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Ionela Grigoras-Simonsen

Ionela Grigoras-Simonsen

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Technical Project Manager

  • Education

    • Aalborg University

      2011 - 2013
      Master’s Degree Energy Engineering

      Master's Thesis: ''Performance and degradation of high temperature proton exchange membrane fuel cells (HT-PEMFCs)''; 2nd place in International Project Competition (IPC) 2013, Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus, ''The green oil well of the future - Mobilizing low value waste to fuel the future'';2 publications in international journals; 1 conference paper;

    • Politehnica University of Timisoara

      2007 - 2011
      Bachelor’s Degree Chemical Engineering

      Specialization in Organic Compounds Chemistry and Engineering, Oil and Coal Chemistry

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      2016 - 2016
      Visiting Research Fellow Chemical Engineering

      Distillation of biomass-derived oils;Upgrading of distillation residues with supercritical water;Feed and product analyses (GC-MS, GCxGC-FID, 1H-NMR);Modeled kinetic reactions using Reaction Mechanism Generator (RMG);

    • Aalborg Universitet

      2014 - 2017
      Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Fellow Biomass, Biomass Conversion Technologies, Hydrothermal Liquefaction, Biofuels

      Ph.D. in Biofuels; Attended several conferences and published 3 papers in international journals;

  • Experience

    • Aalborg University

      Aug 2012 - Mar 2014

      Set-up a new laboratory for biofuels analysis;Managed acquisition of equipments and chemicals for laboratory;Managed proposal to foundations for equipment acquisition;Wrote standard operation procedures (SOP) for lab equipment;Maintained, troubleshooted, operated and calibrated various instruments in the laboratory; Performed trials on batch reactors;Performed trials on continuous bench scale reactor;Executed feed and product qualitative analysis;

      • Research Assistant

        Jul 2013 - Mar 2014

      • Laboratory Assistant

        Aug 2012 - Jun 2013

    • Department of Energy Technology, Aalborg University, Denmark

      Apr 2014 - Mar 2017
      PhD Fellow

      Research on ''Effects of Biomass Composition on HTL Optimal Process Conditions and Bio-Oil''.

    • Massachusetts Institute of Technology

      Mar 2016 - Aug 2016
      Visiting Research Scholar

      International collaboration with another research group;Characterisation of biofuels by advanced GC techniques.

    • Siemens Gamesa

      Sept 2017 - Jan 2023

      Managed several supply chain projects simultaneously for development and implementation of new and 2nd source components and surface materials for manufacturing of wind rotor blades. Developed, qualified and implemented new paint solutions for wind rotor blades as per customer request, in collaboration with suppliers and engineers from various departments.

      • Project Manager

        Sept 2020 - Jan 2023

      • Coating engineer

        Sept 2017 - Sept 2020

    • Lithium Harvest

      Feb 2023 - Dec 2023
      Project Manager

      Managing Sustainable Lithium Extraction projects for production of battery-grade lithium carbonate.

    • Nature Energy

      Jan 2024 - Apr 2024
      Technical Project Manager

    • Siemens Gamesa

      May 2024 - now
      Technical Project Manager

  • Licenses & Certifications

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Ionela Grigoras-Simonsen
      Best Poster Award at the Summer School of the International Master of Science in Environmental Technology and Engineering (IMETE) Ghent University, Belgium Sep 2014 Poster: ''Hydrothermal Liquefaction - A green oil well for bio-crude production & solution for residual streams''
    • Awarded to Ionela Grigoras-Simonsen
      2nd prize at the International Student Project Competition (IPC) Middle East Technical University (METU), Northern Cyprus Campus Sep 2013 Student Project: ''The green oil well of the future - Mobilizing low waste to fuel the future''