Process Engineer · Digital Twin Developer · Applied Researcher
16+ years designing and commissioning wastewater treatment systems from 500 to 19,200 CMD across Germany, Singapore, Turkey, Vietnam, and Japan. Currently building real-time controllers and digital twins deployed in production — reducing energy consumption by 25–35% for Jacobs, Veolia, and ThamesWater.
Most engineers understand the plant or the data. I design both — and I know how to turn operational reality into a model that actually works.
EPC project management from Pre-FEED to handover. P&ID development in COMOS, FAT/SAT supervision, biological process design across industrial and municipal scales. I have stood on the plant floor when things go wrong.
Built and deployed real-time controllers (RTC) integrating ASM mechanistic models, machine-learning soft sensors, and Kalman-filter state estimators. Connected to live PLCs via OPC UA and Modbus in production across four countries.
MSc Environmental Engineering, TU Munich. Published in peer-reviewed journals. Certified in Aerobic Granular Sludge Technology (TU Delft). My field experience generates real-world datasets and open questions that advance the science.
These charts are drawn from real operational data patterns. They show how digital twin control, model calibration, and energy optimisation look in practice — not in textbooks.
The five-layer architecture I design and implement. Data flows from the physical plant upward into the digital twin core, and optimised control signals feed back down to the plant in real time.
Every project ran in production with permit-compliance obligations — not pilots, not simulations.
Full RTC suite for biological nitrogen removal. ASM-based soft sensors integrated with OPC UA-connected Siemens PLCs. Remote delivery from Germany to USA including commissioning support.
Multi-parameter RTC for nitrogen and phosphorus control with dynamic setpoint adjustment based on influent load prediction. Reduced chemical dosing through model-predictive logic.
Complete P&ID design and commissioning for Southeast Europe's largest industrial wastewater facility. Advanced biological treatment, Siemens PCS7 DCS integration.
Led UASB anaerobic treatment and biogas recovery for Singapore's national water agency. Delivered on time and under budget, exceeding performance targets by 12%. Zero safety incidents.
Commercial wastewater digital twins are being built — but rarely scientifically validated. The gap between ASM model calibration in simulation and real-time parameter estimation under variable influent loads remains largely unsolved in practice.
My specific interest is in hybrid modelling that combines first-principles ASM kinetics with data-driven state estimation — not as a curiosity but as deployable real-time tools for plant operators. I have worked with sparse, noisy, real-plant data for three years and know exactly where the models break down.
If you work in wastewater digital twins, real-time process control, or water infrastructure — let's talk. I respond within 48 hours.
For headhunters: German and Vietnamese nationality. Based in Braunschweig, Germany. Open to remote and hybrid EU roles. CV ready to download above.
For professors: Interested in PhD or research collaboration on applied digital twin development for water/wastewater. Happy to share anonymised operational datasets or discuss project ideas.