M iguel Angel Chinchilla

**** ********* **. *. ****** Rock, AR 72116 (702)-

465-

2047

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E DUCATION

U niversity of Nevada, Reno Graduated

Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering May 2014

Certified as an Engineer Intern (EIT #0T7328)

E XPERIENCE

University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Chemistry

August 2012 – Reno, NV

January 2014 U ndergraduate Research : A c id Gas Removal C orrosion Study

§ Investigated the corrosion of metals under conditions of an acid gas removal process found in the

Petroleum industry

§ Collaborated in the implementation of corrosion simulation experiments of carbon steel 1010 in

an alkanolamine solution in a pilot scale batch reactor

§ Acquired experience with collaborating with different interpersonal in the Chemistry Department

§ Enhanced ability in conducting chemical analysis using experimental methods to test galvanic

corrosion of material and X-ray diffraction

University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Chemical Engineering

March 2009 – Reno, NV

May 2014 U ndergraduate E xperience

Coal and Geothermal Energy Source Comparison

§ Energy calculations of a geothermal, and coal power process based on the design specifications of

an Ormat geothermal power plant, and the North Valmy coal power plant

Chemical Car Design, Build, and Compete

§ Designed and built an operating galvanic cell powered toy car

§ Oriented a team of five to deliver weekly results for the completion of the car

Process Design

§ Acquired experience in making Process Flow Diagrams, and Piping and Instrumentation

Diagrams, and utilize heuristics for process qualifications

§ Gained knowledge to identify possible production issues and bottlenecks

Unit Operations

• Experience with bench-scale membrane based air-separation filtration, bench-scale gas-solid

cyclone, pilot scale distillation column, bench-scale pump, and a pilot scale heat exchanger

• Wrote technical Standard operating procedures, and reports on calculations performed using data

required from experimentation

Windmill Design Investigation

§ Management of a team of 5 to the design and construction of a bench size windmill

§ Performed trade studies to find an optimal blade design while considering the effects of blade

characteristics to power generation

Barrick Senior Design Project

§ Contributed to the completion of tasks given by Barrick Gold Corporation to design a carbon in

leech circuit and investigate the optimal technique of cyanide destruction, under parameters to

achieve a finite amount of gold

§ Designed and simulated the use of hydrogen peroxide as an agent for the destruction of cyanide

for the comparison of costs for different cyanide destruction techniques

P RO FESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

AIChE Nevada Student Chapter

April 2012 – Reno, NV

May 2014 § Participated in the management of the visit to the 2013 AIChE Western regional conference

A cquired Skills

§ Bilingual: English and Spanish

§ Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite

o Microsoft Excel

o Microsoft Word

o Microsoft PowerPoint

o Microsoft Access

§ Proficient in Mathcad

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