ADELE J. ROBERTS
PROFESSIONAL SPECIALTY
Chemical process engineering, control, and thermal analysis
Electrical design and documentation
Data acquisition, analysis, and presentation
EDUCATION:
B.S. Chemical Engineering, University of California, San Diego, June 1985
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
General Atomics (1990-Present)
Staff Engineer for many supercritical water oxidation (SCWO) projects funded by DARPA, the U.S Army, and the U.S. Air Force to destroy DoD hazardous materials. Primarily responsible for pilot plant design, operation and test analysis. Developed controls, electrical design, and control software used in many lab and pilot plant SCWO systems. Directed test programs to verify 'proof of concept', investigate corrosion, and integrate process automation. Performed parameter studies and modeling of SCWO process in support of pilot plant design.
Staff Engineer for the cryofracture chemical demilitarization project, an Army-funded program to destroy outdated chemical weapons using incineration for destruction of chemical agents in a rotary kiln. Responsible for process modeling and prediction using two computer codes: ASPENä , for mass and energy balances, and a GA funded thermal performance code for dynamic modeling of temperatures and chemical destruction while processing munitions in a rotary kiln. Extensive knowledge of the combustion process and kiln equipment. Also responsible to design, develop and implement a networked data acquisition system to monitor agent/munition incineration in a rotary kiln located in Toole, Utah.
Skilled program designer and programmer in Visual Basic, LABVIEW, FORTRAN, and PLC programming languages. Extensive experience on Intel/Windows, Macintosh, DEC, Data General, Allen Bradley, General Electric, and Hewlett Packard hardware. CAD experience using AUTOCAD.
Applied Polymer Technology (3 years)
Engineering/operations manager for design, development, and installation of computer-aided composite cure control systems in applications which include autoclaves, hydraulic presses and resin reactors. The system monitored and controlled cure of advanced aerospace resins using temperature, pressure, vacuum, and flow. Other projects included R&D of dielectric and ultra-sonic cure monitoring sensors and other advanced cure techniques to be used for material qualification and production of epoxy, BMI, PMR and thermoplastic resins.
General Dynamics (2 years)
Senior manufacturing engineer tasked to implement processing science advances into the production of composites. These included real-time control of material properties during cure using advanced feedback sensors, polymer age-life tracking, and internal bag pressurization. Project leader responsible for tracking and reporting on project budgets as well as technical scope, direction and content.
Hughes Helicopters (3 years)
Test engineer monitoring real-time flight testing of the Apache helicopter. Also responsible for managing database of test data used to evaluate and report mechanical loads and limits experienced during flight tests.
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Member, American Institute of Chemical Engineers