Albert Cizek
Technical Writer at RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Westerly, RI
BOP Product Development Engineer within Fuel Cell Industry and BOP Performance Engineer within Nuclear Industry
Accomplished mechanical engineer with extensive experience in the energy sector identifying complex opportunities, solving difficult problems and obtaining optimal results.  Familiarity and expertise in design, fabrication, construction, inspection and testing of energy related process systems.  Recent experience focused on product development and validation within the fuel cell industry developing specialized equipment to support fuel cell operation.

Specialties: Equipment Troubleshooting and Repair; Product Development; Fuel Cell/Fossil/Nuclear Balance of Plant (BOP) Design, Optimization, Operations & Maintenance.
RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., Westerly, RI
Technical Writer
RCM TECHNOLOGIES, INC., provides engineering services to United Technologies and others.

Developed Service (Off-Wing) and Maintenance Manuals (On-Wing) for the next generation of Pratt & Whitney commercial jet engines targeted for Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier and others.
FUELCELL ENERGY, INC., Danbury, CT
Engineer / Senior Equipment Engineer
FUELCELL ENERGY, INC. develops, manufactures, sells and maintains fuel cell power plants worldwide for distributed electric power generation.

Developed & validated a successful fuel humidifier (specialized heat exchanger) as part of the fuel preparation system (harsh service) after troubleshooting existing designs prone to poor thermal performance, poor reliability and excessive cost drivers.  Challenges included high turndown, thermal shock, thermal stress, uniform fluid distribution and effective heat transfer surface contact.  Achieved 40% cost reduction.  Fuel humidifier implemented on 3 product lines ranging from 250 KW to 2.8 MW.

Developed & validated a successful direct fired heater (specialized airheater) required for plant startup (heatup), normal operations and shutdown (controlled cooldown).  Challenges included high temperature turndown, 15 F/HR temperature ramps and near instant maximum firing from a cold start.  Achieved 20% cost reduction.  Direct fired heater implemented on 2 product lines ranging from 1.0 to 2.8 MW.

Successfully converted a commercial duct burner designed for natural gas to one with natural gas or anaerobic digester gas capability, with a fixed configuration allowing seamless transition between fuels.

Defined and executed test plans for validation of above equipment from prototype through production stages.

Provided onsite startup support to the construction, field service and operations groups to assist troubleshooting, acquire lessons learned and develop effective commissioning procedures.

Identified the root cause of excessive temperature and weld failure in an unexpected location of a combined airheater and catalytic oxidizer when the OEM failed to do so.

Performed all tasks and assignments in a collaborative manner and mentored all levels of newly hired engineers and technicians.

Traveled extensively within the United States, Canada and Korea to fulfill job requirements.
BELCAN, East Hartford, CT
Mechanical Engineer
BELCAN provides engineering services to United Technologies and others.

Correlated Pratt & Whitney jet engine oil cooler data to flight data, et al.

“Bridge” Employment.
HEERY INTERNATIONAL, Old Saybrook, CT
Engineer
HEERY INTERNATIONAL provides construction services worldwide.

Coordinated and supervised QA inspection of overhead catenaries and substations for high speed rail service between New Haven, CT and Boston, MA (AMTRAK Acela Express).

“Curiosity” Employment.
NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY, Berlin, CT
Engineer / Senior Engineer / Supervisor
NORTHEAST UTILITIES SERVICE COMPANY provides engineering and administrative services to the Northeast Utilities System.

Defined, implemented and supervised plant performance monitoring and test programs at four nuclear power plants to improve and maintain mechanical balance of plant (MBOP) efficiency.

Supervised and responsible individual for containment integrated leak rate testing (ILRT).

Formulated mechanical balance of plant (MBOP) heat balance models using PEPSE software, validated model against published General Electric (GE) references and used same to quantify performance impacts.

Evaluated competing bids for steam turbine replacement at two nuclear power plants to improve reliability while maintaining efficiency.

Developed, negotiated and implemented test plans to confirm performance guarantees.

Formulated alternate approach to replacement at one site saving over $1 million dollars.

Supervised and responsible individual for mechanical balance of plant (MBOP) acceptance testing at 1200 MW nuclear power plant.

Introduced new technologies such as non-intrusive ultrasonic flow measurement and infrared imaging.
RILEY STOKER CORPORATION, Worcester, MA
Results Engineer
RILEY STOKER CORPORATION designs and constructs natural gas, oil and pulverized coal steam boilers.

Developed and implemented test plans to confirm power and utility boiler contract requirements.

Reduced test findings and wrote reports for customer acceptance.
EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY, Florham Park, NJ
Engineer / Project Engineer
EXXON RESEARCH AND ENGINEERING COMPANY provided research and engineering services to its parent corporation.

Determined fired heater tube surface and burner requirements, configuration and layout per Exxon design practices.

Evaluated coal liquefaction pilot plant (CLPP) operating data to quantify coking rate and impact on tube pressure drop at specified operating points.

Developed, designed and tested proprietary intermediate size Exxon high intensity burner.

Developed and implemented test plant to evaluate reliability of burner pilots.  Recommendations incorporated into Exxon best practices.
Mechanical
Master of Engineering (ME)
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Awarded Robert Crooke Stanley Fellowship for full time graduate study.
Heat Transfer, Fluids, Thermodynamics and Energy Conversion
Bachelor of Engineering (B.E.) and Master of Engineering (Mechanical)
Stevens Institute of Technology
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Studied hard!
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Engineering
Bachelor of Engineering (BE) with High Honors
STEVENS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
Member Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Phi Epsilon (and Comptroller), graduated with High Honor as an undergraduate, received fellowship to attend graduate school.
Red Cross
Blood Donor
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Tkachenko Vladimir
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Ukraine
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Janowiak Ronald
Senior Staff Engineer at Exelon Nuclear
Warrenville, IL
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Thomas Schildkamp
Draftsman at EME Associates
Greensburg, PA
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Keith Bowers
Senior Principal Test Engineer Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems
Sterling, VA
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Ken Fitch
Retired from Westinghouse Electric Company
Ellicott City, MD
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Sergey Nesterov
service -engineer at NT-MDT Co.
Russia
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Ken Westman
Design Engineer at Retired and enjoying Life.
Los Angeles Metropolitan Area
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Darci McMillan Constantine
CEO of household at Campconstantine
San Jose, CA
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Denis Varak
Technical Director at Dytran Instruments
Northridge, CA
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Peter Seyforth
Sr Principal Test Engineer at Northrop Grumman
San Diego, CA
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Karen Randall
Continuous Improvement Manager at Campbell Soup Company
East Hartland, CT
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Garrett Baltz
Radiation Physicist at Scripps MD Anderson Cancer Center
San Diego, CA
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Jeffrey DeLuca, PE
Structural Engineering Supervisor at American Tower
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area
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Russell Bartlett
Software Engineer ➜ Architecture ♦ Test & Integration Configuration Management ➡️  Experienced, Effective, Efficient
Los Altos, CA
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Erik Slobe
Associate at Leech Tishman
Pittsburgh, PA
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Devon Crittenden
Sr Systems Engineer II at Raytheon
St Petersburg, FL
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Motoki Hisamitsu
Senior Manufacturing Equipment Engineer at Tesla
San Francisco Bay Area
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Society of Concurrent Product Development (SCPD)
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Nuclear Power - the next generation
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