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Engineer Project

Location:
Cleveland, OH
Posted:
December 12, 2015

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Resume:

Ryan M. Szczepaniak

**** ***** ***. *********, ** 44212 216-***-**** (Cell) ***********.*@***********.***.***

PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE:

Chemical engineer seeking career employment where strong academic knowledge, team project experience, lab experience and analytical skills are assets; open to relocation.

EDUCATION:

The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH

-B.S. in Chemical Engineering, August 2015

RELATED EXPERIENCE:

BASF, Elyria, OH (Oct. 2015-Present)

-Lab Technician

-Test multiple products for physical properties and analytic chemistry

-Run analytic testing devices such as crush tower, monosorb, microtrac, XRF and others

-Gain more lab and safety experience with hazardous chemicals

Ohio Chemical Services, Columbus, OH (April 2014-July 2015)

-White Room Technician

-Handle hazardous chemicals in a safe manner through safety training

-Collaborate with teams of 2-4 coworkers to mix chemicals to customer specifications

-Process 10,000+ pounds of food preservatives and other chemicals weekly

-Work 15-20 hours per week while remaining a full time student

PROJECT EXPERIENCE:

Design and Development (September-December 2014)

-Researched Protein separation using affinity chromatography and self-cleaving inteins

-Performed lab work proving that the separation was possible and economically feasible

Unit Operations Lab (May 2014):

-Delved into 4 extensive labs working with industrial equipment including: distillation column, PFR, fluidized beds, and shell and tube heat exchanger

-Hands on experience with safety methods and evaluations while performing varying separation methods

-Extensive technical report writing was conducted for each lab experiment

Thermodynamics Project Team (March-April 2014):

-Investigated the occurrence of a BLEVE (boiling liquid-evaporating vapor explosion)

-Consisted primarily of research and the use of MATLAB to generate enthalpy graphs

-Based on thermodynamic properties like enthalpy and the laws of thermodynamics, it was found that these theoretical occurrences are possible

Heat and Mass Transport Project Team (March-April 2014):

-Evaluated a 3-D model of heat transfer through human tissue using MATLAB

Separations Project Team Leader (October-December 2013):

-Computed separation trains consisting of distillation and other separation methods using ChemCAD

SKILLS:

-COMPUTER: MATLAB, Lotus Notes, ChemCAD, COMSOL multiphysics, Microsoft Office, JMP and AutoCAD

-TECHNICAL: technical report writing, working knowledge of P&ID, PFD, HAZOP and HAZCOM

-COMMUNICATION: Enhanced presentation skills through class projects. Fluent in English, limited Spanish.

HONORS AND ACTIVITIES:

-Active member of the OSU Racquetball club (2013-2015)

-Member of Real Life (2012-2015)

-Member of the Filipino MMA club (2012-2013)

-Teammate on Ohio State Div. II Baseball Club Team (2012)



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