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VIVIANE FILGUEIRAS EVANGELISTA

R. Barata Ribeiro, 96, ap 1108, Copacabana, CEP 22011-002, Rio de Janeiro, Brazi
l • (55) 21 8770-5762 • vivianefilgueiras@gmail.com • J
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CHEMICAL ENGINEER MANAGER/CONSULTANT/SPECIALIST/COORDINATOR JOB
Poised to contribute to your firm’s value by ensuring work ethic, dynamism, develope
d interpersonal skills, proven willing to accept challenges and a strong backgro
und as specialist to support goals within scope, budget, and schedule with avail
ability for travelling and living abroad.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILE
 7 years of experience in nonlinear dynamical systems: Modelling, Simulation, Opt
imization, Nonlinear Control and Statistical Process Control
 8 years of experience working at different laboratories of product engineering:
Laboratory of Polymer Technology (NTUA/Greece, 1 YEAR), LMSCP (COPPE/Brazil, 5 Y
EARS) and Laboratory of Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry (Chemistry Institute/
Brazil, 2 YEARS)
 Specialist in polymer science, with proven track record of melting/solid state s
ynthesis and a strong background in polymerization processes
 Successfully delivering quality control solutions for a real PET bottles grade p
olymerization industrial plant and nylon 66 fibres commercial processes
 Experienced in basic engineering projects in the petroleum/gas field for PETROBRà S
as well as petrochemical plants operation
 Results-driven and strong analytical problem-solver with ability to work with no
supervision and/or as part of a team work
 An outgoing personality able to work in a flexible, dynamic environment and/or w
ith tasks that request a higher level of concentration
 PhD in Chemical Engineering from COPPE, the best engineering post-graduation in
Brazil, and BS in Chemical Engineering and Chemistry

AREAS OF EXPERTISE
 Multiscale Modelling
Polymers, heterogeneous systems, equipments  Statistical Process Cont
rol
Six Sigma DMAIC, capacities, histograms etc  Polymerization Processes
Polycondensation, free radical, coordination
 Simulation
Chemical reactors, industrial crystallizers  Multivariate Statistical Analysi
s/Data mining
PCA, PLS, CRA, Clustering etc  Polymers
Polyamides, polyesters, polyethylenes
 Optimization/ Advanced Numerical Methods
Swarm, Genetic, Gauss-Newton, Monte Carlo  Psychrometry
Design and execution  Synthesis of Polymers/ Cataysts
PET, nylon 66, metalocenes/MAO, ruthenium
 Process Control
Predictive control (NMPC),optimum control, PID  Basic & detail engineering proje
cts
PI&Ds, specification, logic diagrams, I/O list  Design of Experiments (DOE)
Quality control, product engineering
 Reconciliation Data
Gross error detection, data pre-processing  Industrial Operation/Monitoring
Petrochemical and polymerization plants  Nonlinear Process Parameters Estimation
Maximum Likehood Method
 Bifurcation Theory
Diagnosis of complex patterns such as limit-cycles, periodic orbits, critic poin
ts etc  Programmation/ Softwares
Fortran, Mathcad, Maple, Mathematica, AUTO, Statistica, Microsoft products, Linu
x  Laboratory Techniques
chromatography, DSC, colorimetry, viscosimetry, density, X-ray, UV-Visible etc
FORMAL EDUCATION/DEGREE
PhD in Chemical Engineering, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, 2005 to 2010
Study Abroad: National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, 2008 to 2
009 under supervision of C. Papaspyrides, José C. Pinto, E. Lima Modelling and Simu
lation of the Industrial Process of Solid State Polymerization for Poly(ethylene
terephthalate) and Nylon 66
 developed simulators for polymerization processes by polycondensation mechanism
 designed and executed psychrometric project (i.e. humidity charts, equipments an
d lines) to N2 stream humidification recycled to polyesters and polyamides indus
trial reactors, aiming to quantify acceptable tolerance limits of water contents
 implemented nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) and open-loop optimum cont
rol strategies for PET bottles grade intrinsic viscosity
 designed colors L, a, b models based upon industrial data from a PET local compa
ny
 provided a new operation strategic planning to get higher molar mass and lower p
olymer crystallinity in commercial PET bottles grade
 predicted and validated temperature and concentration profiles by dynamic modell
