Process development scientist

Resume - Robert Campbell-Kelly

Contact Details

Name Robert Paul Campbell-Kelly

Address *** ****** ****, ***** ******, SC, 29842, United States

E-mail *******@*****.***

LinkedIn www.linkedin.com/in/rob81ck/

Telephone Home 803-***-**** Cell 803-***-****

Status United Kingdom citizen with permanent resident (green

card) status in the United States

Skills, Experience and Qualifications

- Chemist with over 9 years' experience as Principle Investigator for

R+D into production optimization and residue recovery

- Technical and program support to production, including integration of

process improvements into the manufacturing flowsheet, and

investigation into failed or low-yield production runs

- Development of equipment designs, including material specification

- Management experience, including serving as line manager and

laboratory manager

- Implementation of 6S / Six Sigma methodologies into an R+D laboratory

- Experience working in gloveboxes, fume cupboards and radiation areas

- Demonstrated presentation skills, both internally and at international

conferences

Qualifications

- BSc Chemistry, Lower Second Class (2:2), Bristol University (UK),

awarded 2002

- Chartered Chemist, Royal Society of Chemistry, awarded 2010

- Accredited Risk assessor, 2009, and COSHH (chemical hazard) assessor,

2011

- Previously held UK "DV" Security Clearance, equivalent to a US "Q"

clearance, 2005-2014

Most Recent Employment

March 2005 - November 2014 - Process Development Specialist / Team Leader -

Atomic Weapons Establishment Plc (Aldermaston, RG7 4PR, UK)

Working within the Fissile Materials Technology team (FMT), who are

principally responsible for process development of actinide recycle

processes. As subject matter experts in actinide chemistry and processing,

FMT also support programs on nuclear forensics (national nuclear security)

and storage.

Key technical responsibilities;

Principle Investigator for multiple R+D projects, including;

Solid Anode Electrorefining. Development of an electrochemistry

technique to recover metallic plutonium from residues not suitable for

processing. Led R+D throughout, from lab-scale proof-of-principle,

equipment development and method development, through to testing a full-

scale prototype in the production facility.

Nuclear Forensics - Plutonium Oxide Morphology. Investigation of how

the physical properties of PuO2 are affected by preparation method. A

comprehensive literature review and trend analysis was conducted, using

Excel and JMP by SAS Analytics. Following this, sample preparation and

analysis was conducted in collaboration with US Department of Energy

(DoE) laboratories to investigate the consistency of literature trends.

Implementation of process improvements to the manufacturing flowsheet,

balancing the demands of R+D and production and maintaining communication

between professional and industrial staff.

Development of lab-scale and process-scale equipment designs, including

material specification for applications in high temperature and corrosive

conditions.

Investigation into failed and low-yield production runs, including

identifying equipment faults and determining quality of feed materials.

Delivered presentations at international conferences, and internally to

technical audiences and to senior funding managers.

Completion of facility paperwork for equipment modification and

commissioning, and safety paperwork including work procedures, risk

assessments.

Key management responsibilities;

Line management of 5 staff ranging in experience from early-career

graduates and technicians to PhDs with 25 years of experience

- Carried out for 12 months prior to leaving the company.

- Pro-active management of performance, attendance, training and career

development, including conflict resolution and distribution of

workloads.

- Accountability for delivery of multiple R+D programs, including

introduction of a capability for actinide recycle development in a

production facility.

Laboratory management of two non-radioactive labs used for R+D supporting

production. Capabilities include inert-atmosphere gloveboxes, high-

temperature furnaces, electrochemistry, and X-Ray Fluorescence (XRF)

analysis.

- Liaison and deconfliction with facility management, maintenance staff,

and facility rekit project.

- Implementation of 6S / Six Sigma methodologies. Inventories were

reduced and storage locations optimised to significantly reduce

movement around the lab.

Task management of team input to Nuclear Forensics program, typically two

full-time equivalents spread over four or more staff.

- Ongoing projects included the collation and statistical analysis of

nuclear processing data, process modelling of nuclear flowsheets, and

plutonium oxide morphology (described above).

- Ensured delivery of work, including monthly reporting to project

manager and finance forecasts.

- Developed annual project plans and deconfliction with other FMT work.

Publications

- Development of an alternative electrorefining process using Ce as a

non-active simulant, Proceedings of the 1st ACSEPT symposium (2010)

- Removal of Chloride from Acidic Solutions using NO2, Ind. Eng. Chem.

Res., (2007) 46, 2372-6

- Wrote and/or presented technical presentations to international

conferences, including Plutonium Futures (2014, 2012), RSC Molten Salt

Discussion Group (2013), ACSEPT (2010), EUCHEM (2008)

Recent internal publications include;

- Technical reports and progress reports on current R+D projects

- Reviews of residue holdings to determine which could be most cost-

effectively processed

- Literature reviews considering new technologies with the potential to

impact production

Previous Employment

September 2004 to March 2005 - Administrative Assistant, Planning

Inspectorate (British Civil Service), Bristol, United Kingdom

Administration for appeals to building planning applications.

Including preparing files for court inquiries, database use

July 2002 to September 2004 - Head barman / Assistant manager, Coach and

Horses Public House, Bristol, UK

Education

1999-2002 - University of Bristol, BSc Chemistry, Lower Second Class

honours (2:2)

20-week final-year project on the cleavage of siloxanes using strong

nucleophiles. Required the use of inert atmosphere techniques, comfort

using toxic reagents and preparation of products for analysis methods

such as NMR and single-crystal XRD.

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