Zachary Borden

UROP Scholar

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Spring, Texas, United States

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Timeline
About me
First Officer - B400 at Wheels Up
Education
- UCSB
  2008 - 2013
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Mechanical Engineering
- Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
  2004 - 2008
  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Mechanical Engineering
Experience
- IUPUI
  Jun 2006 - Aug 2006
  UROP Scholar
  Developed process to evaluate catalysts for use in a direct ethanol fuel cell
- Schlumberger
  Jun 2008 - Sept 2008
  Research Engineering Intern
  Developed and debugged code to simulate the dynamics of a drill string during operation in order to prevent the generation of potentially damaging flexural instabilities
- CSIRO
  Sept 2010 - Aug 2011
  Visiting scientist
  * Adapted large scale parallel code to work on brand new 10,000 core supercomputer* Used said code to study the entrainment of particles into a flow with the long term goal of developeing better analytical models for sediment erosion
- ExxonMobil
  Jul 2013 - Jan 2022
  Solve problems related production optimization, surveillance, and allocation across our portfolio of assets and develop production engineering best practices. Responsible for generating, developing, executing, and evaluating opportunities to increase production or to add recoverable volumes in Chad. Rotation program to gain field experience by assisting operations, well work, drilling, construction, and maintenance staff in their daily work Work on projects that combine real-time sensor measurements with physics and data models for the purposes of reservoir, well-bore, and facility surveillance and optimization
  - Production Engineering Specialist
    Jul 2020 - Jan 2022
  - Reservoir Engineer
    Mar 2018 - Jul 2020
  - Engineer in Operations
    Aug 2017 - Mar 2018
  - Research Associate
    Jul 2013 - Aug 2017
- United Flight Systems
  May 2022 - now
  - Assistant Chief Flight Instructor
    Aug 2023 - now
  - Certified Flight Instructor
    May 2022 - Aug 2023
- Wheels Up
  Aug 2023 - now
  First Officer
Licenses & Certifications
- Aircraft Flight Instructor
  Federal Aviation Administration
- Airline Transport Pilot
  Federal Aviation Administration
Honors & Awards
- Awarded to Zachary Borden
  Departmental excellence fellowship UCSB Department of Mechanical Engineering Jun 2012 One-time fellowship to recognize outstanding performance as a Ph.D. student. Awarded to qualified students who have been nominated by their advisor.
- Awarded to Zachary Borden
  Best poster award CSDMS Oct 2011 Awarded at the CSDMS 2011 Meeting: Impact of Time and Process Scales for best poster.