ing of a industrial moving bed reactor (23m length x 4m diameter)
 predicted and validated the polydispersion index and number-average molecular we
ight in commercial PET and nylon 66 grades by process models
 modelled and optimized operation conditions for industrial forced circulation an
d screw crystallizers at the local PET plant
 elucidated the PET crystallization mechanism and other morphology aspects during
industrial SSP
 characterized the industrial reactor operation regime (i.e. chemical, diffusion
or chemical-diffusion rate-controlling) at the local PET plant
 proposed a chemical reactions mechanism for nylon 66 solid state polymerization
based on experimental evidences
 preformed polymer colours reconciliation data and validation the energy balance
of the heterogeneous reactor investigated
 estimated process parameters such as kinetic, equilibrium and transport based on
Maximum Likehood Method
 characterized compositional effects on PET heteropolymer crystallinity by using
DSC and XRD techniques
 estimated effective (not apparent) kinetic parameters for polyester and polyamid
e processes by executing polymerization runs at lab-scale
 predicted amine groups, carboxylic groups, and relative viscosity for nylon 66 b
y polyamidation process modelling
 analysed statistically the polymers crystallinity reproducibility measured in DS
Cs operating in heat flux and power compensation mode
Masters in Chemical Engineering, COPPE, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2003 to 2005
Study of Dynamic Behaviour of an Industrial Plant of Poly(ethylene terephthalate
) under supervision of José C. Pinto and Enrique Lima
 developed a new statistical approach to comparison historical process data by su
pplying operation performance indicators
 created the control Chart-t and control Chart-F for diagnosis of process variab
ility
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 implemented a methodology for characterization of statistical stability of chemi
cal plants
 predicted bottle-grade PET relevant properties such as intrinsic viscosity and a
cetaldehyde contents by polymer particle modelling
 controlled the PET bottles grade cristallinity by implementation of Classical Co
ntrol Theory
 characterized the existence of a long time dynamic at the local plant investigat
ed, by diagnosis of complex oscillatory events, such as limit-cycles with period
icity of operation days, unstable orbits recurrent along the months etc
 identified inefficient operating systems at the local plant investigated, which
in turn used to leave to memory effect in different process vessels at short ter
m, increasing substantially the delay time of control action
 implemented industrial data preprocessing subroutines for outliers detection, ce
ntralization, scaling, normalization and dimensionality reduction
 uncovered hidden patterns in PET industrial data by using data mining approaches
Bachelor of Chemical Engineering, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazi
l, Jul. 2000 to Nov. 2002
Bachelor of Chemistry, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil, Mar. 199
6 to Nov. 2000
Financial Accounting/Business and Petrochemical Processes short courses (CH. 20h
) as complementary education
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Consultant/Specialist, Instituto Alberto Luiz Coimbra/COPETEC, Rio de Janeiro, B
razil, Aug. 2010 to Present
Laboratory of Process Modelling, Simulation and Control, Chemical Engineer Progr
am
 manage a team experimental work for polyesters chemical modification
 develop basic engineering projects for melting polymerization process of modifie
d chemically polymers
 write and make bibliographic searches of scientific papers, patents and technica
l reports
Visiting Researcher, National Technical University of Athens, Athens, Greece, Ju
n. 2008 to Jun. 2009
Laboratory of Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Engineering
 developed a SSP simulator for commercial nylon 66 fibre grades
 quantified the degree of polyamides grades degradation for long residence times
 characterized morphological and kinetic aspects of polyesters crystallization du
ring SSP processes
Consulting Project Internship, MANA Engineering and Consulting Ltda, Salvador, B
razil, Aug. 2002 to Dec. 2002
Company ISO 9001:2000 recertified by Bureau Veritas Quality International for co
nceptual, basic and detailed engineering projects
