Kathleen
Objective: Full time position with a focus in Chemical Engineering or a related field.
Education: Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) Worcester, MA
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, May 2015, with honors. GPA 3.25
Minor in English, May 2015
Relevant Coursework:
Unit Operations of Chemical Engineering I &II
Chemical Engineering Design
Chemical Engineering Plant Design
Kinetics and Reactor Design
Mass Transfer
Fluids Mechanics
Heat Transfer
Advanced Chemical Processes
Applied Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
Elementary Chemical Processes
Project Experience:
Major Qualifying Project, Non-Alcoholic Beer Production, WPI, August 2014 – May 2015
• Developed a process to produce Non-Alcoholic Beer through independent and group research, design, and testing.
o Experimented with various zeolites as a method to remove ethanol from beer.
o Designed and experimented with a vessel to use various gasses to strip ethanol from beer.
• Operated Gas Chromatograph to test results of experiments.
• Wrote and presented a report regarding results.
Chemical Engineering Plant Design, WPI, October 2014 – December 2014
• Group Capstone project where a full chemical plant was designed based on preliminary specifications and available utilities. The design included: a Process Flow Diagram, a Piping and Instrumentation Diagram, a layout, a cost summary, vessel designs, and heat exchanger designs and was summarized in final report.
Unit Operations in Chemical Engineering, WPI, August 2014 – December 2014
• Hands on experience in a unit operations lab with the completion of six labs and associated reports, both written and oral. Equipment such as Packed Bed Reactors, Fluidized Bed Reactors, and Heat Exchangers were operated.
Interactive Qualifying Project, Education Program Evaluation, Melbourne, Australia, October 2013 – December 2013
• Participated in an in country immersion project to evaluate educational programs at a zoo. The team of four students independently designed the methods for the experiment, collected and analyzed data through numerous observations, surveys, and intervi...
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