Chemical Engineering Engineer
Resume:
YOUSSEF EL-SHOUBARY
North Brunswick, NJ
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EDUCATION:
* Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Kansas,
* M.Sc. Chemical Engineering University of Kansas,.
* B.Sc. Chemical Engineering, Cairo University.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Very strong in the following areas:
1- Project management, project budgeting and process development. FDA Experience.
2- Scale up of bench scale operations to pilot scale and to full scale/commercialization scale. Developed and supervised trial plans and base line production.
3- Separation processes, membrane filtration (,MF, UF, NF and RO), pressure and concentration driven membranes, fouling of reverse osmosis, dialysis, adsorption, evaporation, GC separation, flotation, extraction, and centrifuge.
4- Process development, process improvement, trouble shooting, lean six sigma application and process safety (HAZOP, PI&D, Safety Review, HACCP, GFSI-etc.)
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2015 – present Praxair consultant – Process engineering working on beverage foaming ultrasonic elimination design and build, design a pilot plant for hydrogenation of vegetable oil with continues solvent addition, researching chocolate confectionary seeding and cooling in shorter time, biscuit/cookies baking and whole wheat grinding. Working on a new design process "pilot plant" for lower temperature milk pasteurization.
2010- 2015 Pepsico Senior Process Engineer/ Research Fellow:
-Invented a new method for sterilization using Ohmic Silver electrodes. Reduced the sterilization meeting to 95 rather than 130C using this method- Patent Pending.
-Designed and build pilot plant for Ohmic Heating.
-Invented a new method for carbonation in the bottle using dry ice – Patent Pending
-- Awarded best innovative thinker – 2012
- Designed experiments to solve problems and improve company production in food and beverage.
- Working with a team to scale up the Caramel process from batch to continuous.
- Whey Protein Concentration and Fractionation using cross flow membrane
- Spray drying (flow in atomizers, drop size, spray angle and other spray characteristic, nozzles, rotary and two-fluid atomization
- Experience in microemulusion and encapsulation of flavor.
- Worked/lead on the fully hydrogenated oil project
Aug 2006 - 2010 Villanova University/Qatar University, Associated Professor – Chemical Engineering Dept:
Teaching Engineering Economics, Chemical Engineering Laboratory, Engineering Research and ethics, Air pollution, Environmental processes, Kinetics and reactor design and engineering mining/oil recovery and separation technology (filtration, Membranes, distillation, evaporation Spray drying and freeze drying).
Consulted with Titanwood Dutch company in Arnhem. Directed research and development in Holland
Lived in Holland for a year.
1995-2005 Merck – Central Engineering, Senior Process Engineer.
Merck Central Engineering, Senior Process Development Engineer, Investigating, applying and supervising several separation processes for Merck Waste.. Worked in technology transfer from the bench scale to the pilot scale and to the full scale. Trouble shooting of Merck plant operation all over the world. Led the incineration unit at Rahway, NJ. Experience in medical equipment design. Experience in spray drying for solid dose. Own 20 patents on innovative technologies; one is licensed to a specialty firm.
* Invented a new method to reduce the TDS, in Merced, CA, without any capital plant addition. The new patented process used chemical substitution rather than membrane filtration (estimated saving of 10 million dollars). Supervised the pilot plant and the full scale operation of the new process.
* Invented a new powder to capture mercury from wet gas streams. Powder capture efficiency is 99.5%, which is the highest in the industry. Patent is licensed to a Pennsylvania firm. Powder using aluminum catalyst. Model was developed to describe the reaction. (Active site model).
* Has experience in project management, cost control, processes kinetics, Mass transfer operation, trouble shooting, safety, government and state regulations, and quality control.
Has experience in P&ID, HAZOP, safety reviews, review/approval of EPC design documents
1990-1995 General Electric Corporate Research & Development, Schenectady, New York. Sr. Research Development Process Engineer-Advanced Environmental Engineering System-
* Worked on pilot plants demonstrations, process design, troubleshooting and the scale up of different waste recycling and treatment technologies from the laboratory bench to the field.
* Managed the transfer of the heating blanket technology, the mercury technology, and the clean dishwasher from the bench scale to the pilot scale and to the full scale.
* Worked on quality “Six Sigma” initiative, quality engineering, and bullet train thinking.
* Initiated programs in waste minimization and chemical recycle to reduce waste generated by GE-components. Initiated a program to recycle machining coolant, reducing lead in waste, carbon recycling and zero discharge, plastic particles recovery from waste streams.
