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Kade Esquivel

Summary

Results-driven professional with a proven track record of achieving high-impact outcomes in chemical engineering. Expertise in problem-solving, critical thinking, and effective communication enhances team collaboration and adaptability. Strong analytical skills and innovative solutions consistently drive project success.

Overview

1
1
year of professional experience

Work History

Intern

Occidental Chemical
07.2024 - 08.2024
  • Supported staff members in their daily tasks, reducing workload burden and allowing for increased focus on higher-priority assignments.
  • Gained valuable experience working within a specific industry, applying learned concepts directly into relevant work situations on steam jets to evaluate and discover a more efficient way to run the vacuum system in the primary evaporator. This led to approximately 20 Million in water savings per year.
  • Sorted and organized files, spreadsheets, and reports.
  • Gained hands-on experience in various software programs, increasing proficiency and expanding technical skill set such as completing a CSFI loop on the intercondensor condensate temperature setpoint that sent electrical feedback to a control valve controlling the high-pressure service water flow to the bottom half of the intercondensor.
  • Analyzed problems and worked with teams to develop solutions to the removal of water from brine to separate calcium chloride to create a concentrated product.
  • Contributed to a positive team environment by collaborating with fellow interns on group projects and presentations.

Intern

Louisiana Sugar Refinery
07.2023 - 09.2023
  • Analyzed P&IDs to align with in-plant processes for ongoing projects.
  • Gathered data for competitive installation quotes for new valve procurement.
  • Developed design and cost estimate for water tank installation, calculating steam usage.
  • Assisted LSR engineers with daily operations and specialized project called Mobile Melter which involved enhancing sugar water production by evaluating high temperature water and sugar to create sugar water at a certain brix along with brine recycle filtration through a membrane.

Education

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

Louisiana Tech University
Ruston, LA
05.2025

Skills

  • Teamwork and collaboration
  • Adaptability and learning
  • Analytical problem-solving
  • Research and data analysis
  • Thermodynamics and process control
  • Separation processes
  • Mass and energy balances

Timeline

Intern

Occidental Chemical
07.2024 - 08.2024

Intern

Louisiana Sugar Refinery
07.2023 - 09.2023

Bachelor of Science - Chemical Engineering

Louisiana Tech University

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