Technical Support Engineer

Veronica Ndegwa

**** ** *** * *** # **** League City TX 77573 361-***-**** *********@*****.*** Education DREXEL UNIVERSITY PHILADELPHIA, PA

Bachelor of Science Chemical Engineering Graduation: June 2012 Minor: Business Administration

Skills Summary

Process optimization

Project management

Technical writing

Microsoft (Word, Visio, Excel

& Power Point)

HYSYS & Aspen

AutoCAD

Data analysis

Relief valve sizing

Professional Experience INEOS- STYROLUTION

Chemical Process Engineer June 2014-March 2017.

Saved an estimated 400M/annum by re-routing slop oil to styrene distillation columns instead of burning the oil for fuel value.

Executed a project to load ethyl benzene rail cars that lead to an estimated 500M profit.

Monitored catalyst health and provided operators with temperature targets based on predictive equations I developed. These efforts lead to extending the catalyst life by 3 years.

Lead root cause analysis investigations in the unit.

Provided technical support during unit turn around: This includes, vessel inspections, shutdown/decontamination support and startup support

Conducted unit PHAs on alkylation reaction section and utilities section.

Worked with Exxon Mobil to coordinate catalyst change outs in the unit.

Worked with purchasing to get competitive bids for various small projects in the unit. INVISTA

Chemical Process Engineer: September 2012-June 2014

Provided daily run plant support, such as unit health monitoring, process optimization and process trouble shooting.

Provided technical support and reporting of month end accounting of the unit including yield and QPU performance.

Lead root cause analysis investigations in the unit.

Run test authorizations to improve yield and cut plant costs.

Executed an alarm rationalization effort in the unit.

Provided technical support during unit turn around. COLORCON

Associate Global Process Engineering Co-op October 2010-March 2011

Conducted a lab scale study of optimal wash solution for ceramic filter membranes, that increased process efficiency by at least 25% and raised overall throughput of Colorcon’s Lake Plant.

Aided in plant debottlenecking by conducting preliminary design calculations for CIP filter membrane system modification.

Updated facility maps on AutoCAD.

Wrote various Standard Operating Procedures.

Liaised between project managers, outside contractors and internal customers.

Created a preliminary preventive maintenance program for Colorcon’s global headquarters.

Analyzed safety data and wrote reports for the Environmental Health and Safety team. SVENSKA CELLULOSA AKTIEBOLAGET (SCA PERSONAL CARE AMERICA) Co-op Intern October 2009-March 2010

Updated product drawings and specs in AutoCAD.

Updated the company website to ensure product information was current.

Increased cost savings by correcting inaccuracies in the database systems.

Increased company efficiency by building databases on product specifications in Excel. Academic Experience Drexel University: Senior Design Project January 2011- June 2012

Design and simulation of an allyl alcohol plant with the production capacity of 110 million pounds per year. Veronica Ndegwa

3850 FM 518 E Apt # 3306 League City TX 77573 361-***-**** *********@*****.*** Professional Associations

Society of Women Engineers-Drexel Chapter 2007-June 2012

American Institute of Chemical Engineers- Drexel Chapter 2008-June 2012 Honors and Awards

Drexel University Dean’s Scholarship 2007-2012

Certificate of Merit, Career Management/Professional Development Course March 2008

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