Engineer Engineering

Shirin Sharifi

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SUMMARY of QUALIFICATIONS

Excellent knowledge of fluid dynamics and transport phenomena in multiphase systems; complex fluids; interfacial transport phenomena and polymer rheology

Fundamental knowledge of polymer reaction engineering to guide scale-up of new polymers technologies (catalysts, process, or products)

Experienced in feasibility, detailed design, FEED, conceptual design and troubleshooting projects

Experienced in petrochemical, natural gas processing and SAGD projects

Experienced in process equipment selection, sizing and cost estimation

Experienced in PFD/P&ID Development, Safety/Hazop Studies, Process Control Strategy design, Hydraulics calculations, Heat and Material balance table preparation

Experienced in Design of Experiments (DOE) and statistical analysis (JMP)

Extensive experience in teaching and supervising

Proficient in engineering softwares: Aspen Plus, HYSYS, ProMax, MATLAB, and Office

Working knowledge of ANSYS Fluent, DynoChem, Visimix and AFT Fathom

Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Excellent team spirit and capable of interacting effectively with other discipline engineers

EDUCATION

Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering, 2006 - 2011

The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA

Honors: International Fellowship Award ($110,000 Grant), Schlumberger Foundation

RESEARCH and PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Research Engineer

Chemicals Consulting Services, Chicago, IL, USA, 2015- Present

- Consultant on following research/engineering projects:

Evaluation of Emulsion viscosity in SAGD (Steam-Assisted Gravity Drainage)

Emulsion Rheology

Evaluation of existing processes to increase capacity/reduce cost

Perform data analysis and implement in-process problem solving techniques

Design of experiments (DOE) to optimize manufacturing processes and develop in-process quality data monitoring techniques

Performing HYSYS simulations and comparing the results with emulsion viscosity correlations.

Performing an extensive study on emulsion formation, stability, properties and rheology.

- Instructor at the University of Calgary

Taught graduate/undergraduate courses, and supervised labs

Participated in Graduate/undergraduate projects supervision

Process Engineer, P.Eng.

Saipem Canada (Eni), Calgary, AB, Canada, 2011- 2015

Mentorship of junior process engineers in all phases of process design.

Process development, design, simulation and engineering of following projects:

CNRL Hydrotreater project (Detailed Design)

Statoil Corner SAGD project (FEED)

LC-Fining unit-catalyst handling systems of Redwater project (FEED and Detailed Design)

Research Assistant

Pennsylvania State University, PA, USA, 2006 - 2011

“Drop Deformation and Breakup in Confined Flows of Viscoelastic Two-Phase Systems”

Numerically and experimentally considered the effects of elasticity and confinement geometry on “steady drop shape and mobility”, “drop breakup mechanisms” and “critical conditions for drop breakup”. Either the drop or the suspending fluid was rheologically complex (Polymer solutions)

Experimental rheological investigations of polymers (shear thinning / viscoelastic fluids)

Designed and performed almost 2500 experiments and analyzed the data

Overcame the challenge of the difficulties in performing experiments with controlled viscous and elastic properties, and also in determining appropriate constitutive models

Developed a theoretical model for radial capillary penetration of power-law fluids from an infinite reservoir

In many of the applications involving dispersions of fluid particles, the fluid particle and/or the continuous phase exhibit viscoelastic behavior:

Polymer processing operations, and emulsion polymerization

Processing of pharmaceuticals, the production of foams, cosmetics, and various food products

Chemical Research Engineer

University of Calgary, AB, Canada, 2004 - 2006

“Characterization of Polyethylene Granular Particles Produced in Gas-Phase Fluidization”

Established a better understanding of how the powder densification and the formation of granular agglomerates were affected by material molecular structure, material morphology, material formulation, processing conditions and pre-processing conditions.

Developed testing techniques for the detection of transition temperatures associated to the phenomenon of agglomerate formation in fluidized bed polymerization reactors

Developed tools to evaluate effect of polymer particles’ characteristics on granular flow (rotational molding and gas-phase polymerization)

Evaluated the effects of powder characteristics on the mixing, segregation, and densification phenomena (rotational molding)

Evaluated the effects of pre-processing conditions and material formulation on powder densification (rotational molding)

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