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Fereshteh Rahnama

Senior Process Engineer
Los Gatos,CA

Summary

Fereshteh Rahnama has over 15 years of experiences, achievement and increasing responsibility in chemical engineering and researching. She has Worked collaboratively with diverse departments within administration, manufacturing, engineering, and construction sites. She has worked on a range of assignments including process debottleneck studies / designs, process feasibility studies, PHA review, and process safety analysis. She is proficient with process simulation, equipment design software and piping models including HYSYS, Aspen Hysys, Unisim, PRO II, ProMax, CHEMCAD, HTRI, iPRISIM, Navis model, Revit and Pipe-Flo. Goal-oriented professional with experience in settings. Forward-thinking when reviewing project requirements to determine precise solutions. Composed professional when working under tight schedules and limited budgets to achieve innovative designs meeting and exceeding objectives. Seasoned Senior Process Engineer with significant experience in the design, optimization, and improvement of production processes. Possess strong skills in analyzing process workflows, implementing process improvements to enhance productivity and efficiency, and troubleshooting equipment issues. Previous work has consistently resulted in improved operational efficiency and reduced downtime.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Senior Process Engineer

Verdagy
Moss Landing, USA
01.2022 - Current
  • PFD, P&ID development
  • Provided spec sheet for pump, compressor, dryers, filters, and storage tank to reach out the manufacturer to get quote
  • Technical bid evaluation to select the best option to meet our requirements
  • Hydraulic calculation by using Navis model to validate the pump capacity, size the control valves, line sizing, recommending the better equipment lay out
  • Reviewing all applicable scenarios to size the API and non-API PSVs/ PRDs
  • Sizing hydrogen and oxygen stack with API521, AIGA067_10, G-5 5
  • Attended in Hazop meetings for 20MW project to PHA review with client for problem solving and recommendations the design for 20MW project
  • Scaled up 20MW project to 60MW and 200MW projects
  • Coordinated with three vendors to find out the best design for DM water package including filtration, RO, and EDI systems
  • Thermowell insertion length sizing
  • Reviewed pipe/ valve material to be according to the pipe spec
  • Generated Process lists including line list/ Tie point list/ Equipment list
  • Find out the compatible materials for our utilities and H2 gas purification (includes Quench column, compressor, Chiller/ cooler and dryer & regeneration) to reduce cost
  • Cooling water network sizing to verify CWS pump head to the CW network

Senior Process Engineer

DPS Group Global
Albany, USA
01.2020 - 01.2022
  • P&ID development
  • Reviewed standard codes for Hydrogen including NFPA, CG5-5 and API
  • Designed CDA package and distribution including all filters, KO drums, regulators and PSVs
  • Coordinated with vendors and other departments to figure out the best lay out for compressor room
  • Provided spec sheet for compressor, dryers, filters, and storage tank
  • Reviewed all applicable scenarios to size the API PSVs with DPS’s spreadsheets
  • PHA review with client and updating the PIDs based on Hazop recommendation to change the materials and installing new PSVs
  • Coordinated with Piping department to model the distributions by Revit
  • Senior process engineer in semiconductor project – CDA section
  • Client: SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Albany, NY
  • Responsibilities as following: Verify the capacity of existing compressor to recommend using it for the new plant as well to reduce cost for buying a new compressor station
  • P&ID development based on the line sizing
  • Provided utility consumption list
  • Senior process engineer in Tank farm realignment, loading station, Silane handling and transferring projects
  • Client: Momentive, Bethelehm, NY
  • Responsibilities as following: PHA review with client in Hazop meeting to review the whole chemical plant
  • Reviewed the compatible materials for re-using the existing tanks for our service
  • Reviewed all applicable scenarios to size the API PSVs
  • Line sizing based on the pipe spec to find the proper size with acceptable velocity
  • Pump sizing
  • Provided spec sheet for centrifugal pump, air pumps, sump pumps
  • Coordinated with Piping department to model the plant by Revit
  • Visited the plant weekly during construction and start-up phase for troubleshooting
  • Provided process lists (line list, tie point list, equipment list)
  • Generated Process Data Sheet and Specification sheet
  • Coordinated with Procurement department for technical bid evaluation to select the best offer for our equipment

