Gerges Sondi

Nashville, TN

615-***-****

adchp8@r.postjobfree.com

CHEMICAL ENGINEER EXPERTISE

Good Laboratory Practices • Good Manufacturing Practices • Project Management • Strategic Planning • Process Engineering • Process Design • Root Cause Analysis • Contractor & Vendor Procurement • P&ID Development • Procedure Development • Equipment Installation • Process Control • Project Estimation • Product Testing • Quality Testing • Product Development EDUCATION

Tennessee Technological University – Cookeville, TN Graduation: May 2020 Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering – Concentration Bio-Molecular GPA: 3.83, Dean’s list ENGINEERING EXPERIENCE

The Chemours Company (DuPont Company) – New Johnsonville, TN (August 2017 – August 2018) R&D Process Engineer Co-Op

(Worked in a Titanium Dioxide (Ti02) manufacturing unit that uses co-product, reaction, oxidation, purification, filtration, drying, and production units operations)

• Characterized different types of calcium oxides to determine product performance as following: highest quality, most efficient reaction, consistent behavior, and most cost effective

• Performed plant trials that spanned across multiple areas of the plant to test new methods that potentially could save money. This required working with various groups across the plant and required knowledge of the unit operations to allow for parameters to be effectively changed

• Established test procedures for the milling plant trial to ensure that it is done consistently for each trail and results can be compared when data is analyzed

• Researched performance of TiO2 based on the particle size to meet customer requirements so that it could best meet their specific needs.

• Determined the cause of wastewater leaking in the filter presses and implemented a solution that would save the recirculation water stream being utilized

• Reviewed P&IDs (Process and Instrumentation Diagrams) to ensure equipment up to date and made necessary changes to improve the process

• Assisted in writing PCRs (Process Change Requests) that specifically dealt with implementing pumps into the process design

• Managing assigned projects, tracking progress, and communicating with mentor or co-workers as appropriate

• Planned, organized, supervised and implemented manufacturing procedures in accordance with Quality Assurance methods

• Ensured production procedures efficiently utilize materials, methods and personnel and assist and troubleshoot equipment

• Assists Operations and Maintenance with troubleshooting, root cause analysis and problem solving.

• Performed lab experiments to check quality performance and understand quality parameters ENGINEERING PROJECTS

• Worked on a team of 4 to design a full-scale factory that recycles polystyrene to styrene monomer which included the design of the polystyrene reactors, milling, mixer, and vapor condensation unit operations and an engineering economic analysis with a discounted cash flow was performed.

• Utilized heterogenous azeotropic distillation to separate two components in a mixture. This required using an Oldershaw distillation column and communicating with Eastman Company to ensure the process scaled down their distillation unit.

• Designed the processes to produce Cephamycin C, an antibiotic, by microbial fermentation. Research was completed to fully understand the reactions taking place and how to purify the antibiotic produced from the fermenter. EXTRACURRIULAR & ACTIVITIES

• President of Orthodox Christian Campus Ministries “OCCM” (June 2019 – present)

• American Institute of Chemical Engineers “AIChE” Member (Sept. 2016 – present)

• Saint Pishoy Church Youth Soccer Coach (June 2018 – present)

• Social Media Chair of Orthodox Christian Campus Ministries “OCCM” (June 2018 – May 2019) COMPUTING SKILLS

• Microsoft Office Suite • Aspen Hysys • MATLAB • Bilingual (English and Arabic)

• Microsoft Project

• Minitab

• Aspen plus

• IP21 (real time GMP data)

• AutoCAD

• Visio, PLC