Research engineer currently supporting the process development of coffee based beverages. Seeking a challenging Chemical Engineering position. Fluent in Spanish.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
- Design of Experiments (DOE)
- Engineering Technical Transfer Documentation
- Solubility and Dissolution Testing
- Bench top and pilot plant experiments
- Collaborate with multifunctional team.
- Direct/Indirect Heat Processing
EXPERIENCE
PepsiCo, Valhalla, NY 02/13-Present
R&D Commercialization Engineering, Contract Engineer
Developed product and process innovations across multiple technology platforms as part of a PepsiCo’s commercialization engineering team.
- Executed experiments to validate the effects of thermal processing on flavor profile, product stability, and technical feasibility.
- Assisted senior engineers in delivering innovation for the North American Coffee Partnership.
- Designed and executed pilot plant experiments to provide technical insight and processing optimization for the Starbucks Commercialization team.
- Presented key learning’s to technical team and collaborated with senior engineers and product developers to implement recommendations.
- Created technical transfer documents to provide manufacturing specifications for aseptic processing.
- Established relationships with global equipment vendors for process development consultations.
- Developed design of experiments to establish hydration and dissolution parameters for several ingredient systems that could be utilized to scale-up from bench to commercial scale.
The Procter & Gamble Company, West Chester, OH 01/12 - 11/12
Engineering Researcher, Corporate Engineering Technical Lab, Complex Fluids Microstructure Group
- Primary experimentalist for deposition technology development for Fabric, Skin, and Hair Care customers
- Performed in situ micromanipulation measurement of emulsion droplet adhesion to hair and fabric samples
- Developed new material prototypes with active ingredients and tested physicochemical effects on deposition
- Collaborated with process development in the production of small scale volumes of prototype colloids
Kretzschmar Lab, City College, New York, NY 09/10 - 12/11
Research Fellow, Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM)
Independent research on “Compression and Expansion of Janus Particle Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface.”
- Used a Langmuir Trough at water-air interfaces.
- Made quantitative analysis on the behavior of the Janus particles upon compression and expansion.
Presented seminar to faculty and graduate students at City College
Reproduced study done on Polystyrene particles
Lee Lab, University of Chicago Research Experience for Undergraduates, Chicago, IL 07/11 - 08/11
Research Assistant, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center (MRSEC) 06/10 - 08/10
- Assisted in research on “Compression and Expansion of Polystyrene Monolayers at the Air/Water Interface.”
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