Miguel Zamarripa
President at National Energy Technology Laboratory
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolMiguel Zamarripa is a chemical and process systems engineer with ~15 years of experience specializing in mathematical programming, process simulation, and optimization for advanced energy systems and industrial supply chains. He has led R&D and optimization projects at NETL and KeyLogic, focusing on carbon capture, power/hydrogen production, and heat-rate improvements for large power cycles, and now serves as President of INFORMS Pittsburgh. His work spans LP/NLP/MIP/MINLP/GDP, multi-objective and uncertainty-aware optimization, techno-economic analysis, and machine learning–driven data science for real-world plant and network problems. An active contributor to the IDAES process systems engineering framework, he has implemented core unit models and costing methods used in subcritical power plant simulations. Miguel combines deep academic training (PhD) with hands-on engineering and open-source development, bringing a rare mix of large-scale optimization expertise and practical equipment design experience to industry challenges.
8 years of coding experience
11 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering, Bachelor's Degree Chemical Engineering at Instituto Tecnológico de La LagunaUPC Universitat Politècnica de CatalunyaMaster of Science (M.Sc.) Chemical Engineering, Master of Science (M.Sc.) Chemical Engineering at Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León
Github Skills (5)
pyomo10
chemical-engineering10
python10
thermodynamics9
documentation7
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
IDAES/idaes-pse
Oct 2019 - Aug 2021
The IDAES Process Systems Engineering Framework
Role in this project:
Back-end Developer & Chemical Engineer
Back-end Developer & Chemical EngineerContributions:87 reviews, 124 commits, 15 PRs in 1 year 10 months
Contributions summary:Miguel's commits primarily focused on adding and improving models within the IDAES Process Systems Engineering Framework, specifically for a subcritical power plant. The user implemented a new pressure changer costing method, integrated it within a core unit costing library, and addressed code style issues. Additional work included adding subcritical boiler and drum models along with testing and documentation for the unit models.
chemical-engineeringengineeringelectrical-engineeringprocess-modelingenergy-system
MAZamarripa/idaes-pse
Nov 2020 - Sep 2024
The IDAES Process Systems Engineering Framework
Contributions:12 reviews, 35 pushes, 18 branches in 3 years 10 months
javasystems-engineeringengineeringprocess-systems-engineering
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