Description
I really enjoyed this one! I sat with Bruno Ferreira which is a young engineer working currently as a Process Engineer at BASF in Brazil. He is currently in a rotation Trainee, meaning that he gets to go and work in multiple plants such as acrylic acid plant, the monomer plant and finally the polymerization plant as well as the final manufacturing of the Diaper Materials.
His first contact with the industry was at BRASKEM which is one of the largest Oil & Gas companies in South America. Bruno worked first as a Process and Plant Intern, then got a job at Paranapanema in a smaller process recovering Sulfur as Sulfuric Acid from Cupper Mining.
He also talked on how to switch from Industries & Companies with the support of Networking and LinkedIn!
It was great to share some stories from Mexican and Brazilian Engineering, as they are pretty similar in many aspects.
I really think he is living the Chemical Engineering Dream:
- Working in a Process or Plant Engineering Role
- Working in the Largest and most important Chemical Company: BASF
Check the episode out!
Content Index
- Guest Introduction 00:00
- Why Chemical Engineering? 5:20
- USA Scholarship 10:46
- First Internship in Braskem 15:50
- Experience in Metallurgy & Environmental Engineering at Paranapanema 25:40
- Shift to BASF – Networking and Linkedin 32:17
- Working as a Trainee at BASF 39:00
- Working in an Acrylic Complex at BASF (Sodium Acrylate Monomer) 45:34
- Quick Question & Answer Section 1:00:00
- Closure 1:16:32
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Relevant notes, links, courses, e-books, reference material, or really anything mentioned in the episode.
Guest Bio & Contact Information
Name:
- Bruno Ferreira de Oliveira
Current Profession & Industry:
- Process Engineer at Acrylic Acids & Diaper Materials Plant
- Location. Salvador, Brazil
Education:
- Bachelor of Sciences in Chemical Engineering. Universidade Federal de Bahia.
Professional Background:
- Mining a
- Environmental Engineering
- Sulfuric Acid Production
- Acrylic acid
- Polymer Production
- Hygiene Materials
- Process Engineering
Contact Information:
- LinkedIn: Bruno Ferreira de Oliveira
- Instagram: Bruno Ferreira
Host Bio
I’m Emmanuel Ortega a.k.a. THE Chemical Engineering Guy!
I create educational content related to Chemical & Process Engineering for students and engineers!
I am a 2012 Chemical Engineer Graduate from Tec de Monterrey in Mexico. My expertise is essentially Petrochemical, Polymer and Textile industries in either simulation, process design and process control.
For more information, please read the about page.
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