* Invented new methods for PCB low temperature desorption from soil. Worked on the technology transfer to the field.
* Supervised managed and designed remedial investigation feasibility study for several GE-sites.
* Supervised and worked on the Iron-TCE destruction project. Invented a method for efficient TCE destruction with short half-life.
* Worked and built the pilot plant of the GE-new frame dish washer.
* Worked with GE-Appliance to achieve green products.
* Experienced in solid/liquid separation, membrane filtration, fouling of reverse osmosis, and vibrating membranes.
* Familiar with CERCLA, RCRA, TSCA and all EPA regulations.
* Tested most available technologies for soil remediation, waste minimization, and air pollution. Issued technical reports for each technology. Reports included application, consideration, price range, specification, potential problems and recommendations.
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PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS:
* Member of TAU BETA PI (Engineering Honor Society).
* Member of PHI LAMBDA UPSILON (National Honorary Chemical Society).
* Member of AICHE (American Institute for Chemical Engineers).
* Member of SPE (Society of Petroleum Engineers).
* Member of NATAS (North America Thermal Analysis Society).
* Member of NWWA (National Water Well Association).
* Member of ACS (American Chemical Society).
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
* Presented more than 40 papers in AICHE conferences (five were published in the AICHE
* Has 30 patents granted and 6 more pending.
* Attendant Project- Management classes at GE-Crotonville school of management.
PUBLICATIONS
1- El-Shoubary, Y. “Innovation in Solving Total Suspended Solids (TDS) Problem in a Groundwater Chromium Treatment Facility” April 2007 AICHE Spring national meeting, Practical Approaches to Sustainable Development session.
2- Mahfouz A.B, El-Halwagi M., El-Shoubary Y., “Optimization of Seawater Cooling Systems with Dynamic Dosage of Biocides” April 2007 AICHE Spring national meeting, Practical Approaches to Sustainable Development session.
3- El-Shoubary, Y. “Using Laboratory to Enhance Student Understanding,” Second Qatar Symposium on Science Teaching and Learning, Doha Qatar 2007.
4- Elshoubary, alfadalah. “ Removing Sulfur from contaminated solids” First Science and Kinetic conference, Toulouse France, 2006 also puplished in Kinetic Journal 2007.
5- El-Shoubary Y., Maes R., “Capture of Mercury from Wet Combustion Streams Using a New Powder” AICHE 2006 Spring Meeting, Sustainable Environmental Stewardship session.
6-El-Shoubary, Y., Costello, T., Urban, L., and Seth, S. “Insitu Cleaning of Stripping Towers”, Presented in 1998 AICHE Annual Meeting, Miami Beach Florida.
7- El-Shoubary, Y., Seth, S., and Speizer, N.," Using Vibrating Membranes to Separate Chromium, Total Suspended Solids and Total Dissolved Solids From Ground water", Accepted for Presentation at The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1998 Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
8- El-Shoubary, y., Savoia, H., Seth, S., and Speizer, N., " Pilot Plant to Treat chromium contaminated Groundwater", Presented at The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Annual Meeting, Los Angeles, CA 1997. Also published in The Environmental Progress Vol. 17 No.3 Fall 1998.
9- El-Shoubary, Y., Costelo T., Seth S., And Urban L., ” Insitu Cleaning of Stripping Towers - Merck Innovative Method”, Accepted for Presentation at The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1998 Annual Meeting, Miami Beach, CA.
10- El-Shoubary, Y., “ Oil Assistant Thermal Sorption (OATS Process)”, Presented at The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996 Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
11- El-Shoubary, Y., “ Oil Assistant Thermal Sorption (OATS Process), Carbon Recycle”, Presented at The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1996 Spring Meeting, New Orleans, LA.
12- El-Shoubary, Y., Woodmansee D., and Shilling N., “Fixation of PCB’s on Granular Activated Carbon”, GE Research & Development Report 92CRD129, June 1992.
13- El-Shoubary, Y., and Woodmansee D., “Soil Washing Enhancement with Solid Sorbents”, Environmental Progress, Vol.15, No.3, Fall 1996.
14- El-Shoubary, Y., Woodmansee D., and Shilling N., “Sorption and Desorption of Contaminants from Different Host matrices”, Environmental Progress, Vol.13 No.1, Feb 1994.
15- El-Shoubary, Y., and Woodmansee D., “ Carbon Decontamination of Activated Sludge From plastics Processing”, Environmental Progress, Vol. 12, No.3, Aug. 1993.
