Rudolph Van der Merwe
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Experience
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Woodgrove Technologies Inc.
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Canada
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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APC Engineer at Woodgrove Technologies
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Jun 2022 - Present
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BBEnergy
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South Africa
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Research Services
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1 - 100 Employee
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Energy Engineer
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Jan 2021 - Jun 2022
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MIP Process Technologies (Pty) Ltd
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South Africa
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Mining
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1 - 100 Employee
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Process Engineer
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May 2019 - Jan 2021
I was a process engineer working at MIP Process Technologies. My role was to create and provide proposals for mining dewatering equipment and assist in the process engineering for the projects. I was a process engineer working at MIP Process Technologies. My role was to create and provide proposals for mining dewatering equipment and assist in the process engineering for the projects.
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Consolidated Water Conditioning SA (Pty) Ltd
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Isando, Germiston
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Process Engineer/Project Manager
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Oct 2016 - May 2019
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BWT Africa
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South Africa
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Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
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1 - 100 Employee
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Sales Engineer
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Oct 2016 - May 2019
I am a Sales Engineer, former project manager at CWC, I've completed my B.Eng Chemical and continued with a Honours degree. I specialised in polymer sciences and finished the honours degree Cum Laude. I can focus intensely on a project and teach myself the necessary skills to complete it. I like to apply myself to new challenges and directions in life. My personality profile is ENTJ, very balanced in all aspects with slightly stronger tendencies toward judging, I can make decisive and quick decisions and follow through with it. I completed my final year with an average above 60% for all the modules, my focus was on environmental engineering and water treatment, whereas I added my final year project in the bio-mass pyrolysis area of research and my finished my studies in polymer sciences at honours level. Overall I like to do new things and round out my knowledge base. Show less
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Sales
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Aug 2015 - Aug 2016
Part-time work on Saturdays selling food and working with customers to build people skills. Planning ahead with stock and operating under stressful conditions at times. Part-time work on Saturdays selling food and working with customers to build people skills. Planning ahead with stock and operating under stressful conditions at times.
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Engineering Intern
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Aug 2015 - Oct 2015
Pre-feasibility study. Simulate the process in Aspen and design and size the pipes and unit operations of a commercial coal gasification plant.Draw a PFD and report all design constraints.
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Engineering Intern
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Jun 2015 - Jul 2015
Build and improve a lab scale coal gasification setup. This included working with glass, stainless steel piping and PVC piping.Use the setup to perform feasibility studies on different types of coal.Train personnel to use the setup.
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Sappi
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South Africa
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Paper & Forest Products
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700 & Above Employee
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Intern
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Dec 2014 - Jan 2015
Research Kraft process. Focusing on pre-treatment of soft woods, and existing predictive models. Testing. Using white liquor and soft wood chips in different runs to supply data for modelling purposes. Testing for lignin content and sulfidity. Other: Two separate runs for two different mills, first to find the Kappa number for one and doing a sulphite process. Also creating hand sheets used in Kappa testing and HPLC labs. Reporting on findings Research Kraft process. Focusing on pre-treatment of soft woods, and existing predictive models. Testing. Using white liquor and soft wood chips in different runs to supply data for modelling purposes. Testing for lignin content and sulfidity. Other: Two separate runs for two different mills, first to find the Kappa number for one and doing a sulphite process. Also creating hand sheets used in Kappa testing and HPLC labs. Reporting on findings
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Intern
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Jun 2013 - Jul 2013
Service a lab scale coal gasification reactor. Run different test with varying temperatures and coal feeds. Service and use a GC for the gas analysis. Report on the findings and predict flow rates for a commercial plant. Service a lab scale coal gasification reactor. Run different test with varying temperatures and coal feeds. Service and use a GC for the gas analysis. Report on the findings and predict flow rates for a commercial plant.
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Student Worker
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Dec 2011 - Jan 2012
Researching Hydroxy Cells and electrolysis. Design a Hydroxy cell to use in a car, keeping size constraints in mind and build it with stainless steel and Perspex. Installation and testing of the Hydroxy cell in a car. Researching Hydroxy Cells and electrolysis. Design a Hydroxy cell to use in a car, keeping size constraints in mind and build it with stainless steel and Perspex. Installation and testing of the Hydroxy cell in a car.
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Education
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University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Honours, Chemical Engineering -
University of Pretoria/Universiteit van Pretoria
Bachelor’s Degree, Chemical Engineering