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Thermal Engineering Specialist at RareTechSEA from Lao People's Democratic Republic · Vientiane, Lao PDR

Consulting Thermal Engineer, Engineering Specialist, Designer, Inventor • Advanced Heat-Transfer (Thermal) Technologies • Advanced Brazing Technologies • Over 40 years experience • 36+ countries • Highlights ◦ Leader of Novel Composite Deposition (CD) aluminium particle-brazing development team ▪ Built Engineering Superteam ◦ Member of International “Cuprobraze” copper particle-brazing development team ▪ Built Engineering Superteam • Controlled atmosphere furnace expert ◦ CAB - batch, continuous ◦ Vacuum ◦ Hybrid ▪ “Inching” furnace “unit-braze” development project ▪ Smelting furnace cooling expertise - water and air cooling ◦ Hydrogen gas integration in conventional CAB (Nitrogen) ▪ Oxide control ◦ Reaction dynamics • Heat-Exchangers ◦ Design / rating / optimisation / testing / manufacture / software development / research ◦ PHE/BHE (includes software development and big data analysis) ◦ Automotive HE ◦ RHVAC ◦ Marine ◦ Landfill-gas coolers ◦ Heavy Industrial ◦ Mining ◦ Large generators ◦ Petrochemical HE ◦ Modular finned-tube HE ◦ Smelting furnace cooling systems – Fin-fan coolers, furnace cooling – water, air ◦ Mining elution system energy recovery ▪ Economiser ▪ Heater - steam, hot thermal oil • Heat-Pumps ◦ Design / rating / testing / manufacture / software development / research ◦ Ultra compact AWHP (air-to-water heat-pump) ◦ Low-cost AWHP for global market ◦ Large process heat-recovery systems • Brazing Systems ◦ Furnace process development / CAB furnace specialist / manufacturing / research ◦ Aluminium ▪ CD (Composite Deposition) technology (new, novel brazing technology) ▪ Particle-brazing technology ▪ Foil brazing technology ▪ Vacuum brazing ▪ Nocolok ▪ Gas-brazed ◦ Copper ▪ Copper + Brass ◦ Anneal-resistant copper fin ◦ High strength-brass tube brazing ◦ Inching furnace development (fin-copper tube brazing – in development) ▪ Copper + Copper • XBraze ◦ Anneal-resistant copper fin ◦ Special multiport copper tube ◦ Novel fin-tube brazing technology ▪ Copper alloy absorption optimisation • Minimise alloying ▪ Brazing profile critical to minimise copper annealing during braze process • Engineering Simulation ◦ Numerical Analysis ▪ CFD (Computational Fluid Dynamics) ▪ FEA (Finite Element Analysis) for fluid flow ▪ FEA for heat transfer and stress ◦ Chemical, Engineering Process ▪ Process simulation ▪ Engineering Flow Diagrams (EFD) ▪ Process & Instrumentation Diagrams (P&ID) ▪ Chemstations Chemcad® ▪ Pressure-drop and performance simulators - various ◦ Advanced Spreadsheets ◦ Thermal computation and analysis ◦ Engineering computation and analysis ◦ Scripting Automation ◦ Python code for simulation ◦ Dynamic code for data analysis ◦ Visualization ▪ Create clear and informative visualizations • Artificial Intelligence (AI) ◦ Optimisation of various heat-transfer processes ◦ Ongoing research into Deep Learning and Reinforcement learning ◦ Vertex AI (Google) - LLMs, agents, process automation, integration • Notable Appointments ◦ Product Design & Development Advisor ▪ Siam Motor & Engineering Industry - Bangkok, Thailand (2004-2007) ▪ First tier supplier of automotive heat-transfer devices to Toyota Thailand ◦ Executive Consultant to the President of Outokumpu Copper Strip AB ▪ Vasteras, Sweden (1999-2003) and Internationally ▪ Over 30 countries for OCS ▪ Technical marketing and technology strategic support to President ▪ Multinational CuproBraze® project • Scaleup from lab scale to fully commercial production • Commercialisation in Asia • Built Asian market to bypass US market in 3 years • Technology collaboration with Marketing Manager for Asia ◦ Technical Services Executive Director ▪ T&N Group UK Companies ▪ International Heat-Transfer Division – South Africa (1994-1997) ▪ Reported to Divisional Head ▪ Director of Technology • Coordinated R&D and technical support for 4 division companies • Engineering superteam • International travel (business) (not all-listed, 36+ in all) Sweden, UK, Germany, France, Spain, Russia, Finland, South Africa, USA, Japan, China, Korea, Thailand, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Canada, Mauritius, Reunion, Isle de Sol, Philippines, Indonesia, Poland, Laos, Cambodia, Dubai. • Education ◦ 2016 Introductory Cambridge IGCSE Physics (0625) ◦ 2016 Introductory Cambridge International AS and A Level Physics (9702) ◦ 2007- Research towards PhD dissertation - on - going (hobby) ◦ 2004-2007 PhD Candidate (ABD) in Mechanical Engineering - Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand ◦ 2003-2004 Eight academic courses, dissertation (in progress) ◦ Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) -Bangkok, Thailand ◦ 1982-1985 BSc. Eng. (Mech) Cum Laude (with distinction) - Natal University, Durban, South Africa ◦ 1980-1981 T1 & T2 Higher National Diploma - Natal Technikon, Durban, South Africa. • Academic Awards ◦ 2008 Presentation Certificate - Momentum Driven Waves : Airflow over cylinder within confined 2D duct - 2nd RAEFM International Conference -Vijayawada, India ◦ 1982-1985 Dean's Prize for outstanding academic achievement (four times) - University of Natal, South Africa. ◦ 1982 Certificate of Merit for outstandingly good work - ENME1ED2 - Mechanical Engineering Design - University of Natal, South Africa ◦ 1982 Certificate of Merit Over 89% av. in 7 subjects - School of Mechanical Engineering - Technikon Natal. Durban, South Africa Students Prize for Meritorious Performance - Technikon Natal College for Advanced Technical Education during 1980 - The Institute for Certificated Mechanical and Electrical Engineers, South Africa ◦ 1981 Certificate of Merit Over 85% av. in 8 subjects in Mechanical Engineering - School of Mechanical Engineering - Technikon Natal. Durban, South Africa