Vision, Mission, & Das Resume - Design And Safety

Safety is a virtuous business value which must be applied to promote continuous improvement in working environment to minimize the gap between the publicized company principles and real practice of a business entity, oppose misuse of safety devices, implement appropriate safety devices, instrumentation, and environmental laws to their intended spirits with a view to eliminating accidents to justify a line of business, a specific production or an existing practice for the greater goodness of the society and sustainability of the planet earth.

Dilip K. Das, P.E., FAIChE, is a specialist in DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems) technology with over 45 years of experience in process design and process safety. He is an achiever, creative, team player, customer-oriented, chemical engineer, with technical success in diversified fields of process design, heat and material balance, simulation (CHEMCAD, ASPEN, and SuperChems^TM), energy management, project engineering involving P&ID, HAZOP, PSM, ASME/NFPA/API/TEMA/DIERS, and production engineering.

He is the co-author of three books on preparation for FE and PE in Chemical Engineering, a contributing author in Symposium on Runaway Reactions and the second edition of Guidelines for Pressure Relief and Effluent Handling Systems, author of numerous technical articles, and a holder of US patent. He has double Honors in Chemistry and Chemical Engineering respectively having placed first in both and earning gold medals for excellence in Chemical Engineering. He earned an MSChE from University of Washington and a certificate in Expert System in Process Engineering from MIT. He is a Fellow of AIChE and a PE in MO.

ioMosaic Corporation, Salem, NH, USA (2016 - Present)

This is a world class Consulting Company involved in Emergency Relief System Relief System Design, dynamic simulation using SuperChems, various risk analyses, PHA, accident investigation, etc.

Principal Consultant.

I work as a part-time consultant for the company directly for their clients or helping ioMosaic colleagues. I also present Technical Talk through virtual meetings and attend DIERS meetings on behalf of the company. I am registered as a PE in TX and MO..

BAYER CROPSCIENCE, Kansas City, MO (1997-2016)

The U.S. subsidiary of Bayer AG , Leverkusen, Germany, with total NAFTA sales over $1.2 billion and business units in the Crop Protection, Garden and Professional Care, and Animal Health markets.

Principal Engineer/Pressure Safety Specialist (2001-2016), Pressure Safety Specialist (1997-2000)

Relief system design using DIERS (Design Institute of Emergency Relief System) technology using such experimental apparatus as VSP (Vent Sizing Package), ARSST (Reactive System Screening Tools), and ARC (Accelerating Rate Calorimeter), and software like SuperChems^TM, CHEMCAD^TM, Process modeling, energy optimization and design of specialty equipment such as the falling film evaporator. Supervise the work of one senior engineer and a chemist.

Improved the ERS (Emergency Relief System) design capability of the department to the world class level by procuring SuperChems, Code-ware, VSP, ARSST, NETZSCH VariPhi ARC
Made a number of contributions to improve the in-house ERS (Emergency Relief System) program: Developed design method of controlling surface temperature of equipment exposed to external fire using sprinkler water, developed the method of identification of vessel flow model and flow regime characterization, calculation of pressure drop and flooding in packed column, correction of relief valve inlet line pressure drop, improvement of SuperChems^TM
Contributed to the energy management of the plant through a team environment
Personal Professional Development
Got registered as a Licensed Professional Engineer in Missouri, Published a number of technical papers in the national and international meeting of DIERS group, and the AIChE local chapter; Served as Chairman of the local chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Development of Colleagues
Trained four colleagues at Bayer and three engineers at Jacobs Engineering; also assisted two technicians of Process Development in getting the appropriate training.
Running the Extra Mile
Responded to calls for help outside the normal scope of work, sometimes at weekends. Helped colleagues in mathematical modeling and simulation; served as a technical source of process engineering, heat exchanger design, and simulation. Served as a consultant in Operational Excellence program; Received “work horse”-award and Special Recognition award
Example of Vision
Converted the current in-house program into Visual Basic from an outdated language through an outside contractor thereby making the program manageable by younger engineers
Peer Respect
Received unsolicited compliments from many colleagues, nationally and internationally
Promoted to Principal Engineer
Received Special Recognition Award (2005) for developing economic benefit, working above and beyond expectation, and teamwork

CIBA-GEIGY CORPORATION, St. Gabriel, LA (1988-1996)

Staff Engineer

Process design, PSM/HAZOP studies, trouble-shooting, plant engineering, production supervision, simulation (CHEMCAD, ASPEN), systems engineering, project management, contractor supervision and start-up

Received “Outstanding Contributor” award for developing new operating parameters through simulation of a distillation column, which resulted in the savings of $64,000/year of utility cost without any capital investment
Received “Outstanding Contributor” award for of a filter press modification, saving $224,000 in equipment cost
Developed equipment to salvage short membranes in a Reverse Osmosis system, saving $407,000
Designed plant scale agitator system for dyestuff reactors, reducing batch cycle time.
Received a patent for developing a fail-safe, non-return dip tube for adding a chemical to a reactor
Received a free license of CHEMCAD simulation for helping them to develop relief sizing based on DIERS

Principal Process Development Engineer, Toms River, NJ (1984–1988)

Process engineering and design, pilot plant design and installation, generation of scale-up data, translation of laboratory and pilot plant data into the design of commercial plant or modification of existing plant in the dye-stuffs and chemical division, systems engineering, cost control and project management

Discovered flaw in the phosgene scrubbing column, and suggested modification

RHôNE-POULENC Inc, New Brunswick, NJ (1980-1984)

Senior Project Engineer

Process design, simulation, systems engineering, cost control, energy management, and contractor supervision

STAUFFER CHEMICAL Company, Dobbs Ferry, NY (1975-1980).

