Richard Shandross
Experienced and hands-on innovator, product developer, project manager / team leader, experimentalist, and investigator. Confident communicator with high-caliber writing and presentation skills.
| Headline: | Engineer |
| Work status: | Employed Full-Time |
| Industries: | Cleantech |
| Skills: | Business, Chemical Engineering, Design, Engineering, Event planning, Intellectual Property, Languages, Languages and Platforms, Leadership, Patents, Software Engineering, Spanish, System Administration, Writing |
| Groups: | MIT Clean Energy Prize 2010 |
| Interested in: | Employment opportunities, Helping friends, Learning about entrepreneurship, Meeting new people, Professional opportunities |
| Schools: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Northwestern University |
WORK EXPERIENCE
| Employer: | General Dynamics C4 Systems, Taunton, MA |
| Position: | Deputy Program Manager for Engineering and Senior Systems Engineer |
| Time period: | January 2004 - Present |
| Description: | Deputy Program Manager for Engineering and Senior Systems Engineer |
| Employer: | Forward Technology Consulting, Newtonville, MA |
| Position: | President and Founder |
| Time period: | January 2003 - December 2004 |
| Employer: | TIAX LLC, Technology Consulting Firm, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Manager, Reaction Engineering |
| Time period: | January 2002 - December 2003 |
| Employer: | Arthur D. Little, Inc., Technology Consulting Firm, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Manager: Reaction Engineering, Consultant: Food Equipment Engineering |
| Time period: | January 1996 - December 2002 |
| Employer: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA |
| Position: | Postdoctoral Assoc, Research and Teaching Asst; Chemical Engineering Dept |
| Time period: | January 1985 - December 1996 |
| Employer: | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region V, Chicago, IL |
| Position: | State Implementation Officer and Environmental Engineer, Hazardous Waste Management |
| Time period: | January 1979 - December 1985 |
| Employer: | General Dynamics C4 Systems, under TAD Technical Services, Taunton, MA |
| Position: | Senior Member of Technical Staff |
| Time period: | December 2004 |
| Description: | Senior Member of Technical Staff, CHS Engineering. |
EDUCATION
| University: | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| Time period: | 1996 |
| Degree: | Chemical Engineering, PhD |
| University: | Northwestern University |
| Time period: | 1979 |
| Degree: | Environmental Engineering, BSc |
PUBLICATIONS
| Articles: | Special edition on hydrogen production technology, Guest Ed., Catalysis Today, 139, no. 4 (2009).
High temperature, oil saving, rapid cook fryer system, U.S. Patent 7,100,497 (2006) Integrated premixed indirect radiant burner, with P.C. Carbone, K.R. Benedek, S.E. Schmidt, W.J. Goetzler, and P.P. Payne, U.S. Patent 6,629,837 (2003) Variation of Equivalence Ratio and Element Ratios With Distance From Burner in Premixed One-Dimensional Flames, with C.J. Pope and J.B. Howard, Combust. Flame, 116, 605-614 (1999). Accelerated Testing of Flame Ionization Sensor Contamination in Residential Furnaces: Phase I, with K.R. Benedek and S.E. Schmidt, Gas Technology Institute Report GRI-98/0179 (1998). Net Rate Analysis Method for Assessment and Improvement of Flame Models, with J.P. Longwell and J.B. Howard, Combust. Flame, 112, 371-386 (1998). Destruction of Benzene in High-Temperature Flames: Chemistry of Benzene and Phenol, with J.P. Longwell and J.B. Howard, Proc. of the Combustion Institute, 26, 711-719 (1996). Noncatalytic Thermocouple Coating for Low-Pressure Flames, with J.P. Longwell and J.B. Howard, Combustion and Flame, 85, 282-284 (1991) |
INFORMATION
| Memberships: | American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE).
American Chemical Society (ACS). Combustion Institute, Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society. |
| Awards: | General Dynamics Awards: Silver Eagle – flawless project execution, 2008; Bronze Eagle. |
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