Career Summary

Experienced Chemical Engineer with extensive knowledge in project development, and laboratory experience seeking fulltime employment. Prefers working with teams to accomplish assigned goals. Interested in working in companies which value training and development of their employees.

Education

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, New Mexico State University, NM, USA

2012-2016

Thesis: Mathematical and experimental predictive models for sodium chloride mass transfer along and across the electrodialyzer

M.S., Chemical Engineering, Shiraz University, Shiraz, IR

2008-2011

Thesis: Modeling of Refinery’s Purge Gas to Liquid Fuel in F-T Synthesis Loop

B.S., Chemical Engineering, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, IR

2003-2007

Thesis: Synthesis multi-wall carbon nanotube (MWCNT) using CVD method

Licenses

Certification of Engineer in Training (EIT), Chemical Engineering, Texas board of PE, Certificate # 57243.

Certification of Engineering Safety Management.

Certification of Completion (SACHE), Basic of Laboratory Safety, AICHE, Certificate # ELA909-SACHE.

OSHA Certification (8 hours).

Skills

Software: Matlab, Mathcad, HYSYS, Fluent, Minitab, HVAC, LabVIEW, AutoCAD, Microsoft Office Suites.

Laboratory: LabVIEW, Ion-exchange chromatography (IC), Electrodialysis, Reverse Osmosis, Synthesis Carbon Nano Tube.

Project: Design a laboratory scale EDR, Design a residential HVAC system, Design heat exchanger.

Working Experiences

Institute for Energy and the Environment (IEE), Las Cruces, NM, USA

01/2012-08/2016

Research and Development/ Project Engineer

Gained extensive knowledge of different water treatment methods.

Collaborated with a team of other engineers.

Prepare accurate schedules, budgets, plans, specifications, cost estimates and engineering reports.

Performed design of experiment (DOE) and construction for a laboratory scale ED set-up equipped with full data acquisition system using LabVIEW to determine the effect of feed concentration, feed flow rate, applied voltage, and pressure along and across the electrodialyzer.

Collected and analyzed data to develop a correlation for mass transfer in ED using Mini Tab and SAS software.

Conduct technical engineering research work, make detailed analyses and write comprehensive reports.

Developed a numerical and experimental model to predict NaCl mass transport along and across the Electrodialyzer.

International Environmental Design Contest, Las Cruces, NM, USA

04/2012-04/2016

QA/QC Officer

Prepared testing protocol for different tasks for water/waste water treatment.

Provided assistant in sample collection and performed sample and water chemistry analysis.

Led and managed a group of students to check the participants following the protocol.

Southern Pars Refinery, Shiraz, IR

05/2009-06/2011

Research and Development: Refinery purge gas conversion to liquid fuel and Greenhouse Gas emission

Established techniques and strategies to re-use purge gases to produce liquid fuel.

Contributed to successful reduction of CO2 emission and other Greenhouse Gases by reusing refinery’s purge gases and implementation of a new configuration in GTL process.

Demonstrated an increase in annual profit by 20% by eliminating penalties and increase in sales of extra fuel.

Conducted a series of high temperature Fischer-Tropsch to produce Gasoline and other liquid fuels in GTL process.

Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Tehran, IR

05/2007-08/2007

Intern

Simulation of combustion in a converging cylindrical furnace using Fluent software.

Conducted inspection to assess and identify the environmental conditions and concerns enforced by EPA.

Provided reports to management to inform them of the concerns and proposed solutions.

Collaborated with other engineers and associates in developing environmental policies for the industry.

Teaching Experience

New Mexico State University: Dona Ana Community College, Las Cruces, NM, USA

08/2016-05/2017

Part Time Faculty: Intermediate Algebra

Developed and delivered the course materials and assignments.

Made engaging lessons to develop student critical thinking and problem solving skills.

Diagnosed individual learning abilities of students pertaining to mathematical concepts and reported my assessment to authorities.

Publications and selected Presentations

Azadeh Ghorbani, Abbas Ghassemi, Paul Andersen and Reza Foudazi, "A Prediction Model of Mass Transfer through an Electrodialysis Cell". Desalination and Water Treatment. 57 (2015), 222**-*****.

Azadeh Ghorbani, Mitra Jafari, and M.R. Rahimpour, "A comparative simulation of a novel gas to liquid (GTL) conversion loop as an alternative to a certain refinery gas flare". Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 11 (2013), 23-38.

M.R. Rahimpour, Azadeh Ghorbani, Alireza Shariati, "Conversion of refinery natural purge gases to liquid hydrocarbons in GTL loop with Hydrogen-perm selective membranes: An alternative to gas flaring". Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. 3 (2011), 461-475.

Azadeh Ghorbani and Abbas Ghassemi, "Developing a New Transport Model for Electrodialysis Reversal". EWRI World Environmental & Water Resources Congress, June 2014, Portland, OR.

Azadeh Ghorbani and Abbas Ghassemi. "Numerical and Analytical Ion Transport Model to Investigate the Influence of Convection in Electrodialysis Reversal". 2014 AIChE Annual Meeting, November 2014, Atlanta, GA.

Professional Affiliations and Awards

US Bureau of Reclamation (USBOR) and the Institute for Energy and the Environment Scholarship, 2014.

Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineer (AICHE).

Member Society of Women Engineers.

Collaborator with El Paso Community College in training students from STEM fields.

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