Qualifications
A bit about who I am

Self-motivated engineer prepared to excel in the field of engineering and contribute to organizational goals. Skilled in various aspects of chemical engineering disciplines, including a solid background in laboratory and research work. Working knowledge and proficiency in various programming languages, CAD software, and process simulation programs. Experienced in product development, scale-up and design in powder, water and process design industries. Detail-oriented and well-organized team player and leader with exceptional rate of productivity.

Education
University of California, Los Angeles

Bachelor of Science: Chemical Engineering - June 2013

Experience
Process Engineer - Solvay - October 2016 - Present

To Be Discovered

Process Engineer - Pilot Plant Operations - Clean Diesel Technologies Inc - July 2013 - September 2016

Synthesized catalyst material via co-precipitation and incipient wetness methods
Qualified, maintained and ran manufacturing equipment including blenders, calciners and mills
Scaled up and transferred new powder technologies from R&D to commercial manufacturing
Designed full suite of characterization and test techniques utilizing XRD, BET, TPR, PSA, TGA, XRF
Developed and maintained DOE, SOP, SDS, Control Plans, FMEA, NPI documents and project schedules
Supported process and product development for new materials and formulations
Audited process and product line for continuous improvement and ISO/TS 16949

Project Manager - Chemical Engineering, UCLA - February 2013 - June 2013

Selected by faculty to lead team of engineers for chemical engineering senior design project
Oversaw the execution of a steam optimized ethylene plant to be located in Brazil
Communicated client requirements to team through scheduled group and individual meetings
Developed process flow diagrams with Microsoft Visio and simulate with PRO/II and Aspen Hysys
Sized and costed various unit equipment using indexes
Calculated 10 year cash flow analysis to determine plant feasibility

Undergraduate Researcher - Chemical Engineering, UCLA - May 2012 - December 2012

Assisted in drafting a P&ID for a transportable desalination plant using Microsoft Visio
Drafted the transportable desalination plant in 3D with SolidWorks
Assisted in designing membrane monitoring module system for early mineral scale detection
Involved in the selection and incorporation of pumps, valves, water quality instruments, reverse osmosis, ultrafiltration

Intern, Chemical Engineering - iCRcompany, Torrance, Ca - June 2011 - Sept 2011

Synthesized and tested photostimulable phosphor powder
Worked with tube furnaces, vacuum oven, convection ovens, x-ray, milling
Maintained and ran tube furnaces, vacuum oven, convection ovens, x-ray, and wet milling

Undergraduate Researcher - Electrical Engineering, UCLA - June 2009 - June 2012

Designed and created photonics based telemedicine technology for portable cellular imaging
Handled and analyzed micro bead and stained blood cells/smear
Researched and designed techniques for super-hydrophobic surfaces for spherical lens applications
Worked with LabVIEW software to automate blood cell imaging

Skills
Basic Programming

C++, CSS, HTML, MatLab, PHP, VBA

Computer Aided Design

Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks

Software

Microsoft Office, Microsoft Visio, LabVIEW, Microsoft Access

Process Simulation

PRO/II, Aspen Hysys

Languages

English, Turkish, Spanish

Projects / Business
UCLA

Report on economics and feasibility analysis of algae based biofuels

Analysis on the removal of methylene blue from aqueous solution via activated carbon

Facebook Hackathon

VimRacer - Learn How To Vim By Playing a Game [ Closed ]

UCMyStuff

UCMyStuff - A Place For Students To Share Stuff [Closed ]

Kurotic

Kurotic - The Ultimate "Get Paid To" Script Maker [ On Long Hold ]

PixelPiece

Fashion Crafts 4 Home Body & More [ Active ]

Publications

S.O. Isikman, W. Bishara, U. Sikora, O. Yaglidere, J. Yeah, and A. Ozcan, "Field-Portable Lensfree Tomographic Microscope," Lab on a Chip (2011)

W. Bishara, U. Sikora, O. Mudanyali, T. Su, O. Yaglidere, S. Luckhart, and A. Ozcan, "Holographic pixel super-resolution in portable lensless on-chip microscopy using a fiber- optic array," Lab on a Chip (2011)

Tseng, O. Mudanyali, C. Oztoprak, S.O. Isikman, I. Sencan, O. Yaglidere and A. Ozcan, "Lensfree Microscopy on a Cell-phone" Lab on a Chip (2010) - Cover Article

H. Zhu, O. Yaglidere, T. Su, D. Tseng, and A. Ozcan, "Cost-effective and Compact Wide- field Fluorescent Imaging on a Cell-phone" Lab on a Chip (2010)

M. Lee, O. Yaglidere, and A. Ozcan, "Field-portable reflection and transmission microscopy based on lensless holography," Biomedical Optics Express (2011)

H. Zhu, S. Mavandadi, A.F. Coskun, O. Yaglidere, and A. Ozcan, "Optofluidic fluorescent imaging cytometry on a cell-phone," Analytical Chemistry (2011)

S.O. Isikman, W. Bishara, O. Mudanyali, I. Sencan, T. Su, D. Tseng, O. Yaglidere, U. Sikora, A. Ozcan, "Lensfree On-Chip Microscopy and Tomography for Bio-Medical Applications," IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics

W. Bishara, U. Sikora, O. Mudanyali, T. Su, O. Yaglidere, S. Luckhart, and A. Ozcan, "Handheld and lensless microscope identifies malaria parasites," SPIE Newsroom (2011)

Patents

Cobalt Containing Bimetallic Zero PGM Catayst For TWC Applications - US20160136619A1
Zero PGM Catalyst Including Cu-Co-Mn Ternary Spinel For TWC Applications - US20160136620A1

Contact
Email

oguzdere[@]gmail[DOT]com

Phone

(4+4) ZERO F!VE - 2 ONE 6 - FOUR 3 EIGHT 1

LinkedIn

http://www.linkedin.com/in/oguzdere