Engineering Engineer

KENNETH M. LEE

ADDRESS: ****-* ***** **, *******, TX 77007-3335 703-***-**** ******@******.*********.***

OBJECTIVE: A challenging management position continuing management growth opportunities

INDUSTRIAL Technical Section Supervisor: ExxonMobil Chemicals: Baytown Polypropylene

EXPERIENCE: May 2007-Present Baytown, TX 77520

Managing 9 engineers to support and improve the operations of ExxonMobil s most complex PP plant

Stewarded development of a number of new products and technologies

Developing and instituting systems to sustainably improve the plant s reliability

Leading and coordinating business interactions at the plant and with the headquarters organization

Process Contact Engineer: ExxonMobil Chemicals: Baytown Chemical Plant

September 2006-April 2007 Baytown, TX 77520

Led technical and capital improvements to improve the plant s Syngas Unit to best in industry operation

Led operational stage of unit debottleneck project and proved record single train production rates

Resolved ongoing contract issues around intermediate product specification saving ~$3M/yr

Senior Engineer: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

August 2004-August 2006 Fairfax, VA 22037

Led completion of process design basis for a unique implementation of a novel solids drying technology

Designed and implemented experiments and simulation systems to predict commercial operation

Led interface with laboratories and process design groups to complete the design basis specification

Advanced Engineer: ExxonMobil Research and Engineering

July 2003-July2004 Fairfax, VA 22037

Developed model to simulate transport of high and low viscosity oils through membranes

Led technology platform analysis to align the research team on the prevailing theories

Designed advanced separation technology for affiliate refineries worldwide

Product Research Engineering Intern: ExxonMobil Chemicals: Baton Rouge Polyolefins Plant

Summer 2000 Baton Rouge, LA 70807

Developed a low permeability blend of high-density polyethylene for low emission fuel tanks

Prepared and performed an experimental regiment to determine product feasibility of the new blend

Analyzed oxygen sources within a plant to enhance plant-wide product quality

Project Engineering Intern: Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Summer 1999 Florham Park, NJ 07932

Converted a process unit design simulation to use Simsci s PRO/II simulation engine

Documented method for converting large libraries of proprietary simulations to PRO/II

Created process templates to aid in design of alkylation units

Application Engineering Intern: Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Summer 1998 Florham Park, NJ 07932

Implemented an environmental monitoring computer application to track emissions for a large oil refinery

Designed a user interface for monitoring system to allow plant operators to easily use application

Revised heavily used simulation code to enhance reliability

Reservoir Engineering Intern: Exxon Company USA: Houston Production Organization

Summer 1997 Houston, TX 77090

Evaluated long-term economic feasibility of flow line consolidation in a large oil field

Identified underutilized metering sites as possible consolidation candidates

Process Engineering Intern: Exxon Research and Engineering Company

Summer 1996, Summer 1995, Summer 1994 Florham Park, NJ 07932

Developed a system to efficiently evaluate reactor design and performance

Evaluated and compared effectiveness of two competing reactor designs

Created a tool to automate examination of reactor design and process conditions

Developed a database of reactor design specifications to facilitate reactor design and evaluation

Revised computer tools for efficient performance on new computer systems

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RESEARCH & THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN: Austin, TX 787**-****-****

EDUCATION: Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering

Overall GPA 3.8/4.0

Advising Professor: Dr. Isaac C. Sanchez

Dissertation Title: Exploring Solvent Properties of High Pressure Carbon Dioxide via Computer Simulation

Research investigated:

Sorption of carbon dioxide on surfaces and into polymer thin films

Effect of solvent choice on conformation of polymers

Solubility of small molecules, especially differences of alkanes and fluoro-alkanes, in carbon dioxide

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY: Princeton, NJ 085**-****-****

Bachelor of Science and Engineering in Chemical Engineering, 1999

Certificate in Material Science and Engineering

Overall GPA 3.1/4.0, Major GPA 3.3/4.0 GRE: Math 750, Analytical 710

Senior Thesis Title: A Computational Investigation of Triangle Statistics in the Rigid Disk System

RELEVANT COURSES INCLUDE: ( Denotes Graduate Course)

Thermodynamics Polymer Science and Engineering

Chemical Reaction Engineering Statistical Thermodynamics of Polymers

Fluid Dynamics Industrial Chemical Processes

Process Design Statistical Mechanics

Process Control Molecular Thermodynamics

Physical Chemistry Quantum Mechanics

Organic Chemistry Mass Transfer

Advanced Analysis

ACADEMIC Graduate Research Assistant: Department of Chemical Engineering

EXPERIENCE: September 1999-May 2003 The University of Texas at Austin

Created a set of simulations to answer questions important to industry and academia

Develop and run highly optimized Monte Carlo molecular simulations in C++

Collaborate with researchers in Texas, North Carolina and Mexico

Maintain research group s computational facilities

Recruit graduate students at professional conferences

Vice President: Graduate Engineering Council

January 2002-April 2003 The University of Texas at Austin

Manage operations of the council, progress of committees, and preside over executive committee meetings

Sit as a senator for the Senate of College Councils

Represent graduates at weekly meetings with the dean of engineering

Redesigned the organization s web page to better serve the needs of graduate engineers

Organized programs to orient new graduate students to the engineering college

Teaching Assistant for Plant Design: Department of Chemical Engineering

January 2000-May 2000; January 2001-May-2001 The University of Texas at Austin

Instructed 60 students per semester in the use of AspenTech s Aspen Plus

Advised students in the proper creation of their designs

Assisted supervising professor in creating course project

Evaluated students written and oral presentations of the design project

President: Princeton University Band

November 1997-November 1998 Princeton University

Managed 100-member band and the duties of the other 11 officers

Established the rehearsal and performance schedule

Interfaced with university administration regarding facilities and perception

Also: Texas Material Institute, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), National Society of Black

Engineers (NSBE), Church Audio/Visual Team, Young Adult Bible Study, Princeton University Triangle

Club, Princeton University Players, Hallelujah! Worship Committee

AWARDS: National Science Foundation Honorable Mention, GEM Fellowship, College of Engineering Thrust 2000

Fellowship, AICHE Janice Lumpkin Award, National Dean s List, Exxon Technical Scholarship

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SKILLS: Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP, Macintosh, DOS, UNIX, X-Windows, VMS/CMS

Applications: Aspen Plus, Simsci Pro/II, Access, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, PhotoShop, Illustrator

Programming Languages: C/C++, Fortran, Visual Basic, Perl, Mathematica, Postscript, Latex, HTML, CGI

Interpersonal: Group building, management, leadership, teaching

INTERESTS: Music, computers, theater, general repair, billiards, hiking/biking, graphic arts, web design

STATUS: Availability: July 2003

Employability: US Citizen

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