 elaborated logic diagrams, I/O list, and cause & effect matrix in automation pro
jects for chemical industry
 specified instrumentation data sheets including valves, flowmeters etc in the pe
troleum and natural gas field
 worked with detailing of basic engineering projects for clients as PETROBRà S, BAYER
, Dow Chemical Company etc
Industrial Internship, Companhia Petroquímica do Nordeste/Metanol do Nordeste, Pólo Pe
troquímico de Camaçari, Brazil, Dec. 2001 to Jul. 2002
Petrochemical enterprises subsidiaries (earnings: US$ 120 millions) of PETROBRÃ S (4
9.5%)/ Grupo Peixoto de Castro (40.6%)
 analysed the absorption/stripper column performance by simulation with process d
ata for methanol reduction in the recycle stream
 monitored the formaldehyde, pentaerythritol/sodium formate, and hexamethylenetet
ramine industrial plant sites
 worked in quality control field by technical indexes reduction (purity, ammonium
salts contents etc), patents search, historical data analysis etc
Scientific Research Initiation, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil,
Aug. 1999 to Aug. 2000
Laboratory of Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute
 conducted synthesis of zirconium(II) metallocenes with aromatic homocyclic ligan
ds used as catalysts for ethylene polymerization
 characterized metallocenes/MAO catalysts by UV-Visible spectroscopy and Solid St
ate NMR
 worked with special techniques for manipulating explosive compounds such as meth
ylaluminoxane (MAO)
Scientific Research Initiation, Universidade Federal da Bahia, Salvador, Brazil,
Aug. 1998 to Aug. 1999
Laboratory of Inorganic/Organometallic Chemistry, Chemistry Institute
 conducted synthesis of ruthenium(II) amines with 1,2 and 1,4 dicyanobenzene and
carboxamides derivatives used at pharmaceuthical industry
 quantified the chemical reactivity of ruthenium(II) compounds using the cyclic v
oltammetry technique
 characterized ruthenium(II) compounds by UV-Visible spectroscopy and near-infrar
ed spectroscopy
LANGUAGES
English Comprehends Well, Speaks Reasonably Well, Reads Well, Writes Wel
l
Spanish Comprehends Well, Speaks Reasonably Well, Reads Well, Writes Reasonably
Well
Portuguese Native speaker
TECHNICAL PRODUCTION: Not Patented or Registered Softwares
FILGUEIRAS, V., Software for Stationary Simulation of Nylon 66 Polymerization, 2
009
FILGUEIRAS, V., Software for Dynamic Simulation of Non-Adiabatic Heterogeneous R
eactors for Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Polymerization, 2008
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SCIENTIFIC PRODUCTION: Published/submitted articles in scientific journals/proce
edings of conferences
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Diagnosis of a PET Polymerization Pla
nt Using Data Mining Approaches In: Polymer Reaction Engineering VI, 2006, Halif
ax. Proceedings of the Polymer Reaction Engineering VI. Halifax, Canada: Enginee
ring Conferences, 2006, v. 1, p. 255 – 256.
FILGUEIRAS, V., VOUYIOUKA, S. N., PAPASPYRIDES, C. D., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C.
, An Industrial Approach on Solid State Polymerization of Poly(ethylene terephth
alate): The Effects of the Carrier Gas. In: Modest 2010GR, 2010, Athens, Greece.
6th International Conference on Modification, Degradation and Stabilization of
Polymers, September 5-9, 2010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Operation Performance Indicators Usin
g Statistical Control Chart-t and Chart-F: A New Approach for Diagnosis in a Rea
l Industrial Process. Chemical Engineering Research & Design, 2010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Limitations on Process Diagnosis: A C
ase Study of the Colors a*, b*, L* Variability during PET Polymerization. In: VI
II Congresso Brasileiro de Polímeros, 2005, à guas de Lindóia. Anais do VIII Congresso Bra
sileiro de Polímeros. à guas de Lindóia – São Paulo: ABPol, 2005, v. 1, p. 101 – 110.
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Nonlinear Model Predictive Control Pe
rformance for PET Bottles Grade Intrinsic Viscosity. In: Annual Colloquium on Ch
emical Engineering, 2007, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. 7th Annual Colloquium
on Chemical Engineering: The Chemical Engineering Participation in the Future of
Planet Earth, October 3-4, 2007. (in Portuguese)
FILGUEIRAS, V., VOUYIOUKA, S. N., PAPASPYRIDES, C. D., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C.
