Successes include:
Alternative/renewable energy production – bio-ethanol from vegetable starch or sugars (corn, sugarcane, high dry-matter tubers, sugar beets), bio-Diesel fuel from virgin and used vegetable oils and algae, bio-fuel and animal feed co-production, renewable Diesel fuel, solar thermal and renewable electricity from wind and photovoltaics, bio-gas, biomass/municipal solid waste
Energy storage – compressed gas in oil/natural gas reservoirs, hot/cool water storage, compressed or liquefied gas storage with turbo-expander energy recovery
Optimized energy use – building HVAC, peak shaving & optimized time-of-use, on-site CHP, heat pump, automatic controls, lighting, evaporation cooling, air-to-air heat exchange, air quality monitoring
Water purification (potable, industrial and agricultural)– desalination and recycle, multi-media filters, ultrafiltration, nano-filtration, ion exchange, reverse and forward osmosis, multiple effect evaporation, adsorption, and water sanitation using chlorine, peroxide, and ozone
Crude oil and natural gas -- well drilling and completion, measurement while drilling, fracking fluid nano-emulsions, enhanced recovery, gas gathering and purification, gas compression and transportation, natural gas chemical conversion to ethylene, bio-fuel/fossil fuel nano-emulsion blending, oil refining and upgrading, Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, production and refining
Process improvements - optimization, ‘de-bottleneck’, catalyst upgrades, turbo-machinery, combustion and post-combustion air emission reductions
Building systems - optimized energy and water use/recovery/reuse, integrated renewable and conventional energy systems, waste heat recovery
High productivity agriculture – bio-sequestering of combustion exhaust CO2, solar power, land use optimization
Materials -- selection, optimization and fabrication
Education
University of California, Berkeley Ph.D. ,Chemical Engineering
Missouri University of Science and Technology - Rolla B.S., Chemical Engineering
California Licensed Professional Engineer, # CH3402
