Dave Humbird is a Principal Engineer and chemical engineer with two decades of cross-industry experience in process engineering, techno-economic analysis, and scientific computing across biotechnology, petrochemical, and semiconductor sectors. He specializes in front-end conceptual design, Aspen-based process simulation, and CAPEX/ROI estimation for startups and demonstration plants, and routinely couples first-principles equipment design (ACM, CFD) with economic models. Technically fluent in C++, Python, Perl and VBA, he builds interfaces between commercial simulators and bespoke code or spreadsheets and has parallelized CFD and reactor simulations on HPC systems. Known for translating lab kinetics and spectral data into scalable model compounds and unit operations, he blends deep domain theory with practical scale-up and commercialization insight. Based in Denver, he maintains an educator’s curiosity—having lectured at UC Berkeley—and a track record of winning research funding and directing techno-economic strategy for DOE-relevant biofuels projects.
10 years of coding experience
26 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (BS), Chemical Engineering at Texas A&M University
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Chemical Engineering at UC Berkeley
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Dave Humbird - Principal Engineer at DWH Process Consulting