Obinna Aronu

A resourceful Mechanical Engineer with engineering management skills. Knowledgeable in several software tools for Engineering design, Finite Element Analysis and Data analytics. Has gained working experience in the oil and gas sector, telecommunication sector and presently in the water treatment industry. A good collaborator who wants to take his career to a higher level with challenging and demanding tasks within reputable organization

         FILTRATION ENGINEER II | Jardine Water Purification Plant, Department of Water Management, City of Chicago                                                                                                                                                                     September 2021 – Till Date

• Performs entry level professional engineering work in connection with the operation, instrumentation

                       and maintenance of water purification equipment and facilities.

• Operates and maintains purification and chemical feeding equipment. 
• Investigates equipment breakdowns and makes recommendations to prevent their recurrence.
• Observes instruments registering purification plant processes and conditions and records relevant data 

                       on operations logs.

• Receives reports from the control laboratory regarding analyses of water samples, records data and 

                       compares data with instrument panel gauge data to ensure water quality standards are maintained.

• Calculates actual dosage rates of water purification chemicals and monitors residuals to ensure 

                       compliance with City or other governmental standards.

• Assists in calibrating and maintaining recording, regulating and treatment devices on purification

                       equipment.

• Completes daily control logs detailing plant activity, treatment changes, equipment readings and 

                       problems.

• Maintains records of inspections, permits, work orders, correspondence and related documentation.

         RESEARCH ASSISTANT | Purdue Northwest Water-Energy Nexus                                   August 2018 – December 2020

• Research as a part of my master thesis,
• The project is a part of a large research map studying membrane fouling in wastewater filtration and devising its mitigation using piezoelectrics,
• Performed experiments in which membrane fouling was reduced using piezoelectrics,
• Developed best fit models from the experimental results using the Design of Experiment (DOE) approach and appropriate software tools for result analysis which led to conference presentation, publication and pending journal publication,
• Used Engineering design software tools (AutoCAD and Solidworks) to model major and auxiliary setup parts for both the research and secondary projects while COMSOL Multiphysics simulation was used for finite element analysis.
• Operated and maintained sensitive and costly lab equipment worth between $20,000 -- >$100,000.

             PRIVATE TUTOR | Student Academic Support, Purdue University Northwest          August 2019 – December 2019

• Conducted one-on-one supplementary classes / lectures to help prepare and improve the academic performance of the students for the course, Advanced Engineering Economics,
• Developed teaching strategies which helped the students deepen their knowledge of the course and improve their economic decision-making ability in engineering discipline. 
• Coordinated tutorial schedules and prepared weekly reports aimed at evaluating the performance of the students.

            DISTRIBUTION REPRESENTATIVE | B & P Logistics Norway                                                  December 2015 – July 2018 

• Instrumental in setting up the distribution model for ordered mails and packages in and around Sør-Trondelag axis
• Planned and forecasted customer’s demand for packages and mails
• Conducted the update of the PDA and the ERP system to effect delivered packages and the information of existing members respectively.

             FIELD MAINTENANCE ENGINEER | Linksoft Communications Systems Limited                April 2013 - August 2015

• Was responsible for the management of MTN/HUAWEI rural telephony network projects across 3 states in Nigeria, namely: Abia, Akwa-Ibom and Cross-rivers.
• Provided remote assistance to NOC in cases where there are interferences to the network of a particular site
• Facilitated the implementation, integration and periodic maintenance of all network elements, configured V-SAT modems and conducted antenna alignment using the modem
• Testing and troubleshooting of the existing network and conducted integrity assessment of network equipment such as V-SATS, BTS, ATS, rectifiers, solar panels, generators etc. 
• Managed equipment failure by conducting root cause analysis which resulted in 10% decrease in equipment failure and remarkable improvement in site uptime.

              FIELD ENGINEER (Intern) | Halliburton Energy Services Nigeria Limited                            March 2010 – May 2010

• Provided wireline and perforating services (Tubing Conveyed Perforation -TCP)
• Responsible for the design of the gun loadings and the tool string
• Successfully conducted several gun loadings, gun assembly and loading out to the rig
• Conducted periodic maintenance of oil rig equipment after each trip

Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (MSME).   CGPA:   3.74/4.0

Purdue University Northwest (PNW), Hammond, IN 46323.

Master of Science in Global Manufacturing Management (MSGMM).     

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU).

Bachelor of Engineering (B.Eng.): Mechanical Engineering. 

Federal University of Benin, Benin-city, Nigeria.