Chase Novak

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Newark, Delaware, United States

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Timeline
About me
Process Engineer at DuPont
Education
- University of Pennsylvania
  2017 - 2021
  Bachelor of Science in Engineering Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
  Activities and Societies: American Institute of Chemical Engineers - Summa Cum Laude
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  2021 - 2022
  Master's Degree Chemical Engineering
  - Grad student in the Chemical Engineering department at MIT.- Obtained Master's Degree in their MSCEP program, a 1-year, fully-funded program that combines core graduate ChemE coursework with 3 mini, month-long internships during Summer 2022.
Experience
- Schlumberger
  May 2019 - May 2019
  FIELD Camp Participant
  - Schlumberger Focus in Engineering Leadership and Development (FIELD) Camp- Summer Program with Schlumberger where we learned about various aspects of the oil & gas industry- Visited many field locations including Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing sites and Wireline, BOP, and Cementing shops
- University of Pennsylvania — School of Engineering and Applied Science
  Mar 2020 - Sept 2020
  Process Simulation Assistant
  - Constructed a multimedia instructional website on how to use an industry standard process simulator, ASPEN PLUS- Created simulations involving chemical reactors including equilibrium, kinetic, and batch reactors- Simulated various separation units including distillation and flash columns- Performed economic optimizations and numerous sensitivity analyses on chemical processes
- DuPont
  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021
  Leveraged Engineering Intern
  - Designed transformation of batch liquid-liquid extraction to continuous, counter-current extraction leading to 10x reduction in cycle time and solvent consumption- Conducted early process design for next-gen polymer production plant involving reaction, extraction, and purification unit ops- Developed mixing models for batch solid-liquid dissolution steps in a homogenous palladium-tin complex catalyst preparation process
- DuPont
  Sept 2022 - now
  Process Engineer owning the Polymer Manufacturing/Blending, Distillation Column, and Tank Farm areas at the Newark, DE site. Process Engineer owning the Polymer Impregnation, Distillation Column, and Tank Farm areas at the Newark, DE site. Polymer Impregnation Run Plant Engineer in DuPont's Poromerics division of their Chemical Mechanical Planarization Technology (CMPT) site in Newark, DE
  - Process Engineer
    Apr 2024 - now
  - Process Engineer
    Jun 2023 - Mar 2024
  - Run Plant Engineer
    Sept 2022 - May 2023
Licenses & Certifications
- Engineer In Training
  Pennsylvania State Registration Board for Professional Engineers, Land Surveyors, and Geologists
  Jun 2021
  View certificate
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Chase Novak
  Scholastic Achievement Award American Chemical Society (ACS) - Philadelphia Section May 2021 The Philadelphia Section, ACS, presents a Scholastic Achievement Award each year to the top-ranking senior majoring in chemistry or chemical engineering in each of the colleges and universities in the Section which has an ACS approved department or an ACS Student Affiliate Chapter. The awardees are chosen by the chemical or chemical engineering departments of their schools (https://phillyacs.org/awards/).
- Awarded to Chase Novak
  A. Norman Hixson Laboratory Report Prize University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Apr 2021 This award was given to my Unit Ops lab group for our final lab report on the "Effects of Cartridge Age and Dialyzate on Mass Transfer in Dialysis." The award description is as follows:The A. Norman Hixson Prize in Chemical Engineering is awarded to that student or group of students of the senior class in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering with the most outstanding laboratory report (https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/undergraduate/awards/).
- Awarded to Chase Novak
  Melvin C. Molstad Second Prize in Chemical Engineering University of Pennsylvania Department of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering Apr 2021 This award was given to my senior design team for our work on our Biofuels for Aviation senior design project. The award description is as follows:The Melvin C. Molstad Second Prize in Chemical Engineering is awarded to that student or group of students of the senior class in chemical engineering with the second most original design of a chemical process system (https://cbe.seas.upenn.edu/undergraduate/awards/).