Lee Eliseo Curcio

Chemical Engineer

US Citizen

** ********* ** ****: 203-***-****

Norwalk, CT 06851 "mailto:aculzi@r.postjobfree.com

Education

- M.S. Chemical Engineering, Catholic University Louvain, 2014

- B.S. Chemical Engineering, Calabria University, 2011 Professional Experience:

Refinery Automation Institute, Morristown NJ, July 2015 - Current Chemical Process Engineer

(1) Corpus Christi Area, TX Refinery Gasoline Blending + Naphtha Optimization Project (2015-16):-

- Calculated gasoline Octane Number (regular and premium) using RT-70 and DuPont interaction equations.

- Calculated gasoline RVP (regular and premium) using Chevron Index Method.

- Simulated with a blend optimizer CBOB and ISOM’s blends in order to guide future investments in new units.

- Developed CBOB/RBOB Ethanol boost prediction calculator for 10% and 15% Ethanol blends,

- Enhanced octane-barrel balancing program to include Ethanol boost.

- Analyzed refinery LP reports to model blend component price relationship to WTI crude.

- Developed b lend component price calculator using Platt’s methodology.

- Analyzed exporting gasoline to international markets to increase refining margins.

(2) Prepared in-line gasol ine blender project proposal for Qatar Zekreet New Refinery Project.

- Covering design basis, preliminary project execution plan, and project cost estimates

(3) Prepared in-line Fuel Oi l blender project proposal for GALP Energia Project

- Covering design basis, preliminary project execution plan, and project cost estimates

(4) Prepared new and updated exercises and software for Gasoline, Diesel, and Bunker Blending Courses for Ara Barsamian’s Singapore and Houston public courses

Internship/Research Experience:

Internship: Research Project Team Lead, Louvain, Belgium, September 2013 – March 2014 Chemical Process Engineer Intern and Research Team Leader

- Led a team of 6 grad students in Membrane Liquid Separation Project.

- Synthesize Polyurethane and Polyacrylonitrile membranes used membrane-based separation process.

- Modeled the pervaporation experimental results with empirical and semi-empirical approaches by developing advanced mass transport equations.

- Modeled the pervaporation unit with advanced software to simulate / optimize the MTBE hybrid plant. University Research Project, May 2013 – August 2013

- Developed an advanced multi input- multi output (MIMO) advanced control system to control the temperature and flow rate of the heat exchanger.

University Research Project Team Lead, April 2013 – June 2013

- Led a team of 5 students for a project of reduction of pollutants in Italian Oil Refineries.

- University Project linked with Italian Industries: Production of Acrolein.

- Designed all equipment for the process (pump, compressor, heat exchanger, reactor, distillation column, absorption column, flash, vessel) and the utilities necessary for Acrolein production.

- Simulated and optimized the Acrolein plant.

Internship: Researcher, Chemical & Material Engrg Dept, September 2010 – March 2011 Chemical Process Engineer Intern

- Research in Particle Technology - analyzed the fluidization / defluidization profiles for solid mixtures with different density and size.

- Modeled and optimized experimental data to predict segregation profile after De-fluidization. Skills and other Relevant Experiences:

- Exper t in the following computat ional and s imulat ion software: Matlab, Simulink, Maple, Aspen Plus, Aspen Hysys, Pipe Flow Expert, Comsol, Origin Pro Excel, PowerPoint

- Expert in fuel blending / optimization software: Smart-Blend

- Expert in calculation of linear / non-linear properties, Octane barrel-balancing, Ethanol Blend octane and RVP boost, component price estimation, EPA Complex Model Phase 2 compliance.

- Expert in Chemical characterization skills: FTIR, pervaporation module, synthesis membrane, master sizer, solid screening.

Publications and Presentations:

- Amelio A., Curcio E., Darvishmanesh S., Luis P., Calabrò V., Van der Bruggen B. 2014:

“Design of a Hybrid System (Distillation-Pervaporation) for the mixture Methanol-MTBE Presented at international conference “CAPE” in Milan, Italy.

- Amelio A., Curcio E., Luis P., Calabrò V., Darvishmanesh S., Van der Bruggen B. (late 2015):“ A complete study of pervaporation: experiments, modeling and simulation for the separation of MTBE and Methanol”.

Presented at the international Membrane Conference in Toruń, Poland. Languages

English/Italian – fluent

Spanish/French - basic

References:

Ara Barsamian, President, Refinery Automation Institute, LLC. Tel: 973-***-****; E-mail: aculzi@r.postjobfree.com

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