my background

Reactor design, development and modeling

• Isobutane dehydrogenation to isobutene: fired tube reactor
• Ethylene trimerization to 1-hexene: CSTR
• Propylene dimerization to 4-methyl 1-pentene
• Glucose hydrogenation to hexane, bubble column 
• Dynamic model of commercial fixed bed demonstrating cause of temperature runaway during startup

Kinetic model development

• Obtained kinetic rate data for isobutane deyhdrogenation using Berty reactor
• Developed numerical kinetic model of Ryton (R) polymerization to predict molecular weight distribution
• Aided catalyst developers in designing experiments to obtain kinetic data for other systems

Process simulation

Developed models using: Aspen Plus, Hysys, Chemcad

Optimization

Long distance gas transportation; barge fleet size for chemical transport

Fluid dynamics

• Used Fluent (R) CFD program to improve processes
• Aided in design of offshore pipelines using OLGA (R)
• Developed kinetic model of wax deposition in oil and condensate pipelines

Employment

• Current: Independent consultant
• Past: Phillips Petroleum and DuPont

Patents

8 US patents

Education

• Kansas State University, BS, ChE
• University of Texas, PhD, ChE