Experience

Newlight Technologies, Inc.

• United States
• Biotechnology Research
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Associate Director of Engineering

  • Apr 2021 - Present

• Senior Process Engineer

  • Sep 2017 - Mar 2021



RTI International

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Chemical Engineer 3

  • Aug 2011 - Sep 2017

  -Engineering, construction management, and commissioning of transformational energy process systems -Ensuring safe system design and operation, including adherence to ASME pressure vessel and piping code -Strong background in computer aided drafting (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), and 3D printing (FDM) -Offsite process design and construction management at commercial power facilities -Technical lead to develop particle based heat transfer fluid to enable supercritical CO2… Show more -Engineering, construction management, and commissioning of transformational energy process systems -Ensuring safe system design and operation, including adherence to ASME pressure vessel and piping code -Strong background in computer aided drafting (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), and 3D printing (FDM) -Offsite process design and construction management at commercial power facilities -Technical lead to develop particle based heat transfer fluid to enable supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycles for concentrated solar power -Pilot facility safety manager with zero lost time incidents over four years -Project work included attrition of fluidizable materials, Fischer-Tropschs, vapor-liquid equilibrium calorimetry, production of ethylene oxide from CO2, methanol synthesis, trace containment removal from commercially produced syngas, recycled 3D printing filament production, hydropyrolysis of biomass, and carbon capture Show less -Engineering, construction management, and commissioning of transformational energy process systems -Ensuring safe system design and operation, including adherence to ASME pressure vessel and piping code -Strong background in computer aided drafting (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), and 3D printing (FDM) -Offsite process design and construction management at commercial power facilities -Technical lead to develop particle based heat transfer fluid to enable supercritical CO2… Show more -Engineering, construction management, and commissioning of transformational energy process systems -Ensuring safe system design and operation, including adherence to ASME pressure vessel and piping code -Strong background in computer aided drafting (CAD), finite element analysis (FEA), and 3D printing (FDM) -Offsite process design and construction management at commercial power facilities -Technical lead to develop particle based heat transfer fluid to enable supercritical CO2 Brayton power cycles for concentrated solar power -Pilot facility safety manager with zero lost time incidents over four years -Project work included attrition of fluidizable materials, Fischer-Tropschs, vapor-liquid equilibrium calorimetry, production of ethylene oxide from CO2, methanol synthesis, trace containment removal from commercially produced syngas, recycled 3D printing filament production, hydropyrolysis of biomass, and carbon capture Show less



Institute for Sustainable Energy and the Enviroment (ISEE)

• Athens, Ohio

• Graduate Student

  • Aug 2008 - Aug 2011

  -Re-designed and optimized a pilot-scale, ultra-superheated steam (USS) fluidized bed gasification reactor -Designed, assembled, and installed incineration and exhaust system -Modeled reaction thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluidization, exhaust gas dispersion, and other design parameters to aid in the USS gasification reactor design -Managed three undergraduate laboratory assistants during installation and testing of the USS gasification system -Developed and fabricated an Imbert… Show more -Re-designed and optimized a pilot-scale, ultra-superheated steam (USS) fluidized bed gasification reactor -Designed, assembled, and installed incineration and exhaust system -Modeled reaction thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluidization, exhaust gas dispersion, and other design parameters to aid in the USS gasification reactor design -Managed three undergraduate laboratory assistants during installation and testing of the USS gasification system -Developed and fabricated an Imbert design, bench-scale, gasification reactor Show less -Re-designed and optimized a pilot-scale, ultra-superheated steam (USS) fluidized bed gasification reactor -Designed, assembled, and installed incineration and exhaust system -Modeled reaction thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluidization, exhaust gas dispersion, and other design parameters to aid in the USS gasification reactor design -Managed three undergraduate laboratory assistants during installation and testing of the USS gasification system -Developed and fabricated an Imbert… Show more -Re-designed and optimized a pilot-scale, ultra-superheated steam (USS) fluidized bed gasification reactor -Designed, assembled, and installed incineration and exhaust system -Modeled reaction thermodynamics, heat transfer, fluidization, exhaust gas dispersion, and other design parameters to aid in the USS gasification reactor design -Managed three undergraduate laboratory assistants during installation and testing of the USS gasification system -Developed and fabricated an Imbert design, bench-scale, gasification reactor Show less



Ohio Coal Research Center (OCRC)

• Athens, Ohio

• Laboratory Assistant

  • Jan 2005 - Aug 2008

  -Fabrication of lab and bench scale energy systems including electrical, structural, and plumbing -Trained new engineers in proper techniques for welding, machining, and design -Projects included a laminar and cyclone electrostatic precipitator, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) test stands, biomass gasification, and algae raceway ponds -Fabrication of lab and bench scale energy systems including electrical, structural, and plumbing -Trained new engineers in proper techniques for welding, machining, and design -Projects included a laminar and cyclone electrostatic precipitator, solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) test stands, biomass gasification, and algae raceway ponds