BRANDON A. ROWLETT
brandon.rowlett[at]gmail.com 2828 Hayes Rd #2314, Houston, TX 77082 (713) 851 9755
QUALIFICATIONS: A Chemical Engineer with 5+ years in the oil & gas, chemicals, and pharmaceuticals industries. Strengths include working with facilities projects implementation, optimization, and PSM compliance work. Have had exposure to both batch and continuous flow operations and process equipment including distillation columns, cryogenic cold box distillations, pumps, heat exchangers, towers, compressors, extruders, and plug flow reactors. OBJECTIVE:Seeking an opportunity to utilize my skills in facilities & process engineering, technical support to operations, process safety, and project management that provides professional and technical development going forward. EDUCATION: BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, CHEMICAL ENGINEERINGMay 2005
Georgia Institute of Technology GPA: 3.78/4.0Highest Honors
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE, CHEMISTRYMay 2004
Morehouse CollegeGPA: 3.85/4.0Suma cum Laude

EXPERIENCE:
Process Engineer, January 2008 Present Celerity3 Engineering, Inc. Overpressure Protection Analysis TeamHouston, Texas.
-Perform revalidations of facility pressure relief safety valves and devices -Systemize and Analyze process equipment and relief devices for protection; perform relief load calculations -Collect data from facilities for overpressure analysis; mainly BP site facilities
Facilities Engineer, July 2005 January 2008 BP America NAG SPU Operations Technical Group/Compression OptimizationHouston, Texas..
-Survey North American Gas (NAG) assets for compressor demands throughout next twelve years -Assist in implementation of compression monitoring/modeling software -Identify production efficiency improvement opportunities of compressors for NAG -Assemble and analyze data for wells artificial lift systems and provide recommendations

BP America NAG SPU North/Western Wyoming PUEvanston, Wyoming -Lead/Supported projects and maintenance in Process Safety Management including MOCs and RARs -Evaluated plant pressure safety valves for correct pressure relief settings and documentation -Provided engineering support and analysis for plant projects and maintenance -Evaluated the existing process for opportunities to optimize plant performance
Manufacturing Operations Co-op, Fall 2004 ExxonMobil Chemical Co. Baton Rouge PolyOlefinsHigh Density Polyethylene/ Louisiana. -Created large plant performance/quality data extraction and trending tool for daily operator use
-Developed operational process control linear curve module based on data from extruder 8 (Dairy)

Technical Operations Intern/Bulk Sterile Antibiotic Support, Summer 2003 Merck & Co., Inc. Stonewall Plant/ Elkton, Virginia. -Qualified two derouging/passivation compounds in accordance with CGMP/FDA guides for site procedures
-Enhanced process understanding for Imipenem sterile processing through crystallization kinetics research -Evaluated Cilastatin & Imipenem factory process equipment for sterility and sanitary compliances -Implemented Primaxin Recovery lab work
Completion Engineering Intern/Petroleum Engineering, Summer 2002 BP America Houston, Texas. -Studied properties and behaviors of gel insulation fluids for prevention of shut down conditions in oil wells
-Presented cost comparison and risk analysis of various methods of prevention and remediation of hydrates -Assisted in drafting installation procedures as liaison between completions and drilling engineers -Investigated historical scope of data and modeling of gelled completions fluids
Research Intern- Materials Engineering/Space Science, Summer 2001 & 2000 NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center - Greenbelt, Maryland. -Researched & Developed Gadolinium Gallium Garnet (GGG) for its adiabatic/magneto caloric properties -Co-Published paper on research for Advances in Cryogenic Engineering Vol. 47B published by AIP
-Implemented newly improved methods for synthesis of the adiabatic demagnetization materials -Assisted in development of implementation of materials into cryocoolers for satellite detectors
-Analyzed, characterized, and tested the various materials produced -Awarded for Final Presentation Competition Performance
LEADERSHIP & SERVICE:
-Alpha Chi Sigma, Alpha Omega boy scouts and campus service
-Hope Mentorship Program for Spanish-Speaking Inmates of the Dekalb County Prison
-Elementary Science Educational Partners Program- L. O. Kimberly Elementary School- Atlanta

HONORS & AWARDS:
-Most Outstanding 4th & 5th Year Chemical Engineering Student, AUC Dual Degree Engineering Program
-Departmental Honors for Academic Achievement, Morehouse College Chemistry Dept., May 2004 -Phi Beta Kappa, Delta of Georgia Society Induction, 2003
CORPORATE TRAINING COMPLETED:
ASME B31.3 JMCampbell Amine Gas Sweetening JMCampbell Gas Dehydration JMCampbell Oil & Gas Production/Facilities Course Ariel Compressor School Relief System Design And Evaluation Training
COMPUTER SYSTEMS: Windows, Excel, Microsoft Word, Intro. C++, PowerPoint, MathCAD, Adobe REFERENCES: Available upon Request