Ahmed Elfeki
**** * **** **** ***, Chicago, IL **631
773-***-**** ********@*****.***
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering May 2015 SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT Spring 2015
• Designed an alternative approach to natural gas flaring plant
• Led a group of students to successfully build a prototype
• Conducted numerous experiments to optimize the plant
• Wrote reports, collaborated on a poster display, and presented the design to engineering professionals at the annual UIC Engineering Expo 2015 ENGINEERING COURSEWORK
Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics, Mechanical Vibrations, Engineering Graphics and Design, Materials for Manufacturing, Statics/Strength (Properties) of Materials, Engineering Dynamics & Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, Electric Circuit Analysis, Chemical Reaction Engineering, Properties of Material, Computational Methods in Chemical Engineering.
RELEVANT WORK EXPERIENCE
Morton Salt Research Laboratory – Elgin IL 60124 March- Present R&D Engineer
Daily analytical testing of in-process materials
Utilize computer software to store and analyze test results
Perform instrumentation and troubleshooting, maintain and calibrate equipment in lab.
Perform experiments on samples obtained from plant to optimize process Spanish Embassy - Office for Economic & Commercial Affairs – Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Trade (Commercial Policy and International Business Development) Intern May - July 2013
* Research business opportunities, specially related to machinery, mechanic or chemistry industries for both Arabic and Spanish companies.
* Help develop the policy of dealing with foreign company’s contracts in many sectors such as, engineering machinery, chemical engineering, chemical materials, construction, oil and gas, packaging machinery, petrochemicals, power generation, environment, solar energy and others.
Translation Intern May - July 2012
*Assist in translating official documents from Arabic to English, French and vice versa.
*Interpret for the Arabic businessmen and investors who wanted to know technical information about Spanish products or machinery. Trade (Industry) Intern May - July 2012
Responsibilities include:
* Provide technical guidance to companies requesting investment opportunity in Spain, or doing business with Spanish companies in Saudi Arabia.
* Develop analytical reports to aid Spanish companies seeking to establish a market in Saudi Arabia.
* Collaborate with various local associations to identify partners for business projects in Saudi Arabia.
MEMBERSHIPS
Phi Theta Kappa 2009 - present
American Society of Chemical Engineers 2013 - present SKILLS
Computer: Aspentech, Matlab, C++, Microsoft Office Word, Excel and PowerPoint Language: Fluent in English, Arabic and French
REFERENCES
Dr.Sohail Murad Chair of the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering Professor of Chemical Engineering at IIT *******@***.***
Safana Fikry Hafez Trade officer at the Office for Economic & Commercial Affairs ***********@*****.***
Kurt J Waatti Director, Operations Process R&D at Morton Salt *******@**********.***