Chemical Engineer Engineering

OSCAR G. GONZALEZ

Eagle Pass, Tx *****

830-***-**** ********@*****.***

SUMMARY

Chemical Engineer with experience working in U.S. and Mexico. Strong experience conducting research and development leading a team of Biotechnologists in different special projects and effective process engineer focused on improving productivity, quality and chemical processes through the use of lean manufacturing tools. Self-oriented, managing, and leading people.

EDUCATION

B.S. Chemical Engineer 2015 - 2020

Nuevo León State University – (Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,UANL, Accredited by ABET since Oct 1, 2015)

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

MICROSTAR Logistics – Eagle Pass, Tx

General Production October 13th 2020 – Current

RESPONSIBILITIES:

COMAC Technician: Operating a keg cleaning automated line (troubleshooting problems, performing titrations to verify quality on the washing process, measuring pH and conducting ATP tests to measure microorganisms inside the kegs).

Sorting Leader: Leading 22 workers to place them into different operating positions throughout the day, filling the daily report and calculating the production efficiency.

General operations: Keg sorting, valve replacements, material movement (Forklift).

Train other production members to be a Sorting Leader.

Made a program on a phone application named Anon Octave Editor to help the other leaders to fill out the daily report.

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT/ SPECIAL PROJECTS – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,UANL

PLASTIC’S BIODEGRADATION June 2019 - March 2020

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Research and development of plastics biodegradation using Tenebrio Molitor Larvae

Working with a master’s degree student to develop the project

Responsible to develop a plan for the research and development

Identify the different polymers with the use of a FTIR (Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy) equipment.

Calibrate the peristaltic pump to the desired flow rate of basal medium into the 4 bioreactors.

Daily record analysis of what’s happening during the research such as the minerals used for the basal medium, changes on mass, pH changes, COD (Chemical Oxygen Demand) and visual changes.

Monitor all the silicon tubing of the reactors to prevent leakage

Research was cancelled due to the coronavirus lockdown

RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT/ SPECIAL PROJECTS – Universidad Autonoma de Nuevo Leon,UANL

HYDROGEN GENERATION January 2019 – October 2019

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Working with a multidisciplinary team of master’s degree students researching a method to produce hydrogen in the biodegradation of textile industry contaminants

Researching and experimenting with temperature on activated sludges

Responsible to calibrate the peristaltic pump to the desired flow rate of basal medium into the 4 bioreactors.

Monitor all the silicon tubing of the reactors to prevent leakage

Monitor hydrogen generation on the gas collector

The optimum conditions for hydrogen production were achieved

CLARUS LINENS SYSTEMS – Syracuse, NY

CHEMICAL PROCESS ENGINEER - Internship May to December 2018

Supplier of linen products and services. The company serves hospitals, nursing homes, and clinics.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Responsible to control and monitor washing tunnels

Daily chemical analysis to control quality of washing

Daily chemical room set up

Responsible to order chemicals for washing tunnels

Responsible for daily process audits in the different working areas

Process parameter sheets implementation for washing tunnels

Autonomous Preventive Maintenance by operators implemented to reduce corrective maintenance

Lean manufacturing project to improve the quality in each workstation based in collection data and analysis to correct major common rejections

Main project: To maximize the use of the chemicals to reduce waste on tunnels and reduce cost, $500 KUSD savings

EXTRA CURRICULAR ACTIVITIES

September 2019 – 5th International Congress of Chemistry and Green Engineering

- Guest Speaker

PLASTIC’S BIODEGRADATION Results presentation

Answer audience questions

- Member of Chemical Engineers Mexican Institute

SOFTWARES

-Matlab

-Aspen Plus

-LabVIEW

-Office: Excel, Word, Power Point

ADDITIONAL TRAININGS

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt – In Progress

Lean Manufacturing Certification – April 2019

LANGUAGE

English – Bilingual proficiency

Spanish - Native

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