Heather Maclean
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Berufserfahrung von Heather Maclean
- Bis heute 11 Jahre und 9 Monate, seit Nov. 2013
Process Engineer
Dow AgroSciences
Chemical engineer in a plant which manufactures and formulates fungicides and insecticides. Responsibilities split between run plant and improvement type activities, with the majority of work focusing on projects. Key experiences: Served as manufacturing representative on project to upgrade packaging lines on the plant. Responsibilities included organizing and clearly communicating with project team, leading start up activities, specifying new equipment, drawing P&IDs,& communicating with suppliers.
- 3 Jahre und 11 Monate, Feb. 2009 - Dez. 2012
PhD Researcher
Université catholique de Louvain
Research focused on developing mass balance models for the growth of lettuce, red beet and Arabidopsis thaliana, with a particular focus on the identifiability of model parameters. In addition to model development work, practical experiments were designed and conducted for Arabidopsis in order to generate informative data. Work was part of a ESA project, which aimed to develop technology for a future regenerative life support system for long term manned space missions (MELiSSA)
- 1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Juli 2007 - Dez. 2008
Research & Teaching Assistant
Queen's University
Research focused on strategies to increase the productivity of a fermentation process for the production of a biodegradable plastic (medium chain length PHAs). Special attention was focused on strategies for overcoming an observed oxygen limitation problem. Also served as teaching assistant for two courses - Fundamental Microbiology and Environmental Biotechnology.
- 9 Monate, Sep. 2006 - Mai 2007
Student Research Assistant
Queen's University
The anaerobic degradation of biphenyl was investigated to help improve the remediation strategy at a contaminated site.
- 4 Monate, Mai 2006 - Aug. 2006
Data Production Assistant
Environment Canada
Responsibilities included classifying cloud particle image data from several research projects and developing a Matlab program to classify these images automatically based on geometric properties.
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- 3 Jahre und 11 Monate, Feb. 2009 - Dez. 2012
Engineering
Université catholique de Louvain
Thesis title: Modelling Plant Growth – Importance of identifiability in developing simple models for control
- 1 Jahr und 6 Monate, Juli 2007 - Dez. 2008
Chemical Engineering
Queen's University
Thesis title: High cell density cultivation of Pseudomonas putida KT2440 for the production of medium-chain-length poly(3-hydroxyalkanoates) (PHAs)
- 3 Jahre und 9 Monate, Sep. 2003 - Mai 2007
Chemical Engineering
Queen's University
Grade: First Class Honours Cumulative 4-year average: 87%, Ranked #1 in program (chemical engineering) in final year
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