DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING

Research Staff

Mrs. Carmen Faride Gutiérrez Research Associate   Bu Hasa Building, Room 2213, Sas Al Nakhl Campus, Office: +971 2 607 5120 Fax: +971 2 607 5200 Email: cgutierrez@pi.ac.ae

EDUCATION

• Master of Business Administration University of Iowa, Iowa, US (2005)
• BSci Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, Indiana, US (2001)
  

PROFILE

Carmen joined the Petroleum Institute as a research associate in the Chemical Engineering Department in May 2008. She joined Dr. Palmer research team with the focus of developing solid sorbents to remove H2S from a stream (Claus plant). This project attempts to tackle the increasing environmental concern of the need to reduce sulphur emissions from a gas field.

Prior to joining PI, Carmen worked for 3M Corporation in four different manufacturing locations in US – Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa, and Wisconsin. She was delighted to be part of such a fine company for a total of 7 years as an advanced manufacturing engineer.

HONORS AND AWARDS

• Certificate of Professional Engineer Intern (EIT), eligible for professional certification, U.S.A. (May 2001)
• Academic honors, Purdue University, Indiana, U.S.A. – March, 2001
• Winner of the 1998, 1999 and 2000 Society of Hispanic Engineers Merit Award
• Selected in 1998 as part of 3M Minority Engineering Scholars Program
• Winner of Minority Scholarship from Community Foundation of Grant County, Indiana, US 1997 and 1998