Chemical Process Engineering and Development Expert

Expertise

• Chemical process engineering for petrochemical, pharmaceutical, agricultural, and chemical industries.
• Development and commercialization of new, improved, and/or retrofitted chemical manufacturing processes.
• Process design, engineering, and startup of commercial chemical plants.
• Process design and engineering of commercial chemical plants.
• Design and process engineering of commercial chemical plants; and startup of newly constructed plants.
• Upgrade and expansion of phenol and acetone plants.
• Technology development for commercialization of new ethylbenzene and cumene processes based on reactive distillation technology.
• International Project Manager for Arop Polyo process in the Far East.
• Process development for new chemical processes (phenol, maleic anhydride, ethylene oxide, styrene, and propionic acid) and organic chemicals plants, (pesticides, formaldehyde).

Experience

Undisclosed Company, Present

Projects

Sun Phenol Facility,Frankford, PA

• Process Manager for a phenol and acetone plant facility; upgrade and expansion of Technology Development
• Director for the commercialization of new ethylbenzene and cumene processes.

Chemical Research and Licensing Company Inc.

• Start up in reactive distillation technology for two ethylbenzene units, one in Japan and another in Argentina.

Arco Polyol

• Project Manager for process, overseeing their international site in the Far East.

Lummus Crest

• Process Development Manager for new chemical processes; phenol, maleic anhydride, ethylene oxide, styrene, and propionic acid, and Process Manager for organic chemicals plants, pesticides and formaldehyde.

Ingersoll-Rand

• Research and Development Group Leader of reverse osmosis and rotating equipment for research and development projects.

New York University

• Adjunct Professor of Chemical Engineering on site at Cooper Union, and Manhattan College.

Other Projects

• Chief Engineer for process activities in the agricultural chemicals area (pesticides).
• Senior Process Design Engineer for the design of various fine chemicals, pharmaceutical, and petrochemical plants.
• Staff Engineer for operation of pilot plant and troubleshooting of petrochemical, organic, and for processing plants.

Honors & Publications

Credentials

• Registered Professional Engineer - New Jersey

Publications and Patents

• Author of many technical papers and inventor of a number of patents.

Education

• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, Taipei Institute of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
• Ph.D. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
• M.S. Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI