WEN ZHANG

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Chicago, IL 60616 acvu12@r.postjobfree.com

Objective

A dedicated graduate student obtaining a full time position in the field of Energy Engineering or Chemical Engineering

Education

University of Illinois at Chicago Graduate School (UIC) Citizenship

Master of Energy Engineering, Dec 2015 Cumulative GPA: 3.87/4.00

University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC) (UIC Honor Magna cum laude graduate)

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, May 2013

Minor: Mathematics Cumulative GPA: 3.72/4.00

Related Coursework (Graduate)

CHP, Design and Management Nuclear Power Generation Sustainable Energy Engineering and Renewable Energy

Electric Power Generation Design of Energy Efficient Buildings Industrial Energy Management and Conservation

Building HVAC Engineering Project Coordination and Management

Related Coursework (Undergraduate)

Chemical Reaction Engineering Chemical Process Control Properties of Materials Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics

Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics Chemical Engineering Lab Engineering Statistics Chemical Engineering Senior Design

Process Mass and Heat Transfer Materials & Energy Balance

Master Thesis Paper Microturbine Technology for Combined Heat and Power Applications

Experience

County of Santa Barbara P&D Department Energy Division, Santa Barbara, CA May 2015 – August 2015

Energy Engineering Intern

Reviewed most of the Environmental Impact Reports (EIR) for different projects that division working on and gave a third party advice or suggestion on the accuracy of the EIRs

Worked with the whole division to help Plains Pipeline oil split clean up and responded emergency permit

Volunteered participating in the oil spill on the Goleta Beach in order to help the wild lives

Worked with the whole division to get Exxon Mobil emergency permit that allowed temporary trucking of the crude oil

Got California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Training

Worked with professional mechanical engineers to make sure the accuracy of the project details

Worked with professional engineers to help the applicants get extra credits on their smart buildings

UIC Engineering Graduate College Project, Chicago, IL Jan 2015- May 2015

Team Member of Project of CHP Market Assessment of Universities

Assessed feasibility of an installed Combined Heat & Power system at Universities in Illinois, Minneapolis and Los Angeles

Modeled and simulated the CHP system based on the equipment sizes, specifications, utility and other relevant cost by using eQuest in order to calculate the most cost effective, fuel efficient and emission savings system

Determined emission savings by using EPA CHP emissions calculator

UIC Engineering Senior Design Project, Chicago, IL August 2012- May 2013 Design Engineer of Air Separation and Syngas Plant

Worked in a team of four chemical engineer students. Researched for articles related to the design, process and economics.

Initiated and remained as a primary contact in between companies for literature, pricing and sizing on equipment.

Constructed material balances and energy balances and built the Block Flow Diagrams (BFD), Process Flow Diagrams (PFD) and Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) that define the material and energy balance. Worked on ASPEN Plus and ASPEN Hysys for simulating distillation columns, compressors, heat exchangers in order to get more logical results for gas processing part

Used computer-aided design (CAD) system to complete schematic diagrams for the project and produced the 2D drawing that display the information and the specifications for the model of the plant

Implemented heat integration to optimize energy efficiency of processes and economic analysis to estimate total installed costs of equipment and operation costs and project net present value and determined the heat transfer coefficients for all of the heat exchangers in the whole system.

Skills

Computer: Microsoft Office, Aspen plus, Aspen Hysys, C++ Language, Matlab, AutoCAD, Revit, eQuest

Language: Fluent in oral and written English and Chinese Mandarin

Activities

Chem-E Car Team, Team member Spring 2013

Officer of AIChE-UIC Student Chapter and member of AIChE National Chapter Aug 2011-May 2013

Member of UIC-ASHRAE Student Chapter Sep 2014

Certificate

AICHE-SACHE-Safety in the Chemical Process Industries March 2013

AICHE-SACHE-Dust Explosion Control March 2013

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