Process Design

Ashley Guntrum

*** ***** **. ***. *** South Park, PA 15129 412-***-****

**********@*****.***

Objective:

My objective is to apply my knowledge of process design and

optimization in an engineering position, and to meet the challenges

posed in industry while contributing to the growth of the

organization.

Professional Experience:

World Kitchen - Charleroi, PA

June 2013- Present

Engineering Production Supervisor

. Troubleshoot process and product defects on multiple lines,

and assist forming in providing a quality end result

. Analyze and communicate process flow between the front and

back end

. Record findings and information from shifts, and provide

communication to all shifts to ensure process optimization

. Direct employees on maintaining a running process based on

limitations of the end result

Peak Performance Chiropractic - Pittsburgh, PA

August 2009- June 2013

Office Manager and Chiropractic Assistant

. Create patient referral pie charts to allocate marketing

resources

. Manage patient database and, maintain and update medical

records that are pertinent to the patient's outcome

. Generate spreadsheets for inventory history records and

future needs

. Provide an explanation of benefits and patient bill for

each patient visit

Education:

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA

2010-2013

Bachelors of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering

GPA: 2.8

Community College of Allegheny County - Pittsburgh, PA

2009-2010

Chemical Engineering

GPA: 3.62

Relevant Courses:

Process Dynamics and Control- Design and analysis of a series of

process units, model developing (analytical and nonlinear

simulations), and control systems of required units of operation for

process optimization.

Process Design- Design entire chemical plant, including process

simulation, pinch analysis, exergy analysis, equipment selection and

sizing (pumps, storage tanks, reactors, separators), and economic

analysis including discounted cash flow and net present value

profitability.

Computer Skills:

MATLAB Microsoft Office Aveva

Aspen C++ HTML

Javascript UNIX Java

Visual Studio Icarus Process Evaluator Aspen

Aspen EDR WinSCP Alice Beta Visual

Basic

Academic Projects:

Senior Design Project- Pittsburgh, PA

January- April 2013

Styrene Plant Simulation and Design

. Perform material balances to estimate parameters such as

flow rates

. Design and model units of a styrene plant based on problem

statement using Aspen Simulation

. Develop the optimal heat exchange network using pinched

analysis

. Use column sequences to find the best sequence of columns

and use RADFRAC columns to determine column parameters

Case Study of Designing and Modeling a Brewery- Pittsburgh, PA

September-December 2012

English Pale Ale

. Design and analyze the series of processing units in a

brewery

. Model and control using MATLAB

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