Engineering Design

WILLIAM H. BALS

**** * *** ******, *** #***, TEMPE, AZ, 85281

480-***-**** *******.****@*****.***

Objectives

To enter into the chemical engineering industry in a role that implements the use of process design,

research & design, and/or project management with a sustainable mindset.

Experience

Undergraduate Researcher December 2011 – May 2013

Biodesign Institute at ASU 727 E. Tyler Street, Tempe, AZ, 85287

Characterized elements of waste-water treatment, including biomethane potential (BMP), total/volatile

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suspended solids (TSS/VSS), chemical oxygen demand (COD), etc. used by both batch reactor for

denitrification studies and microbial electrochemical cells (MXCs) for biomass studies

Used the following equipment: gas chromatography (GC), high-pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC),

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spectrophotometry, pressure filtration, high speed centrifugation, Nitrogen/Carbon-Dioxide gas tank

operation, etc.

Education

Arizona State University

May 2013 Chemical Engineering, BSE

Sub-concentration in environmental biotechnology

Member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE) & Engineers Without Borders (EWB)

Projects/Related Coursework

Senior Engineering Lab

Conducted experiments to understand design and process of engineering equipment, such as batch

reactors, dye adsorption, yeast bioreactor, single- and multi-stage flash distillation, and pneumatic process

control of heat exchange network – including use of Design of Experiments (DOE) principles

Team leader for operating SS/MS distillation column equipment – measured concentrations and flow rates

in order to evaluate efficiencies of ethanol-water separation

Process Design

Researched and designed plants schemes for both cleaning hydro-fracking wastewater into potable water

source and for an offshore, carbon-free electrical generating station, using economics such as maximized

return on investment (ROI) and accounting for both equipment and operating costs.

Acknowledgements

Co-author of Microbial Electrochemical Cells (MXCs) as a tool to understand the positive benefits of

biomass pretreatment (2012), poster presented at International Society for Microbial Electrochemistry &

Technology (ISMET) North American Conference

Skills

SAChE Process Safety Certifications

Hazardous Wastes, Fire, Laboratory and Bio-safety training

Engineering Software: HYSYS®, MATLAB® with Simulink

Microsoft Office 2008-11 (Word, Excel, Powerpoint)

Spanish – reading & writing comprehension (intermediate)

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