Overview
Work History
Education
Skills
Conference Participation
Volunteer Community Service
Grants Awards Recognitions
Publications
Languages
Timeline
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Victoria Valentina Beltrán Hurtado

Pittsburgh,PA

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Research Analyst

GASURE Research Group
03.2023 - 08.2023
  • Research in technology surveillance projects within the natural gas sector in Colombia.

Student Laboratory Assistant

Industrial Chemical Processes research group
05.2022 - 08.2023
  • Managed the operation of a functional prototype for continuous hydrothermal liquefaction of microalgae.
  • Conducted literature reviews to stay abreast of relevant developments and advancements.
  • Performed comprehensive characterization of biocrude samples, adhering to ASTM standards.

Student Laboratory Assistant

Industrial Chemical Processes research group
03.2021 - 03.2022
  • Assisted both Master's and Ph.D. students in their research endeavors, specifically contributing to gasification reaction studies.

Student Laboratory Assistant

Industrial Chemical Processes research group
02.2020 - 08.2020
  • Facilitated research initiatives focused on resin production from noncommercial vegetable oils.
  • Utilized standard methods, including Iodine number, acid number, and saponification index, for the comprehensive characterization of resin samples.

Education

Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering

Swanson School of Engineering-Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
2028

Bachelor's - Chemical Engineering

Universidad de Antioquia
03.2023

Skills

  • Laboratory work
  • Experiment design
  • Process simulation software (ASPEN plus, ANSYS Fluent, Inventor)
  • Technical writing
  • Critical thinking
  • Literature review
  • Responsibility
  • Teamwork

Conference Participation

  • Speaker at the International Congress of Agroindustrial Engineering with the project: Valorization of banana residues through gasification (2021).
  • Attendee at the 30th Colombian Congress of Chemical Engineering (2020).
  • Attendee at the National Meeting of Chemical Engineering Students (ENEIQ) (2020).
  • Attendee at the Fifth Symposium on Chemical Engineering of Universidad de Antioquia.

Volunteer Community Service

  • Volunteer laboratory assistant, Industrial Chemical Processes research group, 03/2019- 02/2020, Medellín, Colombia
  • Community service as a flamenco dancer, 2018-2022.

Grants Awards Recognitions

  • Best undergraduate research thesis in the School of Engineering-Universidad de Antioquia 2023.
  • The development of a functional prototype of a continuous hydrothermal liquefaction system. Certified by the Office for the Transfer of Research Results (OTRI) of Universidad de Antioquia, accredited by resolution 0172 in 2022 of the Ministry of Science and Technology, Minciencias in Colombia.
  • Winner of the "Advanced Thermodynamics Olympiads" in Latin America-2022.
  • Best Advanced Student in the Chemical Engineering academic program of Universidad de Antioquia in 2021.
  • Winner of the "Mass & Energy Balance Olympiads" in Colombia-2020.
  • Domingo Savio honor to the best baccalaureate graduate-2016.

Publications

Ocampo, E., Beltrán, V. V., Gómez, E. A., Ríos, L. A., & Ocampo, D. (2023). Hydrothermal liquefaction process: Review and trends. Current Research in Green and Sustainable Chemistry, 7(June), 100382. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crgsc.2023.100382

Languages

Spanish
Native or Bilingual
English
Professional Working

Timeline

Research Analyst

GASURE Research Group
03.2023 - 08.2023

Student Laboratory Assistant

Industrial Chemical Processes research group
05.2022 - 08.2023

Student Laboratory Assistant

Industrial Chemical Processes research group
03.2021 - 03.2022

Student Laboratory Assistant

Industrial Chemical Processes research group
02.2020 - 08.2020

Ph.D. - Chemical Engineering

Swanson School of Engineering-Chemical Engineering Department, University of Pittsburgh

Bachelor's - Chemical Engineering

Universidad de Antioquia
Victoria Valentina Beltrán Hurtado