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CITIZENSHIP
* United States of America
DEGREES HELD
* B.S. in Chemical Engineering - December 1965
Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, PE - Brazil
* M.E. in Chemical Engineering - February 1972
New York University - School of Engineering and Science, Bronx, NY - USA
* Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering - December 1980
University of Idaho, Moscow, ID - USA
LANGUAGES
* Reading ability: Portuguese, English, Spanish, and French
* Speaking and Writing: Portuguese, English, and Spanish
* Basic Conversation: Thai
COMPUTER SKILLS
* Operating Systems: Windows NT, 2000, XP
* Programming: C, HTML, JavaScript, PHP4, MySQL
* Office Applications: MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, MS Visio, Lotus Notes
* Process Simulators: PRO/II™ (SimSci), HYSYS (Hyprotech)
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS
* Process Specifications, Process Design Basis
* Process Simulations using PRO/II or HYSYS
* Process Flow Diagrams and Material Balances
* Equipment Data Sheets
* Equipment Sizing, including Sieve, Valve, and Packed Columns
* Line Sizing
* Piping and Instrumentation Diagrams (P&IDs)
* Control Schemes, Safety Interlocks
* Technology Transfer Manuals, Operating Manuals
* Initial Operations and Startup Assistance
JOB OBJECTIVE
* Senior Process Engineer position with engineering firm or engineering department of operating company, with responsibility for basic design, engineering, and startup of petrochemical plants, at home or abroad.
OTHER COURSES
* Hyprotech, Inc, December 1997, Houston, TX, USA
* Introduction to HYSYS Course
* ABB Lummus Global, Inc., July 1993, Bloomfield, NJ, USA:
* Lead Process Engineer Training Course
* LR Communication Systems, May 1993, Bloomfield, NJ, USA:
* Effective Written Communication
* ABB Lummus Crest, Inc., July 1991, Bloomfield, NJ, USA:
* Quality Education System (10 sessions)
* Simulation Sciences, Inc., September 29, 1983, Sao Paulo, Brazil
* PROCESS Simulation Program
* AIChE Continuing Education Courses, March 15-22, 1975, Houston, Texas, USA:
* On-line Process Measurements
* Automatic Process Control
* Computer Process Control
* Minicomputer Systems, Programming and Applications
* Microcomputer Systems, Programming and Applications
LIST OF PUBLICATIONS
* "Lime Kiln Energy Savings: Modeling, Simulation and Control"
AIChE Symposium Series, vol. 77, No. 207
* "Modeling, Simulation and Control of Energy-intensive Processes in the Pulp and Paper Industry"
Ph. D. Dissertation, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho, USA (1980)
* "Systems Approach to Design of Vapor Recompression Evaporator (VRE) Installations"
TAPPI Journal, June 1982
PAPERS PRESENTED
* "Lime Kiln Energy Savings: Modeling, Simulation and Control"
AIChE 89th National Meeting, Portland, Oregon, USA (August 1980)
* "Improved Lime Kiln Model Analyzes Performance of Alternate Fuels"
XIV Annual Meeting of ABCP (Brazilian Pulp and Paper Association), Sao Paulo, Brazil (November 1981)
* "Systems Approach to Design of (VRE) Installations"
TAPPI Engineering Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, USA (September 1981)
* "APLUS - An APL-based Flowsheet Simulator for the Pulp and Paper Industry"
AIChE National Meeting, Denver, Colorado (August 1983)
COURSES TAUGHT
IPT/CTCP
(Pulp and Paper Technology Center/Technology Research Institute), Sao Paulo, Brazil
* "Use of Advanced Control Blocks in GEMS (General Energy and Material Balance System) Simulation of Process Flowsheets", November 1981
* "Computer Simulation of Vapor Recompression Evaporator Systems", February 1982
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE
* ABB LUMMUS GLOBAL - Bloomfield, NJ - USA
January 1989 - Present
Position: Principal Process Engineer
Activities:
* Basic feasibility studies, proposals, technical audits, operating manuals, and basic process design for 25 projects in Ethylbenzene, Styrene Monomer, Polystyrene, Ethylene, and Butadiene Extraction technologies.
* Provided startup assistance in 6 startups (3 Ethylbenzene and 3 Ethylbenzene/Styrene plants) and one plant turnaround in China, USA, Czech Republic, S. Korea, Germany, Thailand, and Canada.
* SETAL ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUCOES S.A.
Sao Paulo, Brazil (ABB Lummus Affiliate)
September 1988 - January 1989
Position: Senior Process Engineer
Activities:
* CBE Styrene Plant Revamp
Computer simulation of the Fluxoil Absorption/Stripping Section
* Participant in the 1988 Process Engineering Training Program at the Lummus Technology Center in Bloomfield, NJ, USA
* PROMON ENGENHARIA S.A. - Sao Paulo, Brazil
July 1987 - July 1988
Position: Head of Process Department
Activities:
* Responsible for all process engineering work at Sao Paulo office.
* Supervision of process engineering for REPLAN Refinery FCC Unit.
* ASPEN simulation of a Methylacrylate Recovery Unit for Ciquine Plasbate Plant.
* Process analysis of a 40 MTD octanol-from-ethanol plant for energy-saving alternative schemes using PROCESSTM.
* Preliminary process design of an acetaldehyde reactor system using thermal fluid as heating medium.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
* ITAU S.A. PLANEJAMENTO E ENGENHARIA – Sao Paulo, Brazil
September 1982 - June 1987
Position: Senior Process Engineer
Activities:
* Basic process control engineering of a microcomputer-based supervisory system for a three 12-story building complex, including hydraulic, HVAC and power-demand control.
