Ben Pakzadeh                                                                                                702-279-6587
6002 N Newark St, Portland, OR 97203                                                                behrangpakzad@yahoo.com
 
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Professional Profile                                
Innovative detail-oriented water and wastewater treatment process design professional with more than two years of experience in water and wastewater treatment process design is looking for a Water/Wastewater Process Engineer position. Experienced in water/wastewater treatment working to deadline and within budget with excellent client service skills and technical writing expertise.

Areas of Expertise: advanced water and wastewater process design, anaerobic treatment of wastewater, physical-chemical treatment of hazardous industrial wastewaters, water treatment with ion-exchange, water supply, infrastructure design, storm and sanitary conveyance, pumping, and storage.


Professional Experience                                
Richwine Environmental, Inc, Oregon City, OR
Wastewater Process Engineer Intern (11/2010 to present)
•      Assist with the start-up of the new membrane treatment process at the Tri-City WPCP.
•      Participate in a UF/RO pilot study for treatment of a digestate of food-industry waste.
City of Milwaukie, Milwaukie, OR
Civil and Environmental Engineer (08/2010 to 10/2010)
•      Worked on a volunteer basis on feasibility studies for implementing membrane (MBR), UV, and odor control technologies at a wastewater treatment plant to reduce the footprint of the existing plant.
University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
Research/Teaching Assistant (08/2006 to 05/2010)
•      Conducted technical study on various issues related to wastewater and water resources.
•      Performed process and hydraulic modeling for water and wastewater treatment.
•      Assisted in the write-up and data analysis of several technical and progress reports.
•      Designed the water and wastewater systems and prepared respective drawings.
•      Performed bench-scale water treatment ion-exchange column experiments to remove nitrate, perchlorate, arsenic, chromium, and selenium.
•      Designed and built the apparatus for the water treatment experiments.
•      Conducted coagulation jar-test experiments to remove arsenic with ferric chloride and chromium with calcium polysulfide from brines.
•      Examined the effect of polymer addition on the settling of sludge with jar-test experiments.
•      Participated in preparation of economic analysis for wastewater and water infrastructure projects.
•      Developed a QA/QC for the laboratory experiments following the standard methods for water and wastewater.
•      Tutored and evaluated assignments and reports of students.
•      Supervised 1-3 students in laboratory on water/wastewater treatment projects.
•      Compiled data and prepared detailed testing reports and specifications.
•      Conducted inorganic ion concentration measurements through ion chromatography, spectrometry, or spectrophotometry; measured pH, ORP, TS and TSS in water/wastewater.
Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
Research Assistant (01/2006 to 08/2006)
•      Performed anaerobic batch experiments to optimize the anaerobic digestion of various food-industry wastewaters.
•      Measured various parameters in wastewater such as produced methane (gas chromatography), volatile fatty acids, free nitrogen, total nitrogen, TOC, COD, BOD, TSS, VSS, TS, and VS.
Behrang Pakzadeh • 702-279-6587 • behrangpakzad@yahoo.com
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Khanehabandishan, Tehran, Iran
Civil Engineer (07/2001 to 07/2004)
•      Participated in project and construction management: project initiation, planning, and execution.


Education
     University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV
     PhD in Civil and Environmental Engineering (GPA: 3.97/4.0) (2006-2010)
Dissertation Title: Ion-Exchange (IX): Arsenic and Chromium Removal from Brines and Removal of Inorganic Contaminants by Specialty Resins
     
     Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
     MS in Engineering, Environmental Management (2004-2006)
Thesis Title: Optimization of Anaerobic Digestion for Food Industry Wastewaters through Application of the Co-digestion Process.

     Sharif University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
     BS in Civil Engineering (1996-2001)


Certification and Special Training
•      Permanent resident.
•      Valid driver’s license with an outstanding record.
•      Passed Early PE exam for Civil Engineers in Nevada, 12/2007.
•      Engineer-In-Training or Engineer Intern (EIT) Certification No. 0T5422 in Nevada.
•      EIT in California No. 140440.
•      Special Training: Ion Chromatograpghy (IC), Atomic adsorption spectrometry, Spectrophotometry, and Gas / Liquid Chromatography, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, 2006
•      Computer Skills: MS OFFICE (Excel, Word, Access), Adobe Acrobat, Ion-Exchange PRO, MINEQL+, MINITAB, ArcGIS, AutoCad, WaterCad, BioWin, STELLA, SWMM, C++, Visual Basic, AQUASIM, EPANET, Mike SHE


Conference Presentations
•      Pakzadeh, B. and J.R. Batista. Treatment of residual ion-exchange Brines Containing Arsenic. Presented at Annual Conference and Exposition (ACE08), AWWA, Atlanta, GA, June 8-12, 2008.
•      Pakzadeh, B. and J.R. Batista.  Treatment of Residual Ion-Exchange Brine Containing Chromium.  Presented at American Chemical Society 42nd Western Regional Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada, September 23-27, 2008.


Membership, Honors and Awards
•      Member of Tau Beta Pi, Phi Kappa Phi, and Golden Key International Honor Societies
•      Member of American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), American Water Works Association (AWWA), and Water Environment Federation (WEF).
•      Wolzinger Family Scholarship (2007), Nevada Power Scholarship (2008), Travel and Research grant, Graduate and Professional Student Association, UNLV (Spring 2008, Spring and Fall 2009), and Summer Scholarship, UNLV (2009).