Process Engineer at ZAP Engineering and Construction Services Inc. (2023-07 – 2026-07)
- Developing PFDs, EFDs and P&IDs, and performing process system calculations for heavy industrial projects specializing in cement, fly ash, pozzolan and other mineral processes.
- Providing training sessions to junior engineers on cement chemistry, pyroprocessing and milling process design.
- Sizing major process equipment such as dryers, mills, calciners, kilns, clinker coolers and heat exchangers, and auxiliary equipment; creating standards and guidelines for mass flows, equipment specs etc.
- Practicing process control strategies by determining instruments for equipment, IO points and control loops in a plant; forming controls narrative and operating procedure for projects.
- Providing deliverables to clients for recommendations to optimize equipment and plant production performance.
- Communicating with vendors and technically evaluating quotes to select the most appropriate vendor for application.
- Performing site visits and applied MSHA, OSHA and Code Compliance knowledge.
- Developed process documentation and plant instrumentation layouts with a focus on system reliability, safety, and regulatory compliance, leveraging control strategies applicable to GMP/regulated industries.
Process Engineering Intern at Affiliated Engineers Inc. (2022-05 – 2022-08)
- Provided a deliverable to the client to produce a pure methane gas stream using the Pressure Swing Adsorption (PSA) technology. Explored minimizing cost strategies with PSA utilizing Aspen and excel for calculations.
- Developed the utility and electrical load summary for the MilliporeSigma K3 project and performed pump system and flowrate calculations; created PFDs for bioprocess systems, and deliverables in a GMP-focused environment.
Undergraduate Research Assistant at Chemical Engineering Department at Penn State University (2021-11 – 2023-03)
Advised by Dr. Lauran Greenlee and Dr. Konstantinos Alexopoulos
- Investigate a coupled electrolysis-electrodialysis approach to the selective conversion of glucose to lactic acid.
- Studied reaction pathways and kinetics by varying design parameters such as catalyst composition electrolyte type, alkalinity, and reactant concentration. Work will result in publication in Spring 2023.
- Apply the principles of cyclic voltammetry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) to interpret reduction peaks.
- Analyzed catalytic sites of a metal oxide for a platinum catalyst with computational chemistry to convert methane to olefins and aromatics; ran Density Functional Theory (DFT) optimization calculations for data collection
- Presented product of research on metal oxide SiO2 using visualization software such as Ase-gui, Chemcraft, Molden
Vice President | Director of Finance | Associate Consultant at Engineering Consulting Collaborative at Penn State University (2021-11 – 2023-03)
- Challenge members by outlining case competitions focused on ethics and global, environmental sustainability.
- Coordinate engaging bootcamp sessions that educated the prospective audience on the consulting industry; create infographics to help engineering students learn finance.
Teaching Assistant at Chemical Engineering Department at Penn State University (2021-08 – 2022-03)
- Instructed students on interpreting various engineering problems-solutions (mass balances, thermodynamics etc.) through high- quality graphs and statistics.
- Taught students how to solve algebraic equations, ordinary and partial differential equations, and matrices using computational tools (Excel, Mathematica etc.); hosted office hours
Software Development Intern at Pegasus International Computer Co. (2020-05 – 2020-08)
- Collaborated with a team of 10 for the development of ERP Software for one-stop technology solutions to retail, restaurants, and other industries; utilized Python programming language.
- Leveraged the scrum methodology, calibrated, and implemented changes in the ERP modules for better functionality.
