Dedicated Chemical Engineer with excellent academic background eager to contribute talents toward supporting a dynamic company in achieving defined goals and objectives.

 

 

         Outstanding analytical, problem solving, critical thinking, documentation, and organizational skills.

         Solid experience with air and water quality control, waste water treatment operations, and power plant facility operations.  

         Proactively evaluate existing processes and procedures to identify areas of weakness and rapidly implement diverse solutions and controls that accelerate productivity, eliminate redundancy, fortify quality assurance, and minimize expenses.

         Well-developed troubleshooting, interpersonal and presentation skills.

         Consistently demonstrate a collaborative, team player work ethic; enjoy motivating others and working cooperatively toward a common goal.  

         Proficiency in goal setting and attainment, workload planning, and time management. 

         Industrious self-starter; set goals and develop aggressive action plans for attainment. 

         Excellent communication skills including fluency in English and Arabic and intermediate skills in French.

 

 

NC Public Water Supply Section, Raleigh, NC, 2008 to Present  

Engineer

         Contribute exemplary engineering, technical, and analytical expertise toward enforcing strict compliance with drinking water rules and regulations, supporting water system operators and owners, and maintaining Public Water Supply Section website.

         Enhanced departmental productivity and minimized expenses by devising and implementing new communication system.

         Provide critical technical assistance to regional engineers on treatment options and significantly reduced violations and penalties issued to water systems.

 

SCS Engineers, Asheville, NC, 2008

Engineer Consultant      

• Leveraged sound knowledge of air permit rules and regulations to review air permit applications and accompanying documents, guide landfill owners and industries in potential landfill-to-energy projects, and perform modeling and analysis of potential landfill gas emissions.
• Facilitated and maintained cohesive and collaborative efforts among several engineers.

 

ORISE, West Point, NY, 2006 to 2007

Engineer

• Tracked, calculated and evaluated NOx (oxides of nitrogen) and SOx (sulfur oxides) emitted from West Point power plant to ensure adherence to state requirements, and submitted quarterly reports of findings to State of New York.
• Supervised West Point Military Academy waste water treatment plant including major upgrade to accommodate total process control.

 

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Professional Experience continued

 

• Conducted innovative pilot study to simulate waste water treatment process and continuously explored methods of improving plant performance.
• Scrutinized and swiftly resolved broad-scope technical problems associated with waste water treatment plant.

 

Ali Baba, Asheville, NC, 2007 to 2008; and 2005 to 2006

Owner and Manager

• Established, launched and managed daily restaurant operations inclusive of planning, budgeting, staffing, marketing, quality control, safety compliance, menu development and P&L.
• Championed efforts to successfully double sales growth and boost profit by providing exceptional levels of customer service and food quality.
• Critiqued and recognized by local newspapers as among best restaurants in town.

 

University of Delaware, Newark, 2004

Research Assistant

• Applied sharp attention to detail toward effectively conducting micro and bulk rheology techniques on PEG-Heparin Hydrogels for tissue engineering and wound healing applications.
• Resourcefully facilitated Lab View Control Programming for Laser Tweezers applications.

 

University of Colorado, Boulder, 2001

Research Assistant    

• Proficiently performed research functions with a focus on Ferroelectric Liquid Crystals (FLC).

 

 

Master of Science in Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware, Newark, 2005

 

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, 2003

• Summa Cum Laude (GPA: 3.8)

 

F.E. Fundamentals of Engineering Certificate (EIT)

 

 

Recipient of Sidney F. Mauney Scholarship

Achieved Dean s List every semester

 

 

Operating Systems: Apple, Windows XP, UNIX, Linux

Software Packages: MATHCAD, AutoCAD, SCION Imaging, FLUENT, EGOR, MicroCal Origin, Aspen Plus, LabView, Maple V, MATLAB, Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, Access, Word, PowerPoint), Iconics, Adobe Dreamweaver, Visual Basic

Languages: IDL, C++, C, HTML, Visual Basic

 

 

Member, AIChE (American Institute of Chemical Engineers)