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Seda Pınar Benk

Summary

Skilled professional with focus on chemical engineering and process optimisation. Capable of enhancing production efficiency and ensuring compliance with safety regulations. Utilises problem-solving abilities and technical expertise to drive innovative solutions in complex projects.

Overview

7
7
years of professional experience
10
10
years of post-secondary education
1
1
Certification

Work History

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hacettepe University
Ankara
03.2024 - 03.2025

• Worked in Assoc. Prof. Dr. Özge YÜKSEL ORHAN's research laboratory as an undergraduate student researcher in Hacettepe University, department of chemical engineering.

• Research topics: CO2 capture and utilization, enzyme kinetics.

Intern

Promer Consultancy Engineering Inc.
Ankara
11.2024 - 01.2025

• 3-month long term internship program

• Sour water stripping systems (specifying internals, design and operation), design and overall capacity, feed specifications, efficiency and product quality, process and utility conditions.

• Document control for petrochemistry refinery plants.

• Conceptual design for PFD, P&ID

• Regulation and summary for HAZOP tables

• Line lists for tank and FCC unit

• Alarm & Set Point lists

• Engineering procedures for storage tank and two phase separation equipment: theoretical study on GPSA Engineering Data Book.

Intern

Petrofer Industrial Oils and Chemicals
İzmir
08.2024 - 09.2024

• Chemical engineering intern in R&D Department

• Formulation and R&D studies of products such as heat treatment oils, cooling emulsions, anti-corrosion oils, forging products, hydraulic fluids, metal processing fluids, industrial cleaners, chemical used in the paper industry and general purpose greases.

• The topics focused on in R&D studies are savings in operation costs, improvement of process efficiency, simplification of application, energy savings and environmental improvements, reduction of liquid waste, more efficient operation of system equipment.

Intern

Promer Consultancy Engineering
Ankara
06.2024 - 08.2024

• Process engineering in Design Department

• Practical experience using Aspen HYSYS modelling software

• Worked on hydraulic pipeline systems, simulations for line sizing, pipe segments, equipment designs for distillation column, pump, heat exchanger etc.

Intern

Ege University ARGEFAR Drug R&D Center
İzmir
06.2019 - 06.2019

• Product Development & Quality Control Laboratory

• Development and quality control of pharmaceutical and non-pharmaceutical products

• Analysis method validations required for quality control studies, stability studies and physicochemical analyzes with HPLC of finished products and active substances.

Intern

Ege University ARGEFAR Drug R&D Center
İzmir
06.2018 - 06.2018

• Environmental and Food Analysis Laboratory

• Studies for "GC group pesticides", LC MS/MS Group Pesticides, Chromatographic separation methods "Heavy metal analysis" with ICP/MS device to determine the level of heavy metal added during the natural production and packaging of foodstuffs or contaminated from the environment.

Education

Faculty of Engineering/Chemical Engineering

Hacettepe University
Ankara
10.2020 - 02.2025

Ege Higher Vocational School/Chemistry Technology

Ege University
İzmir
09.2017 - 06.2019

İnönü Anatolian High School
İzmir
09.2012 - 06.2016

Skills

    MATLAB

    Aspen HYSYS

    AutoCAD

    Polymath

    Python

    MS Office

Certification

12th Global Conference on Global Warming (GCGW 2024): Certificate of Participation, 05/2024, At this conference, I presented the paper 'Biomimetic sequestration of CO2 using bovine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase (BCA) enzyme encapsulated in ZSM-5 Zeolite'.


12th Global Conference on Global Warming (GCGW 2024): Certificate of Participation, 05/2024, At this conference, I presented the paper 'Comparison of the removal performance of D4 Siloxane from biogas using silica gel and TiO2 adsorbents'.


Complete Python Developer: Zero to Mastery, 08/2023, Learning Python 3 with projects, web development and machine learning


Beginner to Advanced LabVIEW, 08/2023, Advance LabVIEW learning using Hardware


COMSOL Multiphysics simulation: Basics to Advanced, 07/2023, Complete course on COMSOL. Basic concepts on simulations, boundary conditions, meshing and results.


SAP ERP with Practice Course, 07/2023, SAP ERP training with business examples and practice on the newest SAP HANA system.


Hacettepe IAESTE LC Community's Excel Course, 05/2023, Hacettepe University IAESTE LC Community Excel Basic to Advanced Course


Hacettepe AI Community's MATLAB Course, 05/2021, Hacettepe University Artificial Intelligence Community MATLAB Course

Projects

Biomimetic sequestration of CO2 using bovine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase (BCA) enzyme encapsulated in ZSM-5 Zeolite, 02/2024 - 05/2024
• Investigate the reusability of CO2 by converting it into CaCO3 and to facilitate the development of eco-friendly solutions for industrial and scientific applications.


Comparison of the removal performance of D4 Siloxane from biogas using silica gel and TiO2 adsorbents, 02/2024 - 05/2024
• The effectiveness of commercial silica gel and alkaline oxide-based TiO2 adsorbents in siloxane removal is compared and also as an improvement the synergistic effect of adsorbtion is observed.


Antimicrobial nanoparticles and biodegradable polymer composites for active food packaging applications, 06/2023 - 01/2024
• In the Project Planning And Organization course, we planned and presented a project on sustainable and environmentally friendly active food packaging design using biodegradable polymers in food packaging.


Comenius Project, 03/2013 - 03/2014
• Student exchange program

• Went to Hungary, Austria and Serbia, participated in events and cultural exchanges within the scope of the Comenius project.

Timeline

Intern

Promer Consultancy Engineering Inc.
11.2024 - 01.2025

Intern

Petrofer Industrial Oils and Chemicals
08.2024 - 09.2024

Intern

Promer Consultancy Engineering
06.2024 - 08.2024

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Hacettepe University
03.2024 - 03.2025

Faculty of Engineering/Chemical Engineering

Hacettepe University
10.2020 - 02.2025

Intern

Ege University ARGEFAR Drug R&D Center
06.2019 - 06.2019

Intern

Ege University ARGEFAR Drug R&D Center
06.2018 - 06.2018

Ege Higher Vocational School/Chemistry Technology

Ege University
09.2017 - 06.2019

İnönü Anatolian High School
09.2012 - 06.2016

12th Global Conference on Global Warming (GCGW 2024): Certificate of Participation, 05/2024, At this conference, I presented the paper 'Biomimetic sequestration of CO2 using bovine erythrocyte carbonic anhydrase (BCA) enzyme encapsulated in ZSM-5 Zeolite'.


12th Global Conference on Global Warming (GCGW 2024): Certificate of Participation, 05/2024, At this conference, I presented the paper 'Comparison of the removal performance of D4 Siloxane from biogas using silica gel and TiO2 adsorbents'.


Complete Python Developer: Zero to Mastery, 08/2023, Learning Python 3 with projects, web development and machine learning


Beginner to Advanced LabVIEW, 08/2023, Advance LabVIEW learning using Hardware


COMSOL Multiphysics simulation: Basics to Advanced, 07/2023, Complete course on COMSOL. Basic concepts on simulations, boundary conditions, meshing and results.


SAP ERP with Practice Course, 07/2023, SAP ERP training with business examples and practice on the newest SAP HANA system.


Hacettepe IAESTE LC Community's Excel Course, 05/2023, Hacettepe University IAESTE LC Community Excel Basic to Advanced Course


Hacettepe AI Community's MATLAB Course, 05/2021, Hacettepe University Artificial Intelligence Community MATLAB Course

Seda Pınar Benk