Michael Zepeda

Michael Zepeda

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  • About me

    M.S., Chemical Process Engineer | Processing | Momentum, Energy, and Mass Balance | Thermodynamics | Kinetics | Distillation | Design | Separation | Control | Oil & Gas | Simulation | Sizing | Piping | Safety

  • Education

    • Eastern Illinois University

      2010 - 2014
      Bachelor of Science - BS Applied Engineering and Technology
    • University of Iowa

      2016 - 2019
      Bachelor of Science - BS Chemical Engineering 3.09
    • University of Illinois at Chicago

      2020 - 2021
      Master of Science - MS Chemical Engineering 3.66
  • Experience

    • TRADEBE

      Nov 2019 - Jul 2020
      Laboratory Supervisor

      Tradebe Environmental Services specializes in waste neutralization for industrial and chemical producers, focusing on the environmentally friendly treatment of material waste collected across the U.S.• Prepared shift summaries, reported experimental results, troubleshooted and calibrated instruments.• Measured chemical and physical properties of incoming materials using instruments like HPLC, mass spectrometry, and calorimetry.

    • University of Illinois Chicago

      Aug 2020 - Sept 2023

      Chicago's top public research university has an engineering network of 26,000 alumni and a distinguished chemical engineering department.• Created an intramolecular forcefield for a novel electrolyte and accurately modeled its properties using molecular dynamics simulation.• Studied the formation of solid electrolyte interfaces at battery anodes through ab-initio molecular dynamics simulations and published the results in a scientific journal.• Evaluated a new material for carbon dioxide surface reduction, identified the configuration with the lowest surface energy, and published the findings in a scientific journal. Show less

      • Graduate Research Assistant

        Jan 2022 - Sept 2023
      • Graduate Teaching Assistant

        Aug 2020 - Dec 2021
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