Achieve emissions reductions with a low-carbon solution: Insights from energy analysis

Amudha Narasimhan is a Senior Process Dynamic Simulation Specialist in the Integrated Solutions Americas at KBR in Houston, Texas (U.S.). With 25 yrs of industry experience, she brings deep expertise in process engineering and simulation, including steady-state, dynamic and transient studies. Her work spans a wide range of applications, from design verification to troubleshooting plant operations. Narasimhan holds an MS degree in chemical engineering from Anna University, India, and has a professional education certification in Clean Energy Solutions from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U.S.

Rick Northup is a Senior Process Manager in KBR’s Refinery Process Design group. He has more than 48 yrs of experience in refinery and petrochemical process design and technology licensing. In his current role, Northup oversees the process design activities for large grassroots and revamp refinery and petrochemical projects. He earned a BS degree in chemical engineering from Tulane University and an MS degree in chemical engineering from the University of Florida (U.S.).

Bingbing Zhang is a Senior Process Engineer within the Integrated Solutions group at KBR Technical Services Inc. She has more than 30 yrs of experience in refinery, liquefied natural gas (LNG), petrochemical and polymer process design, operation, revamp, optimization and troubleshooting. Zhang holds an MS degree in chemical engineering from Queen’s University, Canada. 

Alex Pence is a Process Engineer within the Project Definition group at KBR. With more than 12 yrs of industry experience, he has worked in biofuels, LNG, ammonia, specialty chemicals, power generation, refining and olefins technologies with a particular focus in steady-state process simulation in pre-front end engineering and design (pre-FEED) designs. Pence holds a BS degree in chemical engineering from Texas A&M University and is a licensed Professional Engineer.

Juan Gomez Prado is a chartered Chemical Engineer with a strong technical background in the process design, evaluation, optimization and development of decarbonization projects, with more than 40 margin improvement program and projects for facilities worldwide.