, Quality of the Carrier Gas and Solid State Polymerization In: Tecnon Orbichem,
2010, Frankfurt, Germany. 2010 Polyester, Polyamide & Intermediates Conference,
June 9-10, 2010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Dynamic Modelling of a Moving Bed Rea
ctor for PET SSP: Transport Parameters Estimation and Validation of Energy Balan
ce from Industrial Data. Part II. Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, 2
010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., SIMPLÃ CIO, L. M. T., BRANDAO, S. T., ROCHA, Z. N., LUCCHESE, A. M.,
Quality of the Ethylene Polymerization as Effect of Experimental Conditions for
the Catalyst Synthesis of ZrCl2(Cp)2/Silica. Anais da Associação Brasileira de Química,
v. 50, p. 101 - 104, 2001.
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Modelling of Colors L, a, b in Poly(e
thylene terephthalate) Using Industrial Data during Solid State Polymerization.
Part I. Chemical Engineering Science, 2010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., BRANDAO, S. T., SIMPLà CIO, L. M. T., ROCHA, Z. N., Efeitos de Parâmetr
os Experimentais na Síntese de Catalisador ZrCl2(Cp)2 Suportado em Sílica Sobre a Ativ
idade na Polimerização de Etileno In: Catálise para o Novo Milà nio - Petróleo, Gás e Pe
II Encontro Norte/Nordeste de Catálise, 22-24/11, 2000, Alagoas. Anais do III Encon
tro Norte/Nordeste de Catálise. Alagoas, MA, 2000. v.1, p.47. FILGUEIRAS, V., VOUYI
OUKA, S. N., PAPASPYRIDES, C. D., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C., Modelling and Param
eters Estimation of Nylon 66 Solid State Polymerization: A Full Set of Chemical
Reactions. Part I. Chemical Engineering Science, 2010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., VOUYIOUKA, S. N., PAPASPYRIDES, C. D., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C.
, Qualitative Interpretation of Differential Scanning Calorimetry Graphs for PET
Crystallization During SSP: A Overview of Morphology Aspects and Crystallizatio
n Mechanisms. J Appl. Polym. Science, 2010.
FILGUEIRAS, V., VOUYIOUKA, S. N., PAPASPYRIDES, C. D., LIMA, E. L., PINTO, J. C.
, Solid State Polymerization of Poly(ethylene terephthalate): The Effect of Wate
r in the Carrier Gas. Macromolecular Materials and Engineering, 2010. Accepted.
PARTICIPATION IN CONFERENCES
 Tecnon Orbichem. 2010. Polyester, Polyamide & Intermediates Conference. Frankfur
t, Germany
 Modest 2010GR. 2010. 6th International Conference on Modification, Degradation a
nd Stabilization of Polymers. Athens, Greece
 Polymer Reaction Engineering VI. 2006. Engineering Conferences International. Ha
lifax, Canada
 7th Annual Colloquium on Chemical Engineering. 2007. Chemical Engineering Partic
ipation in the Future of Planet Earth, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
 VIII Congresso Brasileiro de Polímeros. 2005. 8th CBPOL, à guas de Lindóia, Brazil
 III Meeting on Catalysis - North/Northeast. 2000. Catalysis in the New Millenniu
m - Petroleum, Gas and Petrochemical Field, Alagoas, Brazil
 23 Congress of Brazilian Chemical Society. 2000. Poços de Caldas, Brazil
ORGANIZATION OF EVENTS
FILGUEIRAS, V., LIVIO, T., CASTOLDI, M. T., RODRIGUES, A. D., ALBERTON, A. L., M
OREIRA, G. F., CARNEIRO, C. C., SILVA, L. F. L. R., COELHO, A. D., "Fundaments o
f Chemical Engineering". 4th Annual Colloquium on Chemical Enginnering, 2004.
FILGUEIRAS, V., COSTA, L. T., FREITAS, L., "The Chemistry and the Interdisciplin
arity". 3rd Chemistry Academic Week at UFBA, 2000.
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“During her stay, she could fulfil and complete all the predefined targets and she c
ontributed with her know-how and ideas to the selected research program. Moreove
r, Ms. Filgueiras showed an outstanding degree of motivation and identification
with her targets. She is capable to adopt quickly new techniques, to develop the
necessary skills, and her working style is very organized and highly reliable i
n addition to her strong intellect and work ethic. She is an excellent researche
r with a high potential.â€
C. Papaspirides, Athens, Greece
kp@softlab.ece.ntua.gr
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“Viviane is brilliant!!! She is an enthusiastic, independent and problem-solving typ
e.â€
José C. Pinto, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
pinto@peq.coppe.ufrj.br

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