Engineer Engineering

Dahai Tang

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Sugar Land, TX 77479 *****.****@**********.***

OBJECTIVE

Over 10 years practical experience in chemical industry, currently searching for an Engineer position that will utilize my technical knowledge and expertise in the fields of chemical engineering, chemical process engineering, and CFD modeling.

IMMIGRATION STATUS

US Resident (legally authorized to work in US, no sponsorship needed)

QUALIFICATION / SKILLS

• Highly self-motivated experimentalist with multidisciplinary work experience in chemical engineering.

• Expertise in CFD/Fluent, COMSOL simulation for multi-phase fluid transport processes

• Chemical engineering process design, including oil refinery and olefin process design, PFD, P&ID, equipment datasheet, PSV analysis and sizing

• Chemical/petrochemical process simulation by Pro II/Provision, ProMax and Aspen Plus

• Experienced in reaction kinetics determination and modeling, optimization of catalyst deactivation and regeneration process, chemical reactor design and scale-up

• Independent and creative individual with strong problem-solving capability and strong teamwork.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2009.12 – present, R&D Research Engineer

General Motors

Research and development of an innovation of hydrogen energy supply system with gas-solid flow in a cylindrical and annular channel reactor with the aid of CFD/Comsol.

2008.9-2009.11, Chemical Process Engineer

Shaw Energy & Chemical Group (Stone & Webster).

Process engineering technology design of oil refinery and olefin process, including tower, vessel design, process simulation with Pro II, Aspen plus, PFD, P&ID, equipment datasheet, PSV analysis and sizing.

Amine process simulation and design with ProMax and amine guideline creation

2006.9 – 2008.8, Research Associate

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Chemical Engineering Department)

• Computational fluid dynamic (CFD/Fluent) modeling and experimental characterization of multi-phase flow systems to improve nano-particle transmission in Aerodyne aerosol mass spectrometer, and extend the application of the AMS instrumentation

2004.7 – 2005.11, Research Engineer

Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, (RWTH Aachen University)

• characterization of ozone and the ozonolysis in falling films of silicon oil by using fibre optical analytics

2001.3 – 2004.6, Research Assistant

Rheinisch Westfalische Technische Hochschule Aachen, (RWTH Aachen University)

• Experimental characterization of microscopic structure and macroscopic transport process of naphtha reforming catalyst and study on its intrinsic and effective reaction kinetics

• Mathematical modeling and optimization of regeneration process of commercial naphtha reforming catalyst.

1990.11 – 2001.2, Senior Chemical Engineer

Chemical Engineering Technology Company R&D Center, Hangzhou, China

As a R&D chemical engineering technology designer and project leadership, In charge of several chemical plant design projects, and as an onsite supervisor, managing plant start-up, plant maintenance as well as technical troubleshooting.

• Kinetic analysis of polymerization of styrene by both experimentation and modeling.

• Execute batch polymerization pilot test and scale up to commercial industry.

• Design of 20000 T/y polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Xinjiang, China

• Design of 10000 T/y epispastic polystyrene (EPS) chemical plant in Xi’an, China

• Design of 1000 T/y EPS chemical plant in Shanghai, China

• Design of 2000 T/y benzyl chloride pharmaceutical Intermediate chemical plant in Shandong, China

EDUCATION

Ph.D., Chemical Engineering

RWTH Aachen University (Top3 in Germany), Aachen, Germany

Thesis: “Investigations on Diffusion and Dispersion in Reacting Gas/Solid-Systems”

M.S., Chemical Engineering

Zhejiang University (Top 3 in China), Hangzhou, China

Thesis: “modeling of a fixed reactor performance with benzene alkylation zeolite AF-5 catalyst”(by Fortran code).

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