EDUCATION
Master of Science in Civil Engineering, New Jersey Institute of Technology.
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, Industrial University of Santander, Bucaramanga, Colombia.
LICENSES
Registered Professional Engineer: New Jersey and Colombia.

ENERGY ASSOCIATES 1994 - Present
Mr. Arango is a professional engineer experienced in designing material handling systems for large coal/bulk terminals and ports. He specializes in engineering machines and structures for handling, transport, storage, blending, and the reclaiming of coal and other bulk materials. Mr. Arango responsibilities include concept development, estimating, design engineering (including calculations and CAD drawings), construction start-up, and establishing operating and maintenance procedures for major projects and installations.

EXPERIENCE SUMMARY
* Union Electric Company. Responsible for the detail engineering of dual towers for the retrofit of two powerful self-cleaning magnetic separators to the Labadie Plant.
* Superior Midwest Energy Terminal (Detroit Edison). Expansion of the of the storage and reclaim system. Developed the concept for the slave shuttle stacking system expansion and prepared CADD drawings.
* Dual linear shiploader for copper concentrate. Prepared CADD layouts and detail engineering for the first shiploader of this type.
* Brazilian port improvement assistance project. Analysis of existing equipment facilities and utilization of cranes and equipment in the main ports of Brazil.
* Limestone storage, reclaim, and shiploading system, Cancun, Mexico. Engineering of a high capacity system for conveying, storage, reclaim, and shiploading of limestone at capacities up to 5000 tph.
* Open pit coal mine conveyor system near Gillette, Wyoming. Engineering of a conveyor system to transport coal from an advancing mine face to a train loading station. The system included a crawler mounted face conveyor and luffing and slewing bandwagon at capacities up to 1200 tons per hour.
* Jacksonville Electric. Detail engineering for a conveyor system that transports coal from the unloading dock to storage and from reclaim to the power plant. This three million tpy system included approximately 18,000 feet of conveyors. The longest conveyor was 7,000 feet long.
* Petroleum coke system, Pascagoula, Mississippi. Design and construction of a complete material handling system including crushing, conveyor transport, storage, reclaim, and shiploading of processed refinery coke product into ocean going vessels. The project was