Aimé H. Tchapda, PhD

Mr. Tchapda is a US based Cameroonian-American multidisciplinary skilled energy engineer with extensive experience in research and development, testing and problem solving. Sound knowledge of various analytical instruments (utilization and troubleshooting). Have designed, commissioned and operated complex chemical processing systems. Mastery of various engineering software from cad design to chemical processes modeling/simulation as well as process control, instrumentation and automation. Demonstrated history of working in the computer software industry, supporting industrial software. Intermediate programming skills C/C++/C#, Java, PowerShell, UNIX scripting and SQL.  Intermediate knowledge of data science tools (Python, R).

CORE QUALIFICATIONS • Reactor design and development • Process design, development and process automation • Chemical process simulation and improvement • Design of experiments and data analysis • Material characterization • Power generation systems design and development • System engineering and architecture analysis

EXPERIENCE :

President and Co-Founder Tansa Tech, LLC (www.tansatech.com)

Consolidated Edison – Control Center and Automated Technologies Big Data Integration Engineer    2018 – Present - Integrate data historization, analytics and visualization onto the data transfer from GE XA21 (SCADA) to Oracle OMS (SCADA to STAR Project). - Implement analytics and alerting systems for tracking electrical distribution sensors (switches, circuit breakers, bank breakers) status. - Implement analytics, alerting and visualization dashboard for tracking failed communication circuit equipment’s. - Perform administration of the PI System (PI Data Archive, PI Interfaces, Asset Framework, Asset Analytics, PI Vision, PI Client Tools) for more than 700 users. 

OSIsoft LLC Senior Product Support Engineer    2015 – 2018 - Research, diagnose, troubleshoot and identify solutions to resolve customer issues - Troubleshoot control system network issues both on and off site to determine root cause of communication and/or control system problems - Provides technical consultation, training and support to PI System administrators - Design, implement/optimize customer’s system architecture both hardware and software for The Pennsylvania State University Research/Teaching Assistant     2008 - 2015 - Designed, commissioned and operated a high pressure – high temperature entrained flow reactor for thermal conversion of fuels  - Analyzed the thermal conversion (combustion, gasification, pyrolysis) behavior of solid fuels under high temperatures and pressures - Modeled the thermal conversion behavior of solid fuel (coal, biomass) - Designed, modeled and commissioned a feed system for coal and biomass powder at high pressure - Development of models for high temperature conversion of solid fuels - Teaching assistant: Energy Conservation and Environmental Protection

United States Army, African Center for Strategic Studies, National Def. University, Fort McNair IT support Technician      2006 – 2007  - Installed and configured computer hardware, software, systems, networks components - Diagnosed and solved computer software and hardware faults - Maintained records of software licenses

United States Army, K-16 Air Base Medical Center, K-16 Air Base, South-Korea Administrative assistant      2005 – 2006    - Maintained patients/aviators files and retrieved files for scheduled appointments - Maintained filing statistics and audits filing sequence of patients/aviators

United States Army, 595 Maintenance Company, K-16 Air Base, South-Korea Power Generation Technician     2004 – 2005  - Troubleshot and repaired power generation systems - Controlled and automated power generation systems

APADER – Cameroon (www.apader-cam.org) Program Assistant       1995 – 2001 -  Community based project identification, appraisal, development and monitoring  -  Sustainable energy, water systems, food processing, agricultural machineries design

EDUCATION & TRAINING 

PhD, Energy and Mineral Engineering, Pennsylvania State University (GPA 3.7/4.0)  2017 Relevant Course and Lab Works: Mathematical modeling of Energy Systems; Process control and instrumentation; Reaction engineering; Petroleum Refining; Engineering Physics; Engineering Chemistry; Fuel Science; Materials characterization; Energy Projects Investment and Finance. 5 peer-reviewed publications, 6 conference proceedings, 1 book chapter

Computer and Information Sciences Courses, UMUC, MD (GPA 3.8/4.0) 2005-2007  Computer systems  Programming in C/C++ and Java 3 Relational database and database programming 

MS Energy Systems and Management, Flensburg University, Germany  2001-2003

BS Agricultural & Biological Engineering, University of Dschang, Cameroon  1993-1998 • Valedictorian

COMPUTER SKILLS 

Computer languages: C/C++/C#, Java, PowerShell, Javascript, Unix Scripting, SQL Software Proficiency: MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio, Outlook, Project, Access), Python, R, PI System, ANSYS-Fluent, ASPEN, CHEMKIN, MatLab, LabView, COMSOL, SolidWorks, Mathematica, .NET, SAP, SAS.

ANALYTICAL SKILLS 

Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry; Gas chromatography; CHN elemental analyzer; Sulfur analyzer; Proximate analyser; Thermo-gravimetric Analyzer; Differential Scanning Calorimetry; Py-GC-MS; FTIR; SEM; BET surface area analyzer; Coal characterization; Biomass characterization.

SPOKEN LANGUAGES 

English: Fluent  French: Native Speaker   German: Fair

AWARDS & HONORS

Energies Journal 10th year anniversary best paper award (2018) Penn State Energy and Mineral Engineering C.C. Wright Award in fuel Science (2017) Frank.