Senior Process Engineer

Translation of laboratory and pilot plant data into the design of commercial plant, process design, and simulation (ASPEN, CHEMCAD, B-JAC)

Developed program for designing falling film evaporator, and successfully applied the program to design a unit which worked well.

C F BRAUN & Company, Alhambra, CA (1973-1975)

Senior Chemical Engineer

Development of P&ID, equipment sizing, and bid evaluation in the engineering of chemical plants and refineries

APV Engineering Co Ltd, Calcutta, India (1967-1969)

Chemical Engineer

Process and mechanical design of pressure vessels such as heat exchanger, distillation columns, reactors followed by inspection of fabrication at the workshop.

Licensed Professional Engineer in MO, LA, NJ, and NY
Trained in Expert System in Process Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fellow, American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Named in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering, 2^nd Edition
Chairman and Director, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Kansas City Chapter, (2001-2004)
Chairman, SuperChems^TM Technical Steering Committee, (AIChE/DIERS) since 1999; SuperChems^TM is world-class dynamic simulation software for emergency relief system design
Selected by AIChE as an instructor to teach How to Prepare for PE Examination in Chemical Engineering
Free Licensee of CHEMCAD^TM and SuperChems^TM

1. Heat Exchanger Design, The Center for Professional Development
2. Fouling of Heat Transfer Equipment, The Center for Professional Development
3. Heat Exchanger Simulation Course by HTFS, Canada
4. B-JAC Heat Exchanger Design Course – B-JAC Inc.
5. Industrial Membrane Technology, The Center for Professional Development
6. ASPEN Basic Training (Steady state & Batch) – ASPEN Technology
7. Analytical Troubleshooting, Kepner-Tregoe
8. Emergency Relief System Design Using DIERS Technology (AIChE)
9. Chemical Process Relief Design Seminar – Dr. Joseph Leung
10. Thermal Hazard Evaluation and Pressure Relief Design, Dr. Georges Melhem, Arthur D. Little
11. Advanced Consequence Analysis, Dr. Georges Melhem, Arthur D. Little
12. Relief System Design Course, Dr. Hans Fauske, Fauske Associates
13. CHEMCAD Basic Training Course, Ben Horwitz– Chemstations Inc.
14. CHEMCAD Dynamics Training Course, John E. Edwards – Chemstations Inc.
15. SuperChems Expert Training, Mr. Daniel Nguyen, ioMosaic
16. Analysis of PRV Stability in Relief Systems, Dr. Georges Melhem, ioMosaic

(1) 1999 – Present:

Chair, SuperChems^TM Technical Steering Committee, DIERS (AIChE)

(2) September 2001- May 2004

Chairman & Director, AIChE, Kansas City Chapter, Kansas City, MO

(3) September 2000 – May 2001

Vice-Chairman, AIChE, Kansas City Chapter, Kansas City, MO

(4) 2000 - Present

Member, Hate-Buster Association- an Inter-faith Organization to promote religious tolerance

(5) 1992 – 1996

Science Fair Judge, AIChE, Baton Rouge Chapter, LA

(6) 1977 – 1978

Technical Secretary, AIChE, Tappan Zee Chapter, New York

(7) 1992-1996

Server, Soup Kitchen (An organization to serve food to the homeless), La Vincent De Paul Mission, Baton Rouge, LA

(8) 1990-1995

Chaperon, Boy Scouts of America, Troop 505, Baton Rouge, LA [Took driving test and got license to drive a bus, and drove buses to

take scouts to camping.]

Born in undivided India and brought up in East Pakistan and India, Dilip Das is a first generation American along with his wife, Mala, with Indian ancestry. His children, Shamik and Alina, were born and brought up in USA. Shamik is an Eagle Scout and State-champion in violin and holds four degrees from MIT including a PhD in EE. He is the Division Chief Engineer at MITER at McLean, VA, and is internationally recognized as a nano-chip scientist. He is married with Anne, a Wellesley undergraduate in liberal arts and an ex-editor in profession with European ancestry. They have a son Caleb and a daughter Evelyn. Alina is a Girl Scout, and was Junior Miss and Miss Teen of Louisiana. She is a Harvard undergraduate, and received Law (JD) and MA degrees from New York University Law School. She kindly married Nafees Tejani, an Economist and a business consultant. They have two daughters named Isha and Naya. Alina is an authority in Immigration Law, and now serves as Tenured Professor of Clinical Law in New York University Law School, and frequently appears in MSNBC.