Experience

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  Benmol corporation

  Jan 1980 - Jan 1981

  Chemical engineer

  Benmol, established in 1979, was an engineering consulting firm providing support to the U.S. DoE for validating a fluidized-bed combustion boiler design model developed by MIT. I was responsible for the analysis of data generated from operating a Fluidized-Bed Combustion Boiler process development unit. I also conducted equipment check-out and instrumentation calibration before and after each test run to assure accuracy of the collected data.

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  Hydrocarbon research inc. (hri)

  Jan 1981 - Jan 1984

  Lead engineer

  Founded in 1943, HRI (predecessor to HTI) was a leading-edge heavy oil and clean coal technology development and world leader in engineering and design of hydrocarbon processing facilities. Rezaiyan led internally founded activities for the development of a process (THC®) for converting gas oil to maximum yields of diesel, jet fuel and naphtha; prepared commissioning, start-up, operation, and shut down procedures and test plans for a two-staged fluidized-bed pilot plant for hydrocracking of the heavy oil and gasification of resulting coke (Dynacracking® Process); managed Dynacracking® pilot plant operation, data collection and analysis; lead pilot plant modifications based on operational outcomes; Evaluating process flow diagrams and instrumentation of a first of its kind commercial scale Dynacracking® plant for safe operation and conducted what-if analyses, played a major role in design modifications, commissioning, operation and testing of coal gasification pilot plant and evaluation of operating data. Show less

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  Sheladia associates inc.

  Jan 1984 - Jan 1988

  Task manager

  Sheladia is a professional multidisciplinary consulting firm with experience in Energy, Structures and Facilities, Transportation Infrastructure, Rural Development, and Water Resources & Sanitation. I managed a number of tasks for DOE’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Fossil Energy. I supervised the design of several coal conversion process development units and prepared procedures for their commissioning, start-up, and operation including test plans; directed technical and economic assessment of coal-based energy systems for commercial and light industrial applications, participated in R&D Program Planning for bio-gasification of coal, and evaluated coal-tar industry and market, and characterize for coal-tar chemicals. Show less

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  Leidos

  Jan 1988 - Jan 1992

  Program manager

  SAIC (now Leidos) offers scientific, engineering, and technology applications and solutions to the security, energy, environmental, health, and infrastructure markets worldwide. Rezaiyan secured a technical, cost, schedule, and financial support subcontract with METC’s prime contractor supporting Clean Coal Technology Program; managed implementation of various projects including utility scale IGCC and FBC projects under this contract; provided technical input and support for power plant modernization and life extension for the U.S. Corps of Engineers; fuel switching and life extension of cogeneration plants at Airforce Bases; environmental risk assessment at a USS Coke-Oven Battery Works gas handling and by-product recovery operation; and evaluated advanced technologies and/or material for coal beneficiation, pulverized coal power generation, mixed ethers from synthesis gas, coal liquefaction, and treatment and reuse of steam condensate in commercial buildings. Show less

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  Columbia engineering and consulting group

  Jan 1992 - Jan 1995

  Principal & founder

  Columbia Engineering and Consulting Group was formed as a small Research and Development, Engineering, and Technical Service firm providing a broad array of services to domestic public and private sector clients. Firm clientele included Custom Laboratories, Inc. (a Glucose Tolerance Test Beverage manufacturer and bottler), USTDA, Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC, predecessor to NETL), University of Maryland School of Pharmacy, DOE’s Office of Business Operations, U.S. Airforce, and Bechtel International. I was responsible for marketing, business development, and project implementation. Show less

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  K&m engineering and consulting corp.

  Jan 1993 - Jan 2000

  Senior project manager

  K&M is a financial and engineering advisory firm providing transaction, strategic and policy, and market advisory services as well as lender and owner engineering, technical feasibility and claims and litigation services to private and governmental clients internationally. Rezaiyan was responsible for management and implementation including technical, cost, staffing and schedule management and quality control of the National Energy Technology Laboratory’s (NETL) $8.5 million Technology and Engineering Assistance contract, World Bank’s $3.5 million Ecuador power sector restructuring and privatization contract, and World Bank’s contract for preparing IPP tendering documents for power projects in Nigeria. He also served as Bank’s and Owner’s Engineer for power projects in Pakistan and Colombia; led development of IPP projects in India; and conducted due diligence review of steel and char making projects in U.S. for financial institutions interested in providing financing for these projects. Show less

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  Princeton energy resources

  Jan 2000 - Jan 2007

  Vice president, advanced technologies

  PERI is a multifaceted, small business technology management services consulting firm providing a broad array of energy and environmental expertise to domestic and international clientele in both the public and private sectors. Rezaiyan was responsible for the domestic and international biomass, fossil energy and environmental business development and management. He secured a 5-year contract with U.S. DOE, and numerous contracts and subcontracts with USTDA, USAID, and private sector clients. Projects ranged from supporting International Program of DOE’s Office of fossil Energy to fuel switching for a cogeneration plant located in a U.S. metropolitan city, feasibility studies including developing financing plan for power projects in Venezuela and a unique FBC system for black liquor chemical and energy recovery at a pulp mill in South Africa, wastewater treatment and reuse in Jordan, and long-term power sector planning in Armenia. Rezaiyan served as project manager for the black liquor chemical and energy technology developer for a project in U.S. and developed procurement document and procured a specially designed combustor for this FBC system. Show less

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  3e consulting llc

  Apr 2005 - now

  Principal & founder

  Rezaiyan serves as an Independent Consultant providing a broad range of energy and climate change expertise to public and private sector clients. Clients have included the World Bank, USTDA, USAID, MCC, MCC-Account, U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Clean Air Task Force, National Commission for Energy Policy (NCEP), Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA), and private sector organizations including legal firms, research institutes, and engineering and consulting firms. He is currently providing technical and financing advisory services to a team engaged in biomass-, MSW-, medical waste-, and plastic-to-liquids project development internationally and another in developing small hydroelectric power projects in the U.S. as well as supporting developing, evaluating, and recommending a pipeline of projects in Africa for funding by the Alliance for Green Infrastructure (“AGIA”) and USTDA. Most recently he, along with two other experts, carried a review of solar rooftop regulation in support of the Energy Regulatory Authority in Cambodia. Show less

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  Southern research institute

  Feb 2007 - Oct 2010

  Senior technology advisor

  Rezaiyan was instrumental in establishing a Clean Energy Technology Center attracting over $20 million of private and public funding to the center in less than 3 years. Other responsibilities included managing client relations and guiding design and safe operation of the first-of-the kind energy systems including waste-to-energy, bio-refining, syngas-to-ethanol, biogas cleaning, and high-pressure biomass-coal co-feed system. Pilot plants housed at the center to validate system performance and to collect process design information for the design of commercial plants and securing financing and process guarantee. Show less

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