Helen Hanks
Plant Process Engineer - HyCO And Pipelines at Air Products
Houston, Texas, United States
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Top SchoolHelen Hanks is a chemical engineer with 10+ years at Air Products, specializing in plant process engineering for HyCO, gasification and pipelines and a strong track record in advanced process controls and multivariable optimisation. She has repeatedly delivered novel automation projects under challenging operating conditions, pairing domain expertise in ASUs, SMRs and blast furnaces with hands-on programming (MATLAB, R, SQL, FORTRAN, VBA) to build KPI-driven control solutions. Comfortable working remotely with minimal supervision, she prioritizes continuous learning—earning an MSc in Space Science and Technology while volunteering to promote STEM education. Her blend of R&D experience, field plant engineering and control systems design gives her a rare ability to translate complex process dynamics into reliable, automated operations.
10 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MSc), Space Science and Technology, Master of Science (MSc), Space Science and Technology at The Open UniversityMaster of Engineering (MEng), Chemical Engineering with Study in Europe, Master of Engineering (MEng), Chemical Engineering with Study in Europe at The University of ManchesterA Levels (Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Further Maths), AS Levels (Spanish and General Studies), A Levels (Chemistry, Physics, Maths, Further Maths), AS Levels (Spanish and General Studies) at Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College
English, Spanish, Chinese, French
Github Skills (8)
buster9
docker6
automation4
robot4
kubernetes4
tricks4
robotics3
ros3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
helenhanks/Robotany
Apr 2020 - Sep 2020
Automated Gardening System
Contributions:147 commits, 1 PR, 93 pushes in 5 months
gardeningdockerbusterkubernetesautomation
helenhanks/ChemengFunctionsForExcelVBA
Oct 2016 - Mar 2017
Contributions:28 pushes, 1 branch in 5 months
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