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VISION & MISSION

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. Website: www.designandsafety.com.

RESUME

Dilip K. Das, P.E., FAIChE, is a specialist in DIERS (Design Institute for Emergency Relief Systems) technology with over 50 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.Also serve as the lead investigator in the analysis of accidents in projects led by the Chemical Safety Board (CSB).

 

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.  His latest book is Emergency Pressure Relief System Design is published by AIChE/Wiley. He is the author of numerous technical articles. He holds a US patent on fail-safe dip-tube. Using his patented dip-tube, you can feed a fluid into a vessel without risking the contents of the downstream vessel coming back into the feed vessel.

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 currently holds PE registrations in MO & TX. He took his first PE test in NY, and as he moved to NJ, LA, MO, his PE registration was acknowledged through reciprocity.

WORK HISTORY

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, and 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.

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES & AFFILIATION

Currently licensed Professional Engineer in MO and TX. Took first PE license in NY, and as I moved to NJ, LA, and MO, the license was renewed by reciprocity.

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

EDUCATION, ACADEMIC AWARDS, AND HONORS

Certificate in Expert System in Process Engineering, MIT, USA

MSChE, Chemical Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

BChE (Honors), Gold Medalist, Placed First in the university, Jadavpur University, Chemical Engineering, India

B.Sc. (Honors), Placed First in the University, Rajshahi University, Chemistry, East Pakistan

TRAINING

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

 

AWARDS & HONORS

Outstanding Cost Improvement Award – 1992, Ciba-Geigy Corporation

Outstanding Cost Improvement Award – 1994, Ciba-Geigy Corporation

Listed in Marquis Who’s Who in Science and Engineering

Received Honorary Doctorate degree from Hate-Buster Association (Inter-faith Organization) held in a ceremony at William Jewell College, Liberty, MO, in 2017.

Received Free License of CHEMCAD from Chemstations Inc., Houston, TX

Received Free License of SuperChems^TM Expert from ioMosaic Corporation, Salem, NH

Fellow of AIChE, 2011

SERVICE TO PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTIONS AND SOCIETY

(1) 1999 – Present:

(2) September 2001- May 2004

(3) September 2000 – May 2001

(4) 2000 – Present

(5) 1992 – 1996

(6) 1977 – 1978

(7) 1992-1996

(8) 1990-1995