Industrial Process Control Automation/Instrumentation Engineer
University of North Texas (UNT), Electrical Engineering Department
Total years of experience :7 years, 3 Months
Helped teach two classes with about 30 students each semester. Assisted research labs by implementing real time control and data acquisition systems. Conducted lab and help sessions. Guided students during regular office hours throughout their courses. Assigned homework and graded papers.
Assisted teaching the following coursers:
- Digital Integrated Circuits,
- Digital Design,
- Computer Organization,
- Analog Systems Design Project Lab
- Communications Systems Project Lab.
Assisted research in the department and the college of Engineering upon completion of:
- Engineered and implemented a real time supervisory data acquisition system setup to continuously measure, acquire, signal process, and analyze acoustic properties of different polymers and materials inside a sound tube (delivered to Material Science and Mechanical Engineering departments)
- Designed, developed and implemented a real time Ball on Beam system as in distributed industrial architectures using National Instruments Compact-RIO PAC platform, LabVIEW real time, and other software modules (part of my Master's thesis research)
Worked on engineering and design phases of National Chevron/Phillips project in Pune, India, FAT phase in Houston, TX, and site preparation and commissioning in Jubail, KSA.
- DeltaV DCS engineering, FAT activities and site preparation and commissioning.
- Control loop generation and checking.
- DCS graphics and faceplates.
- DCS hardware FAT and cabinet/RIB testing.
- 3rd party subsystems packages DeltaV DCS engineering (programing) and interface.
- Led F.F devices commissioning.
- Sought SIS cause and effect, logic troubleshooting, and trips bypass.
- Supported process control department (technical support).
- Functional checks/editing including complex loops, interlock logics, plus discreet devices.
- System diagnostic and troubleshooting.
- Real-time process stability (PID loop tuning).
- Remote configuration and re-calibrated field instruments through AMS.
- Utilized control sequences including SFC, feed furnace, catalysts, and compressor controls.
- Assisted operations, HMI workstation engineering, alarms/events, and trending.
- DCS side engineering and DCS/PLC integration of analyzers and burners packages.
Extra training and development at Emerson:
- Smart fieldbus course: Foundation Fieldbus, Profibus, ASI, and Device-Net, Dubai, UAE, 2011.
- Mastered the DeltaV (DV) DCS at Emerson Engineering Export Center, India, and Houston 2009.
- Electronics, cabinets, instruments Power and Grounding training (KSA), 2010.
- DV hardware installation, troubleshooting, and networking training, Pune, India, 2009.
- Emerson and Process University’s online courses program.
Autonomously led, engineered and performed integrated factory acceptance test in Dammam Industrial City staging area. Then as a team member of two local engineers, re-engineered the system and conducted site acceptance test, commissioning, startup, and customer call services on Saudi Aramco Qurrayah Water Treatment Plant, Hypochlorite project at Qurrayah process plant site, KSA, 2010.
Distributed Control System (DCS) engineering including open, close, and complex loops generation. Analyzed and revised P&IDs, I/O lists basic design and system database work. Created and tested DCS graphics. Documented engineering specifications. Oversaw DCS and safety instrumented system or emergency shutdown logics design. Handled hardware DCS/SIS engineering and testing including cabinets, layout, cards, connections, wiring, and I/Os. Engineered DCS/PLC subsystems communications.
• Covered phases of system engineering project execution lifecycle: PDR, FDS, CDR, FAT, and SAT.
• Helped with factory acceptance test for SASREF Refinery Re-Instrumentation Project, Bahrain.
• Performed integrated factory acceptance test on Petro-Rabigh Petro-Chemical project, Singapore.
• Administered pre-factory acceptance testing for Gas Oil Separation Plant on Aramco Khurais Gas Central Project, Saudi Arabia.
• Worked on diammonium phosphate unit engineering stage for Madden Phosphate project, Bahrain.
Yokogawa Electric Corp Certificate on Fundamentals and Engineering of Control and Instrumentation, Yokogawa Headquarter, Tokyo, Japan, 2008.
Foundation Fieldbus Engineering Training, Yokogawa Engineering Asia 2007-2008
Centrum CS (DCS) Engineering and Maintenance Training, Bahrain, 2007
Prosafe RS (SIS) Engineering and Maintenance Training, 2007
Field Instrumentation Engineering and Products Training, 2007
On the Job Training Completion on Petro-Rabigh HDPE-Butene-1 FAT/IFAT Project, Singapore, 2007
Worked on a building automation system for Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning applications and some power and electronics applications for electrical diesel generators and AC/DC supply rectifying units.
Relevant Coursework: Digital CMOS VLSI Design; Digital Communications; Digital Signal Processing; Renewable Power Systems; Analog ICs; Digital Systems Design and Testing; Systems Modeling and Simulation (Research Thesis Integrated Distributed Industrial Architectures: an Overview and an Implemented Lab Case Study, the Ball on Beam System). Obtained and maintained a 3.88 GPA.
An ABET Accredited Program: Analog, Digital and Computer Feedback Control Systems; Dynamic Modeling and Simulation; Digital Design and Embedded Systems; Industrial Automation and Process Control Systems; Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC); Robotics and Mechatronics; Systems and Methods; Industrial and Systems Engineering; (An awarded and conference published Senior Design Project: Auto-Syringe System for Chemical Applications, 2006)