Chemical Engineer, Chemist

COLIN ACKERMAN

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OBJECTIVE

Find challenging and rewarding employment utilizing my chemical background

and leadership skills

EDUCATION

Colorado School of Mines Golden, Colorado B.S. December 2006

Double Major: Bachelors of Science Degrees in Chemistry and Chemical

Engineering

Minor: Engineering Physics

G.P.A.: 3.42/4.00 Honors Student

Extracurriculars: American Institute of Chemical Engineers and Blue

Key National Honor Society

SKILLS AND QUALIFICATIONS

Innate math ability: Placed first in Advanced Engineering Mathematics

course (2003) and received four year college scholarship for placement in

MathCounts as State Champion of Colorado (1999).

Senior Design Project, Chemical Engineering: Examined economics of

alternative uses of wet spent grain. Built models of physical processes to

establish design parameters and optimize performance.

Senior Research, Chemistry: Tracked hydrogen peroxide sample through

decomposition and dilution by using analytical titrimetry and atomic

emissions and absorptions.

CSM EPICS Engineering Design Project: Worked in a group environment to

complete feasibility study, SolidWorks presentation, and design

calculations for a small scale biofuel processing plant.

Addditional coursework: Design, start-up, and maintenance of natural gas

processing facility. Synthesis and characterization of organic and

inorganic compounds. Classical and modern techniques of qualitative and

quantitative instrumental analysis.

Extensive laboratory experience utilizing a wide variety of instrumentation

and techniques

Mass and energy balances, phase equilibria, heat and mass transfer, process

flow diagrams

Process design, modeling, optimization, and pilot-scale production and

analysis

Microsoft Office, SolidWorks, Mathematica, ASPEN, and ChemKin software

package experience

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

Briarwood Inn / Target / Gold Buyers of America Colorado December 2010

to October 2014

Prepared Food / Cashiered / Advertised for Precious Metal Recovery Company

Aspect Management Corporation Golden, Colorado October 2008 to August

2009

Field Support Engineer for seismic equipment subsidiary, Ascend Geo

Tested software during development phase of seismic data acquisition

system. Deployed system in the field. Led and trained teams of five

technicians in field operations. Collected and processed seismic data.

Delivered geographically related and time synchronized data to analysts.

Reported end user comments and suggestions to software development team.

Colorado School of Mines, Chemistry Department Golden, Colorado January

2007 to May 2008

Laboratory Teaching Assistant, Qualitative and Quantitative Principals of

Chemistry

Instructed freshmen laboratory students on preparation and analysis of

laboratory assignments. Presented overall concept of assignment to classes

that ranged from three to thirty students. Coached individual students in

execution of the assignment.

Student Development and Academic Services Golden, Colorado August 2006

to December 2006

Tutor for Colorado School of Mines at Van Dewerker Lounge and Mines Park

Tutored undergraduate math, chemistry, and physics students. Sought out by

students for my creative problem solving techniques.

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