Chemical Engineering Plant

THOMAS GARDNER WESCOTT

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Motivated employee with a record of dedication and enthusiasm, currently

seeking to leverage training in Chemical Engineering to gain employment

with a reputable organization. Articulate individual, capable of

communicating and presenting complex information to peers and supervisors.

Natural leadership abilities demonstrated through professional and academic

work. Advanced project coordination skills, capable of working effectively

in a collaborative capability. Experienced with various methods of

mathematical modeling and capacity analysis with a strong interest in

process design and optimization through use of computer programming.

Capable of performing detailed data analysis utilizing various software

platforms.

2 Skills

. Chemical Engineering . Bio-molecular Engineering . Organic and Bio

Chemistry . Leadership

. Management . Project Coordination . Laboratory Record Keeping . ChemCAD,

HYSYS, and ASPEN

. MATLab, and Maple . Complex Multi-unit Process Coordination and

Implementation

. Analytic methods . Process Design . Process Optimization . Chemical

Thermodynamics and Kinetics

. Transport Phenomena - including heat transfer and mass transport .

Systems and Operations Analysis

. Fluid dynamics . C, C++, Perl, Python, SQL working knowledge . Windows,

Apple MAC, Linux/Unix OS

3 Employment History

Position: Technical Service Analyst at 3M HIS Silver Spring, MD 20904

(2015 - Present)

. Extensive problem solving and client support interactions involving

ambulatory health care software

. Identify and resolve client software problems, software failures, and

complex problem

. Troubleshoot assigned 3M Software applications as well as interfaces

(HL7, XML, etc.,)

. Troubleshoot Windows operating systems, networking issues, and Citrix

. Exercise discretion and independent judgment when dealing with

software concerns/problems

. Build credibility and trust with 3M HIS clients by providing solutions

to software issues

. Identify areas of opportunity to improve communications and efficiency

of operation

. Provide after-hours-on-cal support as necessary

. Ability to develop on both front and backend of customer facing

applications

. Configure client specific implementations of software according to

wants and needs of client

. Accept client support tickets and phone calls regarding software

errors

Position: Research Assistant at University of Maryland College Park, MD,

20742 (2011-2014)

Performed extensive research and analysis in field of protein and peptide

engineering

. Executed plasmid induced transformation of bacteria to produce

experimental SCFVs.

. Conducted DNA amplification and analysis techniques such as PCR and

gel electrophoresis

. Prepared and mixed nutrient solutions, liquid cultures and culture

plates

. Performed all work in compliance with laboratory environmental,

health, and safety rules

. Tracked research progress toward both long term and short-term

objectives through detailed record keeping and data analysis.

Academic Achievements

Optimal Scheduling of Abita Brewing Co. Current Capacity April

2014

. Design of complete computer model of Abita's production capacity,

using Microsoft Excel.

. Investigated configurations of unit operations to experiment with

expansion of Abita's capacity

. Performed economic analysis to ensure the cost-effectiveness of the

implemented changes

. Prepared a weekly status report and discussed progress with the course

instructor

. Organized a final report on design project and presented results

course instructor and Abita contact

Natural Gas Treatment Plant Design

January 2014

. Designed a processing plant capable of handling specified volume of

raw natural gas and

outputting commercial quality processed natural gas. Included removal

of sulfate contaminants,

such as hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and sulfur dioxide (SO2), from gaseous

and aqueous mixtures.

. Used ChemCAD to examine and simulate the full integrated model of the

proposed plant

. Performed mass and energy balances for the plant as a whole and for

individual processes

. Conducted economic analysis for initial plant construction and steady-

state operations

. Optimization of process operating parameters to maximize cost-

effectiveness of proposed plant

5 Extra-Curricular (post Graduation Projects)

. Developed my own functional linear algebra library using custom C++

source files (templates, classes, functions).

. Capable of performing various standard operations of linear algebra,

including computing inner product of two vectors, matrix

multiplication, Jacobi-iterative method of solving linear systems of

equations.

6 Education

Bachelor of Science, Chemical and Bio-molecular Engineering,

August 2014

University of Maryland College Park

Course Highlights: Electro-chemistry: Batteries & Fuel Cells,

Biochemistry,, Process Design I & II, Chemical Separations and

Distillations, Process control and dynamics, Chemical Thermodynamics I &

II, Transport phenomena I & II, Unit operations Lab

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