SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Chemical process design, integration, and optimization
• Process safety and risk analysis, system reliability improvement
• Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Analytical engineering problem solving
Ming Chen
309 Redmond Dr. Apt.106 573-239-1121
College Station, TX 77840 mcnm8[at]neo.tamu.edu
OBJECTIVE
Seeking a position requiring detailed chemical engineering design and analytical optimization skills, available from May 2010.
EDUCATION
Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas August 2010
M.E. in Industrial & Systems Engineering; GPA: 3.63
University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri December 2008
M.S. in Biological Science; GPA: 3.52
China Pharmaceutical University, Nanjing, China July 2004
B.E. Bioengineering/minor in Chemical Engineering; GPA: 3.7
SUMMARY OF QUALIFICATIONS
• Chemical process design, integration, and optimization
• Process safety and risk analysis, system reliability improvement
• Six Sigma, Lean Manufacturing, Analytical engineering problem solving
RELEVANT PROJECTS
Process Integration and Systems Optimization Group
Dept. of Chem. Eng., Texas A&M University January 2010—Present
• Conceptual design of bio refinery process to convert sorghum for ethanol production: completing process design, integration and optimization; economic analysis, report and presentation.
• Optimizing chemical process for productivity enhancing and energy conservation, using systemic methodologies and sustainable strategies to identify optimum.
Celanese Plant Design Competition (First Place Member) August—December 2009
• Vinyl Acetate Plant Expansion: produced detailed conceptual design for a 300kTa vinyl acetate unit using vapor phase ethylene technology.
• Developed PFD, P&IDs, performed heat and material balance analysis, sizing equipments including reactors, vessels, towers, heater exchangers, and pumps.
• Developed process simulation models, conducted advanced controls & process optimization using Aspen plus, performed safety and economic analysis, report and presentation.
Systemic Hazard Analysis of Phenol-Formaldehyde Reaction System Fall 2009
• Performed thorough process study to identify hazards, PHA, cause root analysis, HAZOP analysis
• Performed a case study, worst case relief scenario identification.
• Performed relief system sizing, provided advice for reducing risks and what if analysis.
Linear Optimization to Maximize the Net Profit of Moxley Furniture Corporation Summer 2009
• Mathematically modeled the operation research problem using linear programming
• Solved it using AMPL/CPLEX; generated the optimal raw material acquiring plan, production plan, and product marketing plan; Performed sensitivity analysis
Modeling the Manufacturing System of Steel Plant Spring 2009
• Used Petri Nets to model the process for manufacturing electrical motor’s stators and rotors.
• Simulated and analyzed the manufacturing process using Matlab’s Petri nets Toolbox.
• Modeled, simulated, and analyzed the unconstrained pull production strategy and Kanban system
• Applied PLC (programmable logic controller) for the manufacturing system.
RELEVANT CORE COURSES
• Chemical Plant Design, Probability for Engineering Decisions, Systems Safety Engineering, Quantitative Risk Analysis, Control Issues in Flexible Manufacturing Systems
WORK EXPERIENCE
Dept. of Soil & Crop Sciences, Texas A&M University January—August 2009
Student Worker
• Field work: Tractor operation and maintenance, pipeline layout and field irrigation, corn breeding experiments design and associated labor work.
University of Missouri, Columbia, MO August 2006—December 2008
Graduate Research Assistant
• Master’s thesis: Biochemical lab research, developed a sophisticated tool for studying gene functions
CPU Pharm. Co., LTD. Nanjing, China June—August 2003
Intern, Chemical Process & Fermentation Group
• Assisted the set-up and operation of batch reactors, performed regular checking and maintenance.
• Operated the extraction equipment in the reactor Systems
• Kept hoses, pumps and vessels clean in between process batches, recorded parameters and reported to supervisor on a daily basis.
COMPUTER SKILLS
• Chemical Process Simulation: Aspen Plus, BR&E ProMax, Aspen Icarus
• Software Packages: Arena, Lingo, [at]Risk, Microsoft Office, Visio
• Programming Languages: MatLab, VBA, basic knowledge of Java and C
• Database Application: SQL, Access
• Statistical Analysis: SAS, SPSS, R
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