Chemical Engineering Guy(s)

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S1E05 - Daniel Vosburg a Process Automation Engineer for the Pharmaceutical Industry Nov 27, 2020

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Daniel Vosburg is a young Chemical Engineer which has been focusing towards automation, control, programming and much more into the "techie" side of ChemE.

He studied in Northeastern University and got right away into programming in his Co-Ops. Working as a Process Engineer in New England Controls, a company into Biotech. Then, continued with his second co-op at Continuus Pharmaceutical, exploring much more the automation area.

He continued right away to his master degree in chemical engineering.

Afterwards, he got his very first job in Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which is no doubt one of the largest Pharma Companies in the Boston Area.

There, Daniel has worked in PLC Construction & Implementation, Human Machine Interfaces, and much more!

In his free time, Daniel relaxes with Art and Writing!

Full Blog Post & Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/daniel-vosburg-a-process-automation-engineer-for-the-pharmaceutical-industry

S1E04 - Ivana Lukec a Process Design, Optimization and Simulation Consultant Entrepreneur Nov 20, 2020

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Ivana is a Ph. Doctor in Chemical Engineering. She has been working in the industry since almost 15 years already. She specializes in operation control, optimization, process design and simulation. Ivana is currently working in many projects, one of which is SimulateLive which is one portal or blog for Chemical Engineers. It has plenty of resources. Besides that, she works in an European Comission for Evaluation of Projects as well as organizing Symposiums and Conferences for the Croatian Society for Fuels and Lubricants. You can contact her at ivana.lukec@simulatelive.com

Check out the full blog post and notes here:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/ivana-lukec-a-process-design-optimization-and-simulation-consultant-entrepreneur/

S1E03 - Victor Awad a Consultant Engineer for the Food and Beverage Industry Nov 19, 2020

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Victor Awad has maybe the "dream job" of many! He is currently working in process design for a Consulting Engineering Firm. He gets to see most of the Engineering Design & Operation Steps!

He gets to interact with the client, with the operatos, with the current "status quo" for existing processes but in the other hand, he gets to design and commission new plants.

Victor has been aiming to work in the same "consulting engineering" line since he got out from University.

We talked about Oil & Gas and other small things too!

In the distant future, he sees himself working as a teacher in order to help others.

Check out the full blog post and notes here:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/victor-awad-consultant-engineer-for-the-food-and-beverage-industry

S1E02 - Bruno Ferreira a BASF Trainee Working as Process Engineer Nov 18, 2020

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I really enjoyed this one! I sat with Bruno Ferreira which is a young engineer working currently as a Process Engineer at BASF in Brazil. He is currently in a rotation Trainee, meaning that he gets to go and work in multiple plants such as acrylic acid plant, the monomer plant and finally the polymerization plant as well as the final manufacturing of the Diaper Materials.

His first contact with the industry was at BRASKEM which is one of the largest Oil & Gas companies in South America. Bruno worked first as a Process and Plant Intern, then got a job at Paranapanema in a smaller process recovering Sulfur as Sulfuric Acid from Cupper Mining.

He also talked on how to switch from Industries & Companies with the support of Networking and LinkedIn!

It was great to share some stories from Mexican and Brazilian Engineering, as they are pretty similar in many aspects.

I really think he is living the Chemical Engineering Dream:

Working in a Process or Plant Engineering Role
Working in the Largest and most important Chemical Company: BASF

Check out the full blog post and notes here:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/bruno-ferreira-a-basf-trainee-working-as-process-engineer-and-plant-manager

S1E01- Daniel Garza an Industrial & Craft Beer Brewer Nov 14, 2020

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This time we sat with Chemical Engineer Daniel Garza, currently working in one of the largest brewing groups in the world. He is currently working as a Process, Production and Planning Engineer.

We talked about lots of thing since we both graduated from an IBO High School in Monterrey, Mexico. Actually, we both selected Chemical Engineering as our Bachelor but in different universities.

He is a UANL - FCQ (Chemical Sciences Faculty) graduate.

We covered lots of topics, from brewing beer, being a recent graduate, landing internships and what it feels to work in a "dream job" such as in the Beer Industry. He also let us know about his side projects like home-brewing.

Check out the full blog post and notes here:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/daniel-garza-an-industrial-craft-beer-brewer-podcast-episode