Process Engineer/ Project Manager

JOSEPH M. SPINELLI

Email: ******.********@*****.***

Objective:

Apply my chemical engineering background and industrial experience in manufacturing at a specialty chemicals company that requires creative input, lean processing, and focuses mainly on high product quality/safety of cutting edge products.

Background:

Cornell University – Ithaca, NY

Master of Engineering (Chemical), May 2007 –GPA: 3.2/4.0

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art – New York, NY

Bachelor of Engineering (Chemical), May 2006– GPA: 3.0/4.0

Active Department of Defense Secret Security Clearance – November 2007 – Present

Publication:

Huaqiang Wu, Joseph Spinelli, Phanikumar Konkapaka, Michael G. Spencer, Rapid growth of bulk GaN crystal using GaN powder as the source material, Materials Research Society, V831, FF30.1

Experience:

Manufacturing / Process Engineer (November 2007- October 2009)

• Used the principles of lean manufacturing and wrote manufacturing instructions to improve process efficiencies, cycle times, and overall product quality in a silicone free Class 4 clean room.

• Performed Root Cause Analysis on production issues with respect to military standard (MIL-STD) guidelines and assessed risks.

• Subject matter expert on all epoxy, adhesives, paint, and solvent issues involved on various types of metallic and ceramic hardware.

• Setup a factory wide bar-coding system used to control chemical inventory and increase the efficiency of our chemical usages.

• Performed qualitative analysis using various laboratory apparatus to aid new product selection.

• Member of Mission Innovation Team as a chemical engineering consultant on several projects aimed at diversifying the company's business.

• Developed effective experimental design of new integrated products while meeting stringent time constraints and multitasking between up to three other demanding projects.

• Leader of a green house gas team dedicated to estimating cost, implementing process changes, and remodeling existing systems in order to replace high global warming potential fluids with environmentally friendly solvents.

• Designed innovative emission reduction solutions which included gas filtration systems, unique gas sampling techniques, and operational improvements specifically for high global warming potential chemicals.

• Developed thorough software test scripts to evaluate all aspects of new software builds for any potential glitches.

Wireline Field Engineer (July 2007 to September 2007)

• Genuinely characterized the stability of oil reservoir subsurface formations by analyzing well resistivity data, reservoir sedimentary samples, and high-resolution seismic images.

• Utilized various cutting edge tool strings and operations software while under the pressure of demanding field conditions to troubleshoot obstacles and obtain accurate oil well data.

Mining Department Research Intern (June 2006 to August 2006)

• Researched the effects of various flocculants in the Bayer solid-liquid separation process used to extract alumina from bauxite ore slurry.

• Improved the efficiency, reliability, and accuracy of a prototypical filtration device used to analyze the underflow densities and settling rates of the flocculated ore slurries.

Research Projects:

Mixing and Unmixing in Microfluidic Devices Using a Staggered Herringbone Mixer (May 2007)

• Simulated mixing low Reynold's number fluids to create chaotic mixing conditions, which is effective in separation applications.

• Explored the effectiveness of randomly changing mixing conditions in a stochastic nature would have on increasing mixing efficiency in fluidic systems.

Ethylene Plant Design (May 2006)

• Designed, price-estimated and sized a fully functional ethylene plant utilizing Pro/II software to

model distillation columns, furnaces, compressors, and quench towers while focusing on

operation economics and feasibility.

Skills:

ISO 14644-1 Class 4 Cleanroom Trained, cGMP Practitioner, Electro-Static Discharge (ESD) Trained, Certified IPC Solder Trainer (ANSI/J0STD-001), Six Sigma Specialist, Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) V.1.2 Certified, Matlab, AutoCAD, C++, Microsoft Office Expert, Proficient in Spanish

Coursework:

Advanced Organic Chemistry, Biomechanics, Physical Chemistry, Materials Science, Qualitative Analysis, Advanced Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, Transport Phenomena, Nanocharacterization, Microfluidic and Microchemical Systems, Advanced Mass Transfer, Advanced Thermodynamics, Process Control Strategies, Energy Engineering, Chemical Reactor Design, Plant Design, Petroleum Refining,

Awards:

Bausch and Lomb Award for Outstanding Work in Chemistry

Regional Science Olympiad Gold Medalist in Chemistry

Full Tuition Scholarship to The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

Memberships:

American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE)

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering (SAMPE)

YESnet College E-Mentor

Public School Tutor in Math and Science

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