Chemical Engineering Manager

Daniel Wenig

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EDUCATION

University of Applied Sciences Mannheim Mannheim, Germany March 2014 - August 2015 Master of Science in Chemical Engineering

GPA: 4.0

Topic of Master Thesis: Research and modelling of a cyclic distillation process to improve the separation efficiency of rectification columns Grade: A+

University of Applied Sciences Mannheim Mannheim, Germany September 2010 - February 2014 Bachelor of Science in Process Engineering

GPA: 3.95, “Germany Stipend” for academic excellence Topic of Bachelor Thesis: Modelling the calcination process of catalysts in a rotary kiln to improve product quality Grade: A+

EXPERIENCE

Intern BASF SE Ludwigshafen, Germany March 2015 – August 2015

Extending an existing simplified model for a cyclic distillation with non-idealities

Conducting a sensitivity analysis to identify the impact of each non-ideality

Applying the extended model to match the simulation to the result of a pilot plant snap shot

Critical documentation of results and outlining the next steps Intern BASF SE Ludwigshafen, Germany September 2013 – February 2014

Gain insight in the fluid dynamic and thermotechnical background of rotary kilns

Work with the software Matlab and gain insight in numerical mathematics

Implementation of a dynamic model to describe an indirectly heated rotary kiln

Conduction, evaluation and validation of laboratory experiments Intern GEHR GmbH Neckarau, Germany September 2012 – February 2013

Analysis of stress in semifinished plastics products before and after the annealing process

Comparison between different annealing methods

Optimization of the annealing process

Review efficiency of nine annealing furnaces

CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SERVICE

Tutor Department of Chemical Process Engineering Mannheim, Germany September 2014 – February 2015

Prepare students for exam in the course Process Simulation w/ Pro II

Help students and assist professor in teaching lectures Tutor Department of Chemical Process Engineering Mannheim, Germany March 2012 – August 2012

Prepare students for exam in the course Math I

Revise given exercises

SKILLS

Computer applications: MS Office, MS Visio, Matlab, Simulink, AutoCAD, AutoCAD Inventor, Pro II

Programming languages: VBA, Matlab

Language: German (native), English (fluent)

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