Process Engineer

Worley (former Jacobs)
Baton Rouge, USA
01.2018 - 01.2020
  • Generated all deliverable process drawings like BFDs, PFD, and P&IDs
  • Hydraulic calculation with the company’s spreadsheet and Isometrics drawings
  • Heat exchanger sizing with HTRI
  • Provided Process data sheets and Instrument Data sheets
  • Worked with Fathom model to model the network and estimated the pressure drop
  • PSV sizing with the company’s spreadsheet to analysis scenarios
  • PSV sizing by Hysys to find out the relief capacity of the column
  • Provided Process lists like line list and equipment list
  • Analysed PI data to obtained from the plant to evaluate the capability of the exiting Shell refinery to install new Coker Unit
  • PSV calculation with iPRSM for P66 and Exxon projects

Process Engineer

Nargan
Tehran, Iran
01.2008 - 01.2016
  • EPC Project 136 kt/Y of ESBR PLANT In SADAF, IRAN
  • EPC Project 200 kt/Y ABS Plant and 60 kt/Y of LCBR/SB/SBS in Rubber Plant, IRAN
  • Basic & Detail design of EPC LLDPE Plant revamping from 50 Kt/Y to 75 Kt/Y, in cooperation with Technip, Italy
  • Responsibilities as following: BFDs, PFD, and P&IDs developments
  • P&ID development for Ammonia refrigeration package
  • P&ID development for Cooling tower package
  • P&ID development for Thermal oxidiser and scrubbers
  • Detailed thermal of heat exchangers (by HTRI)
  • Process equipment sizing (pump, separator, vessel, etc.)
  • PSV load calculation
  • Technical Bid Evaluation of Vendor data
  • Pipeline hydraulic calculation & simulation
  • Control vale sizing with based on fisher handbook
  • Participating in process safety management, including HAZOP studies and closeout activities

Lab Researcher

Tarbiat Modares University
01.2009 - 01.2011
  • Lab Researcher to produce biopolymer Polyhydroxy Butyrate in both vertical and horizontal bioreactors
  • Cultivated microorganisms and set up the bioreactors to growth them
  • Analysed the results from GC

Education

MBA - Master of Business Administration

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign
Champaign, IL
01.2022

M.S. - Chemical Engineering-Biotechnology

Tarbiat Modarres
01.2011

B.S. - Chemical Engineering-Petroleum

Amir Kabir University
01.2007

Skills

  • Cost reduction
  • Equipment Design
  • P&ID Development
  • Process safety management
  • Chemical process development
  • Data analysis
  • Process optimization
  • Planning and Scheduling
  • Team collaboration
  • Problem identification
  • Troubleshooting
  • Root-cause analysis
  • Risk assessment
  • Material handling

Certification

  • Lean Six Sigma – Green Belt
  • Pipe Flow

Publications

PHB production by Methylocystis hirsute from natural gas in a bubble column and a vertical loop bioreactor, Biochemical Engineering, ISI Article

Accomplishments

  • Ranked among top 2% & 1% in university entrance exams undergraduate and graduate levels respectively and got full fund scholarship for both Bachelor and master’s degrees.

Languages

English
Professional
Farsi
Native/ Bilingual

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

Senior Process Engineer

Verdagy
01.2022 - Current

Senior Process Engineer

DPS Group Global
01.2020 - 01.2022

Process Engineer

Worley (former Jacobs)
01.2018 - 01.2020

Lab Researcher

Tarbiat Modares University
01.2009 - 01.2011

Process Engineer

Nargan
01.2008 - 01.2016

MBA - Master of Business Administration

University of Illinois At Urbana-Champaign

M.S. - Chemical Engineering-Biotechnology

Tarbiat Modarres

B.S. - Chemical Engineering-Petroleum

Amir Kabir University
Fereshteh RahnamaSenior Process Engineer