Highly motivated and innovative Chemical Engineer with project management

skills and a firm grasp of engineering fundamentals including,

heat and mass transfer modeling, reaction kinetics and thermodynamics.

SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS

Highly skilled researcher with the ability to break down and understand the critical aspects of

intricate challenges. Develop mathematical models and implement improvements to achieve

optimal performance based on analysis of results obtained. Development and proposal of

research and/or design projects aimed at process improvements. Ability to ascertain strengths

of team members with clear and direct communication to achieve maximum efficiency of

project execution.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Developed novel oxygen carrier for chemical looping combustion.

Successfully determined redox kinetics of copper oxide.

Designed and built lab scale reactor.

Resolved major concern of large client by developing diffusion model.

Three scientific journal publication. (see publication list)

Multiple conference presentations.

Resolved 50 year old hazardous waste issue using mathematical modeling.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Senior R&D Engineer (Oct 2013- Present)

Afton Chemical

Skillfully developed, proposed and executed goal-oriented projects to improve fuel economy and

performance of lubricant and fuel additives.

Project management Mathematical modeling

Proposal writing Kinetic Analysis

Contract negotiation Adsorption studies

Research Assistant (Jan 2009 – Aug 2013)

University of Utah

Designed and built lab-scale reactor for fluidized-bed testing

Data Analysis Technical Writing

Project management Experimental testing

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Failure Analysis Technician (Feb 2008 – Jun 2009)

Fairchild Semiconductor

Analyzed failed MOSFET devices for root cause analysis.

SEM/EDX analysis Electrical testing

EDUCATION

Ph.D. with degree in Chemical Engineering

University of Utah (2013)

B.S. with degree in Chemical Engineering, minor in Chemistry

University of Utah (2009)

SOFTWARE SKILLS

MS Office – Word, Excel, PP Matlab and Simulink

OPTO 22 – Control and Daq Aspen

Polymath Promax

Fluent Comsol

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Native English speaker with some time spent abroad acquiring great experience in the two most

widely spoken languages in the world.

English – Native Speaker

Mandarin Chinese – Intermediate speaker with some reading and writing

AWARDS AND HONORS

Eagle Scout: 02/23/2000

Elected Chair of Graduate Student Advisory Committee (GSAC): 09/2010 – 05/2011

Council for Chemical Research (CCR) annual meeting scholarship: 04/18-20/2012

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PUBLICATIONS AND PRESENTATIONS

Clayton, C.K.; Sohn, H.Y.; Whitty, K.J. “Oxidation Kinetics of Cu2O in Oxygen Carriers for Chemical Looping with

Oxygen Uncoupling.” Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. dx.doi.org/10.1021/ie402495a

Clayton, C.K.; Whitty, K.J. “Measurement and Modeling of Decomposition Kinetic s for Copper Oxide-based

Chemical Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling.” Applied Energy. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apenergy.2013.10.032

Peterson, S.B.; Konya, G.; Clayton, C.K.; Lewis, R.J.; Wilde, B.R.; Eyring, E.M.; Whitty, K.J. “Characteristics and

CLOU Performance of a Novel SiO2 Supported Oxygen Carrier Prepared from CuO and β SiC. Energy & Fuels.”

dx.doi.org/10.1021/ef401365

Allen, C., Clayton, C.K., Whitty, K.J., “Investigation of Attrition Rates for Copper-Based Chemical Looping Oxygen

Carrier Particles,” 2013 Combustion Institute Western States Fall Technical Meeting, 7 -8 October 2013, Fort Collins,

CO (2013).

J.S. Lighty, A.H. Sahir, K. Whitty, C. Clayton, "Chemical-looping with oxygen uncoupling (CLOU) studies at the

University of Utah", Abstract accepted for American Flame Research Committee, Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,

September 5-7, 2012.

J.S. Lighty, A.H. Sahir, A.F. Sarofim, C.K. Clayton, K.J. Whitty, E.M. Eyring, G. Konya, "Coal Combustion using

Chemical Looping with Copper Oxide as a Carrier", Work-in-progress Poster presented at the 33rd International

Symposium on Combustion, Beijing,China, August 1-6, 2010.

C.K. Clayton, K.J. Whitty, “Copper as An Oxygen arrier in a Chemical Looping Combustion System: Reaction

Kinetics and Fluidized Bed Performance”, Presentation given for AIChE Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT,

November 12 – 16, 2010.

C.K. Clayton, K.J. Whitty, G. Konya, E.M. Eyring, “Ilmenite as an Oxygen Carrier in a Chemical Looping

Combustion System: Reaction Kinetics and Fluidized Bed Performance”, Present ation given for Pittsburgh Coal

Conference 2010 annual meeting, Istanbul, Turkey, October 11 -14, 2010.

K.J. Whitty, C.K. Clayton, “Measurement and Modeling of Kinetics for Copper-Based Chemical Looping with

Oxygen Uncoupling”, Presentation given at 2nd International Conference on Chemical Looping, Darmstadt, Germany,

September 26-28, 2012.

C.K. Clayton, K.J. Whitty, “Evaluation of Reduction Kinetics of Copper Oxide on Various Supports for Chemical -

Looping with Oxygen Uncoupling”, Presentation for the Pitt sburgh Coal Conference 2012 Annual meeting,

Pittsburgh, PA, October 15-18, 2012.

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