* Process engineering for a 700 MTD Sulfuric Acid plant. Revision of plant process design. Complete process engineering for steam system, including cogeneration.
* Process and instrumentation engineering of a building supervision system for Banco Central, Belem, Brazil.
* PROMON ENGENHARIA S.A. - Sao Paulo, Brazil
October 1980 - August 1982
Position: Senior Process Engineer
Activities:
* Computer simulation of an alumina plant using GEMS. Development of special software blocks required.
* Revamping of a blast furnace gas distribution system for COSIPA steel mill 4.2 million MTA Expansion Plan.
* Supervising process engineering for ALUNORTE 800,000 MTA Alumina Plant at Ponta Grossa, Para, Brazil.
* UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO - Moscow, Idaho, USA
Department of Chemical Engineering
August 1978 - September 1980
Position: Graduate Assistant
Activities:
* Graduate study toward the degree of Ph.D. in Chemical Engineering.
* Dissertation:
* "Modeling, Simulation, and Control of Energy intensive Processes in the Pulp and Paper Industry"
* Degree conferred:
* Ph. D. in Ch. E. on December 15, 1980
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
* PROMON ENGENHARIA S.A. - Sao Paulo, Brazil
February 1976 - August 1978
Position: Senior Process Engineer
Activities:
* Basic process design for Industrial Malvina 480 MTD Sugar Plant. Responsible for P&ID development for utilities and offsite.
* P&ID development for Emergency Water Supply System of IEA-R1 8 MW Nuclear Reactor (Instituto de Energia Atomica, Sao Paulo, Brazil).
* Basic process specification as part of bid package for a Coke Gas Recovery Unit (COSIPA - Companhia Siderurgica Paulista, Cubatao, Brazil.
* August to November 1977, Rueil-Malmaison, France: Follow up of basic process design by TECHNIP for a 480,000 MTA Ethylene and Gasoline Hydrogenation Units.
* January to August 1978: Process Supervisor for Ethylene and Gasoline Hydrogenation Units; detail engineering. Utilities distribution and process P&ID updating (COPESUL, Triunfo, Brazil).
* TECHINT COMPANHIA TECNICA INTERNACIONAL
Sao Paulo, Brazil
January 1975 - February 1976
Position: Senior Instrument Engineer
(Head of Instrument Group)
Activities:
* Supervising all instrumentation project work.
* Responsible for the instrumentation project of CENIBRA Pulp Plant Evaporation, Causticizing and Lime Kiln areas.
* Responsible for instrumentation project of PETROBRAS Naphtha Fractionation Unit, Paulinia, Brazil, starting from basic process design; P&ID development, instrument specification, control panel design, hook-up diagrams.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
* SETAL ENGENHARIA E CONSTRUCOES S.A.
Sao Paulo, Brazil (Lummus subsidiary)
September 1973 - December 1974
Position: Senior Instrument Engineer
Activities:
* Responsible for instrumentation work in the Isocianatos do Brasil TDI Plant Project. Specification of panel and field-mounted instruments. P&ID development for utilities and offsite facilities. Bid analysis. Process and signal hook-up diagrams. Process analyzers.
* TECHINT COMPANHIA TECNICA INTERNACIONAL
Sao Paulo, Brazil
June 1973 - August 1973
Position: Instrument Engineer
Activities:
* Heading the Instrument Engineering Section of the Mechanical Department.
* Supervising instrumentation project work of PETROBRAS 20 MMGPD Water Treatment Plant in Bahia.
* Responsible for all instrumentation project and design work, bidding and man-hour estimates for instrumentation.
* ENGEMATIC - ENGENHARIA DE AUTOMACAO INDUSTRIAL LIMITADA
Sao Paulo, Brazil
August 1972 - May 1973
Position: Instrument Engineer
Activities:
* Instrumentation and control systems engineering. Specifying primary elements, controllers, analog computers, actuators and final control elements in pneumatic, electronic and hybrid system.
* Preparing detailed proposals for the supplying of instrumentation to chemical and petrochemical process industries.
OCCUPATIONAL EXPERIENCE (continued)
* NEW YORK UNIVERSITY - School of Engineering & Science
Bronx, NY, USA
September 1970 - February 1972
Position: Graduate Assistant
Activities:
* Graduate study toward the degree of Master of Engineering in Chemical Engineering.
* Degree conferred:
* M. E. in Ch. E. on February 14, 1972
* ULTRAFERTIL S.A. - Ind. e Com. de Fertilizantes
Piacaguera, Brazil
July 1969 - May 1970
Fertilizer Complex: Ammonia, Sulphuric Acid, Phosphoric Acid, Nitric Acid, DAP and Ammonium Nitrate Plants. Dock Facilities and Utilities.
Position: Process Engineer
Activities:
* Instructor in the Operators' Training Course on Process Fundamentals (Wet Process Manufacture of Phosphoric Acid)
* Process engineering work on ship unloading system, pilot gas system, pressure drop measuring for primary reformer catalyst tubes, naphtha totalizing with turbine meter, proving system.
* COPERBO - CIA. PERNAMBUCANA DE BORRACHA SINTETICA
Cabo, PE, Brazil
January 1964 - September 1968
Synthetic Rubber Plant (Polybutadiene from Ethanol)
Position: Trainee to Plant Engineer
Activities:
* Supervising installation of equipment, piping, and instrumentation in the Butadiene Unit, in collaboration with The Lummus Company advisor.
* Process engineering work in resizing equipment, piping and instrumentation due to extensive revision to the butadiene refining system.
* Shift engineer, supervising operation of the Butadiene Unit.
* Plant engineer, supervising operation of the Butadiene, Polybutadiene, and Utilities units.
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