Power Plant Engineer
Resume:
M iguel Angel Chinchilla
**** ********* **. *. ****** Rock, AR 72116 (702)-
465-
2047
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E DUCATION
U niversity of Nevada, Reno Graduated
Bachelor’s Degree in Chemical Engineering May 2014
Certified as an Engineer Intern (EIT #0T7328)
E XPERIENCE
University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Chemistry
August 2012 – Reno, NV
January 2014 U ndergraduate Research : A c id Gas Removal C orrosion Study
§ Investigated the corrosion of metals under conditions of an acid gas removal process found in the
Petroleum industry
§ Collaborated in the implementation of corrosion simulation experiments of carbon steel 1010 in
an alkanolamine solution in a pilot scale batch reactor
§ Acquired experience with collaborating with different interpersonal in the Chemistry Department
§ Enhanced ability in conducting chemical analysis using experimental methods to test galvanic
corrosion of material and X-ray diffraction
University of Nevada, Reno, Department of Chemical Engineering
March 2009 – Reno, NV
May 2014 U ndergraduate E xperience
Coal and Geothermal Energy Source Comparison
§ Energy calculations of a geothermal, and coal power process based on the design specifications of
an Ormat geothermal power plant, and the North Valmy coal power plant
Chemical Car Design, Build, and Compete
§ Designed and built an operating galvanic cell powered toy car
§ Oriented a team of five to deliver weekly results for the completion of the car
Process Design
§ Acquired experience in making Process Flow Diagrams, and Piping and Instrumentation
Diagrams, and utilize heuristics for process qualifications
§ Gained knowledge to identify possible production issues and bottlenecks
Unit Operations
• Experience with bench-scale membrane based air-separation filtration, bench-scale gas-solid
cyclone, pilot scale distillation column, bench-scale pump, and a pilot scale heat exchanger
• Wrote technical Standard operating procedures, and reports on calculations performed using data
required from experimentation
Windmill Design Investigation
§ Management of a team of 5 to the design and construction of a bench size windmill
§ Performed trade studies to find an optimal blade design while considering the effects of blade
characteristics to power generation
Barrick Senior Design Project
§ Contributed to the completion of tasks given by Barrick Gold Corporation to design a carbon in
leech circuit and investigate the optimal technique of cyanide destruction, under parameters to
achieve a finite amount of gold
§ Designed and simulated the use of hydrogen peroxide as an agent for the destruction of cyanide
for the comparison of costs for different cyanide destruction techniques
P RO FESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
AIChE Nevada Student Chapter
April 2012 – Reno, NV
May 2014 § Participated in the management of the visit to the 2013 AIChE Western regional conference
A cquired Skills
§ Bilingual: English and Spanish
§ Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite
o Microsoft Excel
o Microsoft Word
o Microsoft PowerPoint
o Microsoft Access
§ Proficient in Mathcad
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