Team

Michael J. Marsh

Senior Engineer

Experience

  • 2007–PresentSenior Engineer, Trimeric Corporation, Buda, Texas
  • 1998–2005Staff Engineer, PPG Industries (Westlake Chemical), Pittsburgh, PA
  • 1993–1996Engineering Associate, PPG Industries (Vantage Chemicals), Gurnee, IL
  • 1991–1993Operations Engineer, PPG Industries (Westlake Chemical), Natrium, WV
  • 1990Engineering Co-op, PPG Industries (Westlake Chemical), Natrium, WV

Fields of Experience

Mr. Marsh has over 30 years of process engineering and process control experience with petrochemical, chlor-alkali, midstream oil and gas, and refining processes. Process modeling experience with Aspen HYSYS, Aspen Plus, Aspen DMCplus, and Aspen IQ. Some of Mr. Marsh’s areas of expertise include:

  • Development of control logic
  • Design of Safety Instrumented Systems
  • PHA team leadership and facilitation
  • Layer of Protection Analysis (LOPA)
  • Control system testing
  • Process modeling and simulation
  • Multivariable control

Certifications

  • ISA84 SIS Fundamentals Specialist
  • Six Sigma Master Black Belt

Professional Affiliations

  • American Institute of Chemical Engineers
  • International Society of Automation

Education

  • 2006Additional graduate studies, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
  • 1998M.S., Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
  • B.S., Chemical Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, 1991 (with highest honors)

Publications

  • Rochelle, G. T., F. Closmann, M. Abreu, A. Suresh Babu, B. Drewry, T. Gao, W.A. Steen, K. Farmer, S. Brayn, M. Bernau, A. Sexton, K. Dombrowski, R. Jones, M. Marsh, B. Piggott, D. Myers. “Cost Details from Front-End Engineering Design of Piperazine with the Advanced Stripper.” International Journal of Greenhouse Gas Control Volume 132: Feb. 2024, 104040.
  • Sexton A, Dombrowski K, Myers D, Marsh M, Piggott B, Jones R. “Process Design Package for CO₂ Capture Facility for Golden Spread Electric Cooperative’s Mustang Station”, Rev 0, 03 November 2020, in “Front-End Engineering Design for Piperazine with the Advanced Stripper”, Final report for U.S. Department of Energy Cooperative Agreement No. DE-FE0031844, Austin, Texas, University of Texas at Austin; 29 July 2022.
  • Marsh, M.J., J.P. Farone, B.D. Piggott, C.B. Wallace. “System Solves Processing Challenges”, American Oil & Gas Reporter, October 2010, Vol. 53, No. 11, pp. 104-110.
  • Marsh, M.J., J.P. Farone, B.D. Piggott, C.B. Wallace. “Evaluation, Selection, and Implementation of CO₂ Removal Technology at a Complex Gas Production Site”, Proceedings of the 60th Annual Laurance Reid Gas Conditioning Conference, Norman, Oklahoma, 21-24 February 2010, pp. 221-232.
  • Marsh, Michael J. “Introduction to Multivariable Control”, PPG Operations Training Sessions, Natrium, WV, June 2005.
  • Marsh, Michael J. “Fundamentals of Process Control”, PPG Organics Technology Symposium, Lake Charles, LA, September 2004.
  • Marsh, Michael J. “Fundamentals of Process Control”, PPG Chlor-Alkali Technology Symposium, Natrium, WV, May 2004.
  • Marsh, Michael J. “Analysis of Fermentation Spectroscopic Data Using Multivariate Statistics and Pattern Recognition.” Master’s Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, 1998.