16- El-Shoubary, Y., and Woodmansee D.,” Addition of Sorbent Materials to Soil Washing “Tea Bag” Approach”, Presented at The American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1995 Summer National Meeting, Boston, MA.
17- El-Shoubary, Y., “ Using Hydrocyclone For Water Filtration In Dishwashers” CRD report, 1996, Classified.
18- El-Shoubary, Y., and Caplis J. “ Recycling of Plastic Powders From Waste Streams”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, World Congress of Chemical Engineers, San Diego, CA Jul. 1996.
19- El-Shoubary, Y., “ Separation of Lead From Machine Coolant”, CRD internal report, 1996
20- Kim, M. and El-Shoubary Y. “ Application of Membrane Processes for In-Process Materials Recycling”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, World Congress of Chemical Engineers, San Diego, CA Jul. 1996.
21- El-Shoubary, Y. and Shilling N., “ Soil Vapor Extraction Patent Search”, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Summer National Meeting, Seattle Washington, Jul. 1994.
22- El-Shoubary, Y., “ Soil Washing Current Technologies” Presented at the EPA-Kerr Laboratory Annual Meeting, Dallas, TX. June 1992.
23- Vossoughi S., and El-Shoubary Y. “Kinetics of Crude Oil Coke Combustion,” Proc. Soc. Of Petroleum Engineering, International Symposium on Oil Field Chemistry, Feb 4, 1987, San Antonio, TX.
24- Vossoughi, S. and El-Shoubary, Y., “ Kinetics of Crude Oil Distillation,” Proc. Of World Congress III of Chemical Engineering, Tokyo, Japan, Sept. 1986.
25- El-Shoubary, Y. and Vossoughi S., “ Thermogravimetric Analysis of Coke Combustion for the Insitu Combustion Process,” Presented in American Institute of Chemical Engineers, 1987 Spring National Meeting, April 1987, Houston, TX.
26- El-Shoubary Y. and Vossoughi S., “ Effect of Clay on Crude Oil Insitu Combustion Process”, Presented at the 56 Annual Technical Conference and Exhibition of the society of Petroleum Engineers -SPE-AIME, San Antonio, TX Oct 1981.
27- Vossoughi S., and El-Shoubary Y., “ Automation of an Insitu Combustion Tube and Study of the Effect of Clay on The Insitu Combustion Process”, Society of Petroleum Engineers Journal, Aug 1982.
28- El-Shoubary, Y. “ Kinetic Study of The Insitu Combustion Process Using Thermal Analysis Techniques”, Ph.D. Dissertation University of Kansas, 1985.
29- El-Shoubary, Y., “ Study of The Effect on Crude Oil Combustion by The Method of Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) AND Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC), University of Kansas, 1981.
30- Vossoughi, S. and El-Shoubary, Y., “ Study of Clay Effect on Crude Oil Combustion by The Method of Thermogravimetric Analysis (TGA) and Differential Scanning Calorimeter, (DSC)”, Proceeding of The Eleventh North America Thermal Analysis Society -NATAS-, Volume 2 1981. Also, Published in Journal of Thermal Analysis Vol. 27 1983.
Patents
1-
6,582,497
Adsorption power for removing mercury from high temperature high moisture gas streams
2
6,558,642
Method of adsorbing metals and organic compounds from vaporous streams
3
6,533,842
Adsorption powder for removing mercury from high temperature, high moisture gas streams
4
6,524,371
Process for adsorption of mercury from gaseous streams
5
6,343,611
Reduced energy cleaning appliance
6
6,264,841
Method for treating contaminated liquids
7
6,120,579
Process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils
8
6,114,665
Oven with self-heated cooking-product support
9
6,096,223
Method for treating metal contaminated water
10
6,001,190
Reduced energy cleaning appliance
11
5,994,673
Variable volume oven
12
5,968,461
Process for cleaning mercury-contaminated soils
13
5,770,537
Low-temperature method to regenerate carbon loaded with sulfur compounds
14
5,706,588
Device and method for separating lint particles in a clothes dryer
15
5,520,815
Process for removal of lead and oil contaminants from machining coolant solutions
16
5,514,218
Soil washing process using polymeric sorbents
17
5,489,738
Enhanced volatilization of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds
18
5,480,558
Electric enhancement of adsorbent flotation separation
19
5,430,232
Enhanced volatilization of polychlorinated biphenyl compounds
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