Chemical Engineering Engineer

Pedro Rincon

**** * ******** ***, #* Chicago, IL 60660 Phone: 312-***-**** ********@*******.*** Chemical Process Engineer

Dedicated Chemical Engineer PhD with excellent technical, analytical and communication skills demonstrated by six years as R&D Manager and Process Engineer in a biotechnology company and more than fifteen years of research and teaching experience. Team leader guiding work teams toward the establishment of goals. I acted as coordinator and responsible of planning and purchasing of equipment for two privately funded research labs. Areas of Expertise

Project Management

Process Scale up

Chemical Processes Simulation with Hysys

Laboratory Process Improvement

Test Lab

Process Flow Diagrams

College Teaching Expertise

Technical Translation

Professional Experience

TOMSA DESTIL, Spain – International Company specialized in the production of alcohol and its derivatives. www.tomsadestil.com

Process Engineer, 09/2014 to present

• Independent technical advisor.

• Work with operation engineers, R&D scientists and contractors to complete projects milestones.

• Create a process simulation model with Hysys for a complete distillation unit. Research & Development Manager, 01/2011 to 08/2014

• Introduce new biomass for biofuel production: soybean, Jerusalem artichoke and tobacco. Working toward a sustainable biochemical production complex.

• Manage and develop of a biofuel research project. Plan and conduct experiments at lab scale, bench and pilot scale for pretreatment, hydrolysis and fermentation and enzyme production.

• Modernize and update research laboratory. Coordinate lab equipment planning, purchasing and installation.

• Develop a laboratory standard protocol for bioethanol production research.

• Responsible for summarizing research results and communicating findings to internal and external bodies.

Moraine Valley C. College, Palos Hills, Illinois – www.morainevalley.edu Adjunct Professor, 06/2015 to present.

• Chemistry (University Oriented). Lecture and Lab. ALFONSO X EL SABIO UNIVERSITY, Spain – Private University in Madrid. english.uax.es Associate, Lecturer and Doctoral Advisor, 09/1995 to 12/2010

• Courses taught: Operations in Chemical Engineering; Chemical Technology; Energy Technology; Chemical & Environmental Engineering Lab.

• Environmental Sciences and Chemical Engineering International Coordinator.

• Creation of Chemical and Environmental Technologies laboratories; maintenance and logistics. REPSOL, Spain – Largest Spanish Petrochemical Company Research Intern, 9/1992 to 2/1994

• Researcher. Responsibilities: procedure development, test planning, preparation of reports. Pedro Rincon Page 2 Phone: 312-***-****

Skills

Process Simulation: Aspen Hysys, SuperPro Designer, Matlab Technical Translation: McGraw-Hill, Patents

Languages: Spanish (Native speaker), English

Education

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, Madrid, Spain Ph.D.: Chemical Engineering, 2006

• Graduated Summa Cum Laude

• Doctoral Thesis Award. Spanish Industrial Engineering Association POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, Madrid, Spain M.D.: Industrial Chemical Engineering, 1993

• End of Major Prize. Repsol S.A.

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY, SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING, Madrid, Spain Bachelor of Science: Industrial Engineering, 1990

Affiliations

Spanish Industrial Engineering Association.

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