Sample CV of a statistician with limited experience

JOSEPH H. PARR

9 Errol Street, London EC2 5LB | 02078 345 535 | joseph.parr@rss.org.uk

Education

2011

MSc in Chemical Engineering, Birmingham University, UK

  • Dissertation: “Multivariate Statistical Monitoring of Cascaded Batch Fermentation Process Operation”.
2008 BSc Chemical Engineering, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey

Experience

2008-2011

Research Assistant, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Birmingham University, UK

  • Developed statistical process monitoring (SPM) and quality control (QC) tools/software for batch data analysis, online monitoring and quality prediction, SPC and QC studies in joint projects with pharmaceutical and polymer industries.
  • Improved an existing cascaded penicillin fermentation simulator in Matlab.
2008

Summer Internship, Petkim Petrochemical Co., Izmir, Turkey

  • Assisted automation engineers in process control and monitoring.
  • Became familiar with plant operations in Ethylene Plant and Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Plant.
  • Walked down and red-lined P&ID’s.
  • Observed the Waste Treatment and Water Pretreatment Units of the Petrochemical Complex.

Technical Skills

General skills in statistics and computing. Specific expertise and interests in:

  • Statistics: empirical modeling, multivariate statistical analysis, batch process monitoring and fault diagnosis.
  • Computing platforms: Windows 2000/NT/XP.
  • Programming languages: Matlab, G2 and FORTRAN.
  • Statistical software: Matlab Statistics, Chemometrics and PLS Toolboxes.
  • Text formatting and office computing: LaTeX, MS Office, Illustrator, GoLive.

Publications

Journal Articles:

  • C. Undey, J. Parr, E. Tatara, F. Teymour and A. Cinar, “Batch Process Monitoring and Diagnosis: Application to Polymerization Systems, Macromolecular Symposia, 206(1), 121-134, 2004.
  • C. Undey, J. Parr and A. Cinar, “Online Batch/Fed-batch Process Performance Monitoring, Quality Prediction and Variable Contributions Analysis for Diagnosis”, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, 42(20), 4645-4658, 2003.

Presentations in Meetings:

  • C. Undey, J. Parr, E. Tatara, F. Teymour and A. Cinar, "Batch Process Monitoring and Diagnosis: Applications to Polymerization Systems", Polymer Reaction Engineering V, Quebec City, Canada, May 18-23, 2003.
  • C. Undey, J. Parr, E. Tatara and A. Cinar, "Real-time Fault Detection, Diagnosis, and Quality Prediction in Batch Fermentations", 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003.
  • J. Parr, C. Undey and A. Cinar, "Online Batch Process Monitoring and Quality Prediction-Enhancements by Preserving Variable Direction and Charting Contributions", AIChE Annual Meeting (Paper 263b), Indianapolis, IN, November 3-8, 2002.
  • C. Undey, , J. Parr and A. Cinar, "An Integrated Framework for Online Monitoring and Quality Prediction in Real-time for Batch Fermentation Processes", AIChE Annual Meeting (Paper 270d), Indianapolis, IN, November 3-8, 2002.

Professional Memberships

Royal Statistical Society,  Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

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