Monolith · University of California, Berkeley
I am a practical, hands-on chemical engineer with a wide base of knowledge around pilot-scale chemical systems, controls, catalyst development, custom fabrication, and prototyping. I'm the one someone counts on in order to make theory reality. I am constantly solving wide varieties of difficult operational problems resulting in practical, efficient, and economical solutions. There is no problem that I am afraid to get stuck in on nor unable to solve.
-Lead technical engineer on the future capital projects at Monolith Materials -Successfully completed a dual Pre-FEED between two major EPCs for Monolith's first of a kind >$1.5B commercial carbon black and hydrogen facility -Single point of contact between engineering and construction partners for upcoming engineering and scale-up projects at Monolith. -Executed on the engineering component for a >$100M first-of-its-kind carbon black facility -Successful managed and completed the FEED and detailed engineering with a Beijing based engineering firm and Chinese based fabricators. -Managed multiple plant projects and unit ops. projects based in the United States, China, and India. -Successful in managing engineering and fabrication teams internationally.
-Project management of a mid-scale capital project for a first of its kind chemical plant -Designed experimental reactor systems for extreme temperatures and environments. -Developed lab-scale experimental carbon black reactor system. -Act as a primary technical resource at an operational pilot scale plant. -Perform heat and mass balances on future chemical plant designs. -Perform on the fly plant design changes and execute in a stressful fast paced environment. -Manage, update, and implement P&ID changes for pilot plant. -DeltaV integration of plant controls and data management. -Taken point on working with EPCs for larger plant upgrades and projects.
-Modelling of jet behaviors in high temperature environments. -In charge of procurement for custom fabricated steel, ceramic, plastic, and graphite parts. -Act as a liaison between fabrication shops and our company to work out mechanical design challenges in accordance to our needs for the part. -Taken a lead on acquiring hardware for mechanical completion of a pilot plant. -Perform on the fly plant design changes and execute in a stressful fast paced environment. -Use Solidworks to design, model, and draft reactor components and upgrades. -Designed several assemblies for measurement of radiation from high temperature surfaces using and optical sensor. -General knowledge of ASME 14.5 and GD&T -Knowledge of materials selection between alloys, plastics, ceramics -Hold provisional patent for my designs on novel carbon black manufacturing methods.
Designed and successfully advised on several enabling unit operations to allow for the success of a novel plastics pyrolysis technology.