Jeff Weinfeld, Ph.D.

Senior Process Engineer

Experience

  • Senior Process Engineer, Trimeric Corporation (August 2025 – Present)
  • Development Engineer, OGT (March 2021 – July 2025)
  • Graduate Student Intern, Eastman Chemical (May – August 2017)
  • Research Assistant, UT Austin SRP (June – August 2016)

Fields of Experience

Dr. Weinfeld is a chemical engineer with extensive experience in process research, development, and engineering across the oil & gas and chemical industries. Through his graduate research and industry roles, Dr. Weinfeld has led plant simulation, experimental studies, and model development for a range of technically challenging applications.

Specific areas of experience include:

  • Rate-based simulation of gas absorption processes, including CO2 capture, natural gas treating, and glycol dehydration
  • Research and development of advanced distillation technologies, such as reactive distillation columns and dividing wall columns
  • Creation of fundamental process models and application of numerical models to physical systems
  • Detailed modeling of separations columns and solvent absorption processes
  • Lab-scale design, operation, and evaluation of reaction and separations technology
  • Thermodynamic and kinetic modeling and experimentation, including vapor-liquid equilibria (VLE), liquid-liquid equilibria (LLE), and liquid-phase reaction kinetics
  • Standard and reactive distillation process simulation

Education & Training

  • Ph.D., Chemical Engineering, 3.8/4.0 GPA, The University of Texas at Austin, 2020
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Magna Cum Laude, 3.9/4.0 GPA, University of Rochester, 2016

Honors & Awards

  • The University of Texas at Austin, Thrust 2000 Fellowship, 2016 – 2020
  • Phi Beta Kappa, 2016
  • Tau Beta Pi, 2015
  • NCAA Academic All-America Football Team, University of Rochester, 2015