Robert D. Barnum

Bob is a senior Licensed Professional Engineer, with over 12 years of direct product, process and pilot plant experience in the field of Chemical Engineering. He is technically strong in all aspects of chemical engineering design with extensive experience in process definition using Aspen HYSYS, CHEMCAD, and DWSIM. His engineering experience spans over 20 projects, where he has led the design, scale-up and process engineering from lab to pilot-scale and commercial scale operations.

Bob has led all parts of piloting phases, including design, build and implementation of prototypes, testing equipment, and testing procedures to validate new technologies. His expertise includes creating design deliverables including system process flow diagrams, detailed piping and instrumentation diagrams, chemical process simulations, heat and material balances, and 3D cad models and design drawings. He has extensive experience in budgeting, resourcing, scheduling and scoping of projects.

Bob is a current graduate student pursuing a Master of Science in Space Science and Technology from the Open University in the United Kingdom. He received his Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from The University of Texas at Austin and a Graduate Certificate in Systems Engineering Practice from Colorado State University. He is a licensed Professional Engineer in three states, including Texas.