Manager Engineering
Resume:
FELIX ADOM
Michigan Technological University (M.T.U)
Chemical Engineering Department,
Houghton, MI 49931
******@***.***
PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY
Over 3.5 years hands-on experience in designing and conducting enzymatic / saccharification hydrolysis experiments using ligno-cellulosic biomass
Over three and half years’ experience in conducting life cycle environmental impact assessments
Skilled in Environmental Impact Assessment Simulation Tools
Skilled in Engineering Process Simulation Tools (Aspen Plus & Unisim)
Two years’ experience in Oil and Gas downstream processing
Relevant Leadership and Mentoring Skills
EDUCATION
Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI
PhD Chemical Engineering Expected August 2012 Thesis: The Potential of Industrial Waste and Agricultural Feedstock towards Sustainable Biofuels Production: Techno-Economic and Environmental Impact Perspectives.
Sponsors: Bio-Refinery Center of Energy Excellence / Dairy Management Incorporated
Advisor: David Shonnard (Robbins Chair Professor in Sustainability)
GPA: 3.80 / 4
MS Chemical Engineering Awarded April 2012
Certification: Graduate Certificate in Sustainability Awarded August 2011
Coursework: • Advanced Chemical Engineering Mathematics • Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics • Chemical Engineering Reaction Kinetics • Advanced Transport Phenomena • Environmental and Energy Policy • Biochemical Processes • Energy Technology and Policy
Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology Kumasi, Ghana
BSc Chemistry June 2006
RESEARCH PROJECT EXPERIENCE
Michigan Technological University
Project: Hydrolysis Research to Investigate Pathways to Produce Sugars and Amino Acids from Defatted Dry Mill Syrup.
Objectives:
1. Evaluation of whether carbohydrates are single sugars or carbohydrate polymers in syrup
2. Determination of whether the protein fraction of the syrup streams contain single amino acids or polymeric amino acids
3. Optimize the hydrolysis scheme for both the carbohydrates and protein fraction in consultation with the project sponsors
4. Conduct a Techno-economic and Environmental Impact Assessment on the optimized schemes to inform commercialization decisions
Accomplishments:
Designed and analyzed the characterization properties of syrup using Scanning Electron Microscope,
Inductively Coupled Mass Plasma Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy
Developed Job Safety Assessment for approval prior to every experiment
Detailed literature review to investigate various hydrolysis schemes for both carbohydrate and
protein fractions in the syrup
Designed experiments taking into account the various components of biomass in syrup as well as
safety related issues
Implemented enzymatic and dilute acid pretreatment of syrup to produce fermentable sugars using
reactors, incubators, autoclave, High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) and cellulases
Conducted protein hydrolysis of syrup using proteases, HPLC and incubators
Prepared 80+ page carbohydrate optimization hydrolysis report
Prepared 60+ page protein optimization hydrolysis report
Michigan Technological University
Project: RET Site: “Wood-to-Wheels”- Research Experiences for High School Teachers in Sustainable Transportation Technologies
Objectives:
1. Increase teachers’ knowledge and understanding of engineering, science and technology, engineered systems, and engineering careers
2. Increase teachers’ capacity to transfer knowledge and experiences to their classroom teaching by providing experiences with state-of-the-art research equipment, instrumentation, vocabulary, and protocols
3. Help teachers improve instructional practice by engaging their students in active learning around real-world challenges
4. Develop teacher researchers as education leaders in their home schools and regions
Accomplishments:
Conducted the dilute acid hydrolysis in collaboration with high school teachers using aspen biomass feedstock as the species of investigation
Trained teachers in the use of lab equipment such as: HPLC, autoclave, incubator and distillation apparatus
Trained teachers in conducting fermentation, distillation experiments and analyzing data from HPLC
Trained teachers to develop poster to display their results using Microsoft office
Michigan Technological University
Project: Regional Carbon Footprint Analysis of Dairy Feeds for Milk Production in the US.
Objectives:
1. To identify a segment in the dairy supply chain where the industry can innovate to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions
2. To provide a benchmark to measure the industry’s progress towards achieving its voluntary reduction goal and for future GHG offset projects
3. To position the dairy products in the marketplace based on sustainable attributes and consequently proactively respond to consumer concerns
Accomplishments:
Identified the commonly used dairy feeds in the United States through a nationwide survey
Performed extensive literature survey to obtain the most comprehensive data set for analysis
Implemented a Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) on all the dairy feeds identified using SimaPro and
other LCA modeling tools
Prepared 100+ page final LCA report
Study has been published in a peer reviewed journal and presented at various AICHE conferences
Michigan Technological University
Project: Carbon Footprint Analysis of Dairy Feeds from a Mill in Michigan, USA
Objectives:
1. To develop a life cycle assessment methodology applicable to the animal feed mill industry to accommodate a large number of inputs and activities associated with dairy mill operations
2. To gain an understanding of the relative importance of milled dairy feed inputs on the GHG emissions of the outputs of the mill, which are themselves inputs to dairy milk production through the application of these developed methodology
Accomplishments:
Developed a survey instrument for the collection of input data for the life cycle impact analysis
Implemented a LCA on a single dairy feed milling facility located in Michigan
Hybrid approach of LCA analysis was adopted by employing SimaPro and other environmental impact assessment simulation tools such as open I/O and EIOLCA given the large set of inventory
Prepared 50+ page final LCA report
Study is currently under review for publication in a peer review journal and has been presented at various AICHE conferences
Michigan Technological University
Project: Review of Life Cycle Analysis Literature Related to Environmental Impacts of Dairy Production
Objectives:
1. To help focus primary data collection efforts on areas of the production chain (e.g. land use, water use, eutrophication etc.) that have the biggest impacts or have data with the most uncertainty
2. Inform decisions regarding the acceptable range of values for input parameters to model for probabilistic scenario analysis of the model predictions
Accomplishments:
The literature was thoroughly reviewed to obtain huge amount of inventory and other input data which were organized in excel for environmental impact assessment
SimaPro and Microsoft excel were adopted in implementing a high level LCA scan for modeling the following environmental impacts : land use intensity, water and eutrophication among others
Prepared 30+ page final LCA report
Data and conclusions generated for internal consumption of management served as a basis in meeting their long term goal of reducing GHG emissions to levels corresponding to 25% reduction by 2020
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Petroleum Warehousing & Supplies Ltd (Subsidiary of the Sahara Group of Companies), Tema, Ghana
Operations Supervisor Nov 2007-Aug 2008
Liaised with the surveyor and vessel captain on vessel arrival
Supervised product receipt into tanks from vessels
Supervised truck loading
Raised truck loading manifest and loading meter ticket
Ensured quality and quantity actualization
Ensured bulk stock is accounted for
Prepared daily, weekly and monthly stock report
Supervised all loading activities
Supervised laboratory analysis to ensure product quality
Prepared and issued product evacuation documents
Achievements:
Successfully collaborated with other engineers and technicians in running daily operations at the depot
Effectively sensitized workers on safety related issues at the depot resulting in 0% incident free operations during my tenure
Effectively prioritized and organized workloads in a dynamic environment on a daily / weekly basis to meet client needs
Organized and implemented efficient work flow system that resulted in significant cost savings
Effectively implemented the duties of the chief chemist when she took maternity leave relying heavily on my chemistry background to analyze finished products
Tema Oil Refinery Tema, Ghana
Trainee Process Engineer Aug 2006-Aug 2007
Received Training in basic unit operations in the following departments:
Crude Distillation Unit
Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking Unit
Waste Water and Treatment Unit
Movement of Oil and Product Unit
Achievements:
Successfully completed the one year training in downstream oil and gas unit processes
Effectively communicated with mentors (Department Heads, Supervisors, and Technicians) to execute basic unit operations and routine maintenances by providing timely feedback
Completed training in writing job safety assessment prior to any major maintenance work on the field
Successfully completed a one month intensive safety training program
INTERNSHIP EXPERIENCE
Horteng Limited Tema, Ghana
Applied Chemistry Intern: Lab Officer Jun-Aug 2005
Analysis of finished product (Ice cream)
Submission of daily operations reports
Testing of different waste products prior to disposal
Preparation of calibration charts and education of staff
Achievements:
Successfully completed training programs in various departments
Prepared daily, weekly and monthly stock reports
Effectively collaborated with production and supply department ensuring supply of finished products to vendors
PUBLICATIONS
Adom F., Maes. A., Workman. C., Nierderman. Z., Thoma. G. and Shonnard. D. (2011). Regional Carbon Footprint Analysis of Dairy Feed for Milk Production in the United States. International. Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, in print, February 22, 2012 – online DOI 10.1007/s11367-012-0386-y
Adom F., Workman C., Thoma. G. and Shonnard. D. (2012). Carbon Footprint of Dairy Feed from a Mill in Michigan, USA. International. Dairy Journal. (in revisions).
Adom F., Davis. J., Dunn. P., and Shonnard. D. (2012). Compositional Analysis of Defatted Syrup from a Corn Ethanol Dry Mill as a Feedstock for Bio-Based Products (Under preparation). Bioresource Technology.
Adom F., Dunn. P., Ruccins. S. and Shonnard. D. (2012). Optimization of Dilute Acid and Enzymatic Pretreatment of Defatted Corn Syrup (Under preparation). Biomass and Bioenergy.
Adom F., Dunn. P., Ruccins. S. and Shonnard. D. (2012). Optimization of Protein Hydrolysis Scheme of Defatted Corn Syrup for the production of fermentable polyaminoacids, Biomass and Bioenergy. (Under preparation).
Adom F., Rogers. T., and Shonnard. D. (2012). Techno-Economic Analysis & Life Cycle Assessment Studies for the Bioconversion of defatted corn syrup to value added products, Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research. (Under preparation).
Thoma G., Popp J., Nutter D., Shonnard D., Ulrich R., Matlock M., Kim D.S., Neiderman Z., Kemper N. East C. and Adom F., (current special issue, 2012), International. Dairy Journal., Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Milk Production and Consumption in the United States: A Cradle to Grave Life Cycle Assessment circa 2008, (in revisions).
RECENT PRESENTATIONS
Regional Carbon Footprint of Dairy Feed for Milk Production in the United States. 2011 Annual
AIChE Conference, October, 2011.
Carbon Footprint of Dairy Feed from a Mill in Michigan, USA 2011 Annual AIChE Conference, October, 2011.
Regional Carbon Footprint of Dairy Feed for Milk Production and a dairy feed mill in the United
States. 2010 Annual AIChE Conference, November, 2010.
The Potential of Industrial Waste Stream for the Production of Biofuels and Bioenergy in the
United States. 2010 Annual Sustainability Research Projects Session Conference (MTU), October,
2010.
REPORTS
Regional Carbon Footprint of Dairy Feed for Milk Production in the United States. 2011 Annual
Carbon Footprint of a Dairy Feed Mill Located in Michigan, USA. 2011 Annual
Review of Life Cycle Analysis Literature Related to Environmental Impacts of Dairy Production. 2010 Annual
Preliminary Characterization of Defatted Corn Syrup as a Potential Biomass Feedstock. 2009 Annual
Optimization of Dilute Acid and Enzymatic Pretreatment of Defatted Corn Syrup. 2010 Annual
Optimization of Protein Hydrolysis Scheme of Defatted Corn Syrup. 2012 Annual
COMPUTER AND TECHNICAL SKILLS
SimaPro
MathCAD
Visio Technique
Open Input Output modeling tool Unisim R400
Aspen Plus
ChemStation
Economic Input Output Lifecycle Assessment MS Excel Visual Basic
MS Office
Argonne GREET
modeling tool
LEADERSHIP AND PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Michigan Tech University
Member, Federation of Environmental Technologist (FET)
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE)
Member, National Society of Leadership and Success (NSLS)
Membership, National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE)
Academic Chair Excellence (01/12-12/2010), African Student Organization (ASO)
Associate Member, Royal Society of Chemistry
Appointed Scholar, Sustainable Futures Institute
FELLOWSHIPS, HONORS AND AWARDS:
Graduate Research Assistant, awarded from Working Bugs, LLC (2010-present)
Graduate Teaching Assistant, awarded from Dairy Management, Incorporated (2008-2009)
Appointed Graduate Scholar of Sustainable Futures Institute
Honoree: Awarded full financial aid to study a PhD at M.T.U
Honoree: Awarded the “Promising Leader Award” by Student Chemical Society
Honoree: “Academic Excellence Scholarship” to pursue science studies as a major in high school.
EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES:
Enjoy playing soccer, chess, scrabble, and travelling.
REFERENCES:
David Shonnard-Robbins Chair Professor in Sustainability (Ph.D. Advisor)
Director of Sustainable Futures Institute
Chemical Engineering
Chemical Sciences & Engineering Dept.
Michigan Technological University
Phone: 906-***-****
E-mail:********@***.***
Jason Keith-Professor of Chemical Engineering (Formal Instructor at Michigan Tech)
Director, and Earnerst W.Deavenport, Jr.Chair
Department of Chemical Engineering
Mississippi State University
Phone: (662) 326- 2480
E-mail: *****@***.*******.***
Tony N.Rogers, Ph.D.-Interim Chair, Chemical Engineering (Ph.D. Committee member)
Michigan Technological University (MTU)
1400 Townsend Drive, Chem-Sci 203
Houghton, MI 49931-1295
Phone: 906-***-****
Email: ********@***.***
King Kuuku Yankson-Deputy Depot Manager (Manager at Petroleum Warehouse & Supplies Ltd)
Sahara Bulk Storage-
Petroleum Warehouse Storage Limited (PWSL)
Gt. Accra, Tema, Ghana
Phone: (233-**-***-**** or (234)81-343-13490
E-mail: king *******@*****.**.**
Abraham Quayson-Manager-Movement of Oil and Product (Manager at Tema Oil Refinery)
Tema Oil Refinery
Post Office Box CO 599
Gt. Accra, Tema, Ghana
Phone: (233-**-***-****
E-mail:*********@*****.**.**
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