Project Engineering

Alvin Thomas

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White Plains, NY, 10607

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EDUCATION

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY (2009-2013)

Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering

WORK EXPERIENCE

Teaching Assistant for Engineering Communications at RPI (August 2012- May 2013)

- Developed students in technical writing, project planning, proposal writing, data visualization,

system modeling and simulation, engineering graphics and effective uses of software tools.

- Helped students strengthen their skills in various programs including Microsoft Word,

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint, NX 8.0 and Labview

- Effectively communicated with students to assist them in completing assignments during class

- Graded student’s homework and classwork

SKILLS AND TRAINING

- Lab experience with various types of chemical engineering related equipment such as liquid

and gas chromatography columns, microfluidic chip, rheometer, CSTR reactor, PFR reactor,

batch reactor and wind tunnel

- Mastery of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint and Adobe Acrobat

- Expertise in wet chemisty, separations and liquid chromatography linear gradients

- Proficient in Aspen, Matlab, Simulink, Labview and NX

PROFESSIONAL CERTIFICATIONS

Certificates of Safety Achievement

1) Safety in the Chemical Process Industries (SAChE), (2012)

2) Process Safety Lessons Taught from Experience (SAChE), (2012)

3) Risk Assessment (SAChE), (2012)

4) Inherently Safer Design (SAChE), (2012)

5) Runaway Reactions (SAChE), (2012)

6) Dust Explosion Control (SAChE), (2012)

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING SENIOR CLASS PROJECTS (RPI)

1) Constructing a Syngas Plant in North Slope, Alaska (Capstone Project)

Project Duration: 9 months

Project Role: Team Leader

Scheduled and led team meetings

Contributed to all portions of project with main focus on economics

Achieved largest profit per year of all groups

Rigorous calculations were conducted with the assistance of Excel and Matlab

2) Purification of Proteins Using Ion Exchange Chromatography

Project Duration: 6 weeks

Project Role: Team Leader

Provided each group member with a specific task to complete each week

Injected given sample into chromatography column and deciphered all aspects of the resulting

chromatograms

Complied and presented final findings to professor

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