Chemical Engineering Guy(s)

I chatted with Dr. Asim Rizvi about many things! It's great to be able to share our love for education of engineering fields, specifically Chemical Engineering.

Asim shares his story from humble beginnings as a Ph. Doctor Student in the UK, making his thesis on Oxy Fuels Combustion. He talks about how he went with his family (wife and son) to the UK and how he had to go through rough times in order to become a Ph. Doctor.

He then tells us how he applied and got back as a Professor at the Punjab University back in Lahore, Pakistan where he keeps teaching Bachelor and Master Degree Students all year long!

Then we covered the topic of being a student, how to improve your learning, tips for better academic life and much more!

This chat is for all those who enjoy teaching, researching or might want to explore being a professor at a university.

Show Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/dr-asim-rizvi-a-ph-doctor-in-chemical-engineering-professor-at-punjab-university/

Jeferson Costa is one of my idols to follow in the "Online" Chemical Engineering World. He has awesome content and he has been doing a great job lately with all his content and marketing with his INPROCESS group.

I know him since the moment that he got in contact back in 2017.

We have been chatting and sending e-mails back and forth ever since. He is a great friend to have as well!

Jeferson has a lot of expertise in chemical and process engineering, mostly in plant design. He has been working with lots of "heavy weight" companies such as PraxAir, Braskem, and many other.

He went to China and there he got his Eureka moment to teach online to other fellow chemical and process engineers around the world.

Ever since, he has been working in his own Consulting Firma as well as Teaching Online.

You can check more of his work directly in his website https://www.JefersonCosta.com

We chatted about lots of things, his beginnings, his first job, why he wanted to go into studying law, how and when he was let go from his job and about his current projects.

We also had a discussion... Is Saga of Gemini really the best Saint Seiya Kinght of the Zodiac?

Show Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/jeferson-costa-the-chemical-process-engineer-from-inprocess/

This Episode is very special to me as it was the very first episode I recorded with help of one of my best friends from university: Luis Raul Jimenez.

We chat about Chemical Engineering overall, going from recent graduate to a big company such as PepsiCo, climbing the corporate ladder, being a project engineer vs a field engineer and much more!

More importantly, we talked about Chemical Engineering, Entrepreneurship and the Gastronomic Industry. Raul shows us how Chemical Engineers can fit in any industry, for example, the Gastro and Food Delivery.

It is one of my priorities to find Chemical Engineers that are choosing the path as ENTREPRENEURS. I think that the world needs now more than ever new companies, new jobs and new products. Chemical Engineers must be going this way!

We will be doing a second episode so please let us know your doubts!

Show Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/raul-jimenez-goes-from-pepsico-to-making-business-in-the-gastronomic-industry/

I love the idea of setting NEW GOALS in the beginning of the YEAR.

I got inspired from Chris Guillebeau’s Post on  How to Conduct an Annual Review. I’m linking to the 2020 version, but I have been doing this since 2014. It really helps to know what you have achieved and more importantly, where are you “standing”.

Also, it helps to get more realistic with your future goals and bring you to places you would never imagine!

Check out how I closed my 2020 Goals in this blog post. Create more Courses!

MY STORY – ONLINE COURSES

The main core of my project “Chemical Engineering Guy” has been always helping Chemical Engineering Students & Professionals to have quality educational content online. There are many ways in which this can be provided, but I think Online Courses are one of the best ways to deliver quality and value. 

Since I first launched my first course on “Mass Balance” back in 2014 I have learnt a LOT… And when I mean a LOT is really a LOT. 

I was a young engineer with no knowledge in online businesses, digital marketing, social medias, e-mail listing, website creations, course hosting, online bakning & finance, e-commerce and so on! Yet, I decided to do this as I felt it was the RIGHT path to go… Long story short, I still believe this is the RIGHT path to go!

You guys know me most likely from my YouTube Channel, UDEMY or directly from a Google Search to either my blog or my courses. That’s great! This has been the main ways in which I get traffic to my website and be able to sell courses and make a living.

My dream is to expand and create a team of engineers making online content for more engineers! Hopefully I will be able to do this soon!

READ MORE...

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/general/my-2020-annual-review/

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/general/my-2021-goals/

This is just a small break for the holidays!

I talk about what I have learnt in the process of podcasting with fellow Chemical and Process Engineers!

I also talk about the future plans of the Podcast!

Merry Christmas!

Check it out!

Episode Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/christmas-special-episode-lessons-learnt-future-plans-and-more/

Fernando Tello is one of my best friends, he is currently opening his way as an entrepreneur in the Real State & Financing Services Industry. He has a pretty interesting profile, starting as a young hard working engineer for a Consulting Engineering Firms. Fernando rapidly learnt that this type of job was not matching with what he wanted the most: Economic Freedom.

Fernando shares how he switched from a very "conservative" industry into Real State. He tells us how Material Balances helped him with the understanding of how to apply his financial services into the Real State Industry. Tello leverages his engineering background with one of the largest and most mature industries in the world.

He wants to learn to play the acoustic guitar & since the pandemic, we have enjoyed playing Age of Empires II. 

Episodes Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/fernando-tello-from-business-consulting-engineering-to-real-state-and-finance

A Group Project Engineer is someone who is in charge of giving service to other engineering branches as well as other crucial departments such as logistics, marketing, distribution, production, packings, research and development as well as reporting directly to the Managers and Directors. This is Jose Luis Farias main task. 

He has been working mostly in Consulting Engineering, Environmental Engineering Food & Industry Engineering. His job titles are either Design Engineer, Process Engineer or currently, Project Engineer.

It was a pleasure to chat with him, as we tried an episode attempt back in 2015. This time, we have both more experience on our paths, so it was great to compare both episodes!

He is currently working at Puratos in Brussels, Belgium. 

I hope you enjoy it as I did!

Episodes Notes:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/jose-luis-farias-group-project-engineer-at-puratos

Chuku Oje is currently working as a Environmental Permit Engineer for the State of Michigan, mostly in Air Quality Control for emissions and particulates.

He travelled all the way from the West Coast (San Francisco) in order to start his Bachelor Degree in Chemical Engineering with a particular focus in Biomolecular Engineering... All of this in the University of Pennsylvania.

He had a rough time in the 2008 crisis taking almost a year to set foot in his first job: Environmental Engineer for the City of Philadelphia. 

He had a change of heart and moved to Consulting Engineering at AECOM in DC Area working with several different clients from many industries, but still with a focus in Air Quality and Environmental Control.

He is now currently working for the State of Michigan as a Permit Environmental Engineer. His main tasks:

Review Permit-to-Install (PTI) applications for the installation of new equipment and associated control devices.

Reviews of permit applications include an evaluation of potential emissions from the installation or modification of air emissions sources.

In his free time, he fences (yep, the actual swords) and he enjoys it a lot!

A random fact: apparently, he is all in regarding Chivas-America rivarly... Sorry guys, if you want to see some real Mexican teams check out Tigres UANL.

Full Blog Post: 

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/chuku-oje-an-environmental-engineer-in-air-quality-control-for-the-state-of-michigan

Daniel Vosburg is a young Chemical Engineer which has been focusing towards automation, control, programming and much more into the "techie" side of ChemE.

He studied in Northeastern University and got right away into programming in his Co-Ops. Working as a Process Engineer in New England Controls, a company into Biotech. Then, continued with his second co-op at Continuus Pharmaceutical, exploring much more the automation area.

He continued right away to his master degree in chemical engineering.

Afterwards, he got his very first job in Vertex Pharmaceuticals, which is no doubt one of the largest Pharma Companies in the Boston Area.

There, Daniel has worked in PLC Construction & Implementation, Human Machine Interfaces, and much more!

In his free time, Daniel relaxes with Art and Writing!

Full Blog Post & Notes: 

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/daniel-vosburg-a-process-automation-engineer-for-the-pharmaceutical-industry

Ivana is a Ph. Doctor in Chemical Engineering. She has been working in the industry since almost 15 years already. She specializes in operation control, optimization, process design and simulation.   Ivana is currently working in many projects, one of which is SimulateLive which is one portal or blog for Chemical Engineers. It has plenty of resources. Besides that, she works in an European Comission for Evaluation of Projects as well as organizing Symposiums and Conferences for the Croatian Society for Fuels and Lubricants.  You can contact her at [email protected]  

Check out the full blog post and notes here:

https://www.chemicalengineeringguy.com/the-blog/podcast/ivana-lukec-a-process-design-optimization-and-simulation-consultant-entrepreneur/