Engineer Engineering

MICHAEL A. REYZ, Ph.D. (Ch.E.)

*** ***** *****, *********, ** 20850

Phone: 301-***-**** ( Fax: 301-***-**** ( Cell: 240-***-****

e-mail: abh672@r.postjobfree.com (primary) ( abh672@r.postjobfree.com (secondary)

AREAS OF EXPERTISE

Technical translations (patents, manuals, specifications, reports,

drawings, data sheets, training documents) in:

. Chemical Engineering

. Mechanical Engineering

. Oil/Gas

. Electrical Engineering and Electronics

. Metrology

. Communications

. Nuclear Facility Safety and Engineering

. Nuclear Material Protection, Control and Accountability

. Non-Proliferation

. Radiometry

. Computers/Software

Scientific translations (reports, papers, presentations) in:

. Physics including Nuclear Physics

. Fluid Mechanics and Heat/Mass Transfer

. Chemistry/Chemical Engineering

. Astronomy

. Geology/Geophysics

Biomedical translations in:

. Diagnostics (including modern molecular biology methods)

. Infectious Diseases/Epidemiology including Geographic Information

Systems

. Pharmaceuticals (production and clinical trials)

. Biosafety and Biosecurity

. General Medicine and Health Care

Legal translations (laws, codes, regulations, contracts, agreements,

claims, retractions, depositions)

General translations (newspaper/magazine articles and private/personal

documents of any kind)

EDUCATION

1978-1983 Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 1983

St. Petersburg Institute of Technology, St. Petersburg,

Russia

Thesis: Convective Heat Transfer and Temperature Profiles

for Polymerization Reactors

1969-1975 M.S., Engineering Physics, Cum Laude, 1975

Polytechnic Institute, St. Petersburg, Russia

Major: Fluid Mechanics

Thesis: Flow of Partially-Ionized Gas in Shock Waves

Generated by Earth-Entry Vehicles

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

1996-present Freelance translator and interpreter

Translation/interpreting support for:

. Several major non-proliferation projects carried out by

various U.S. Government contractors under the Cooperative

Threat Reduction (CTR) programs in Russia and former Soviet

Union countries.

Topics include: legal/contracts, project management,

security, nuclear physics, fluid mechanics, radiometry,

metrology, mechanical/electrical/nuclear/safety

engineering, electronics, control systems, computers, and

biology/medicine.

. Several major oil projects (geology, prospecting,

geophysical exploration, production, petrochemical)

. Development of cryogenic pumps and turbines for liquid

natural gas industry

. Development and operation of lifting and material-handling

equipment

. Use of Good Manufacturing Practice for pharmaceutical

industry

. Satellite communications projects

. Air traffic control projects

. Space technology projects

1990-1996 GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY, WASHINGTON, DC

Associate Research Professor of Physical Chemistry

Conducted combustion research under several grants awarded by

Naval Research Laboratory, Gas Research Institute and

Institute of Gas Technology

05/1990-09/1990 E.I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & CO., EXPERIMENTAL STATION,

WILMINGTON, DE

Contract Engineer

Analysis of turbulent flow in mixing tanks

1986-1989 CENTRAL DESIGN BUREAU OF VALVES, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Section Head

Developed algorithms for computer-aid design software for

mixing tanks and valves

1985-1986 ALL-UNION R&D AND DESIGN INSTITUTE OF ALUMINUM INDUSTRY,

ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Research Scientist

Analyzed, designed and field-tested crystallizers, separators

and precipitation tanks

1975-1985 R&D INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL MACHINERY, ST. PETERSBURG, RUSSIA

Research Scientist (1983-1986), Engineer (1975-1978), Senior

Engineer (1978-1983)

Analyzed, designed and field-tested mixing tanks for

separation, crystallization and dissolution processes, and

gas autoclaves for thermal processing of polymer products

COMPUTER SKILLS

Microsoft Office 2007 (Word, Excel, Power Point, Access, Visio); AutoDesk

2005; Project 2010;

SDL Trados 2007

MEMBERSHIP

American Translators Association (ATA); ATA Slavic Section; ATA National

Capital Chapter

ACCREDITATION

Accredited by ATA for translation from English into Russian

Accredited by Consular Division, Embassy of Russian Federation for

translation of personal documents

PERSONAL

US Citizen

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