Tyler Tobin

Experience

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  Lehigh Earth Observatory

  Sept 2008 - May 2012

  Lab Technician

  • Maintained laboratory equipment and instrumentation. • Operated laboratory and field equipment including nutrient analyzer, automated sampler, velocity meter, and data sonde.• Aided graduate students with field work including sampling and equipment set-up.

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  Arcadis

  Sept 2012 - Jul 2015

  • Designed and oversaw installation an air sparge / soil vapor extraction system composed of 45 injection and extraction wells, underground air conveyance piping, skid mounted vacuum and compressors, and programmable logic controller. • Aided with design of granular activated carbon filtration system expansion including installation of groundwater extraction wells, treated water re-injection wells, underground conveyance piping, pumps, and programmable logic controller.• Provided technical writing support on numerous documents including various regulatory compliance documents, request for proposals, feasibility studies, and operation and maintenance manuals. • Trained younger staff members in responsibilities required of Environmental Engineer I position. Show less

  • Environmental Engineer II

    Apr 2014 - Jul 2015

  • Environmental Engineer I

    Sept 2012 - Apr 2014
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  University of Washington

  Sept 2015 - Dec 2017

  Research Assistant

  Research assistant for the Biofuels and Bioproducts Laboratory in the School of Forestry and Environmental Sciences at the University of Washington. Biorefinery Waste Stream Characterization:• Determine chemical composition of biorefinery waste streams through use of analytical chemistry methods including Gas Chromatography and Inductively Coupled Plasma – Mass Spectrometry, Klason analysis, and various titration methods. • Generate complete mass balance of material streams throughout the biomass to ethanol conversion process. Biorefinery Wastewater Treatment Design:• Model various wastewater treatment schemes with ASPEN modeling software using results from biorefinery waste stream characterization. • Perform techno-economic analysis on wastewater treatment schemes to determine most environmentally sound and cost effective methods. Show less

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  Natural Power

  Jan 2018 - Dec 2019

  Perform pre-construction wind energy assessments for proposed wind sites across the United States and abroad. Support computational fluid dynamics team to build both static and time-dependent flow models for proposed wind sites around the world.

  • Project Engineer

    Jun 2019 - Dec 2019

  • Renewable Energy Analyst

    Jan 2018 - Jun 2019
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  Puget Sound Energy

  Dec 2019 - now

  Support long-term strategy decisions for utility resource acquisition through optimization modeling and stakeholder engagement as part of the integrated resource planning process.

  • Sr Resource Planning Analyst

    Feb 2022 - now

  • Resource Planning Analyst

    Dec 2019 - Feb 2022