering,
& technical communications on a just-in-time basis to Chemical
Engineering grad students at a Military research laboratory |
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Aspen Technology |
Taught a variety of process modeling courses both
internally and for a range of clients, including Cabot, Eli Lilly, BASF,
Union Carbide, Procter & Gamble.
Created custom courses for clients. Developed and taught internal courses
in technical presentations. |
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Cabot Corporation |
Helped make the USIT structured invention system a
standard tool for Cabot R&D teams. |
Addendum 2
Sample
Project Experience
Employer
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Client |
Processes |
Responsibilities |
Foster-Wheeler |
Chevron |
LPG separations, Delayed Coker, Alkylation Plant |
PFDs, P&IDs, equipment specs, bid reviews |
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Badger Engineers |
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SRC II (solvent refined coal) |
Physical properties, Process Simulation, PFDs |
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Exxon |
EB/Styrene |
Process and Equipment design |
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NL Industries |
Poly-a-olefins |
Property modeling, process simulation, distillation
design |
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Badger internal |
Styrene |
Detailed reactor modeling of styrene dehydrogenation |
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MIT |
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Treatment of Blast-furnace wastewater |
Lab work, process development |
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GE Plastics |
PPO manufacturing |
Troubleshooting separation processes, QC test
development, Wastewater biotreatment |
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GE Plastics |
Silicone manufacturing |
HCl/water separation, batch reactions, HAZOP studies |
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Nestle |
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Cereals-cooking extruder |
Pilot plant experiments |
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UC Berkeley |
LBL |
Extractive crystallization for salt purification |
Experimental, theoretical, and computational work |
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MIT |
Air Products |
Pressure Swing Absorption |
Pilot-scale experiments |
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Millipore |
Electrodialysis |
Supervised experiments |
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US Army |
Food product development |
Pilot production, evaluation |
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US Army |
Chemical Protective Gear |
Modeling and experimental evaluation of agent
transport and absorption |
Employer
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Client |
Processes |
Responsibilities |
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AspenTech |
Allied-Signal |
Nylon production |
Modeling reactive distillation with kinetic and
diffusive limitations |
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Bayer |
Molybdenum production |
Hydrometallurgy properties and reactions |
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Tritium recovery process |
Physical property and absorption process modeling |
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Aspentech internal |
Customer Training |
Developed or rebuilt courses on Distillation,
Electrolytes, and Physical Property Modeling |
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Cabot Global Engineering |
Fumed Metal Oxides Business |
Alternative Feedstocks Project |
Process modeling, experimental design, and full-scale
testing for manufacture of silica from novel feedstocks |
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Fumed Alumina |
Pilot scale tests of new sublimer design; P&I
review, HAZOP for 3x scale-up at new location |
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Process design for grassroots plant |
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Barry Acid Area Reliability |
Led team to change operating policies and procedures
– avoided over 5 million dollars in capital |
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Carbon Black Business |
Feedstock Heaters troubleshooting |
Led effort to understand erratic performance of inline
heater coils |
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Tantalum Business |
Fresh water/ wastewater reduction |
Participated in interdisciplinary team to rationalize
water use in these metal extraction processes |
Professional Society Memberships:
Member of American Institute
of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) national and Boston Section (Ichthyologists).
American Society for
Engineering Education (ASEE), Chem Eng, Design, and Experimental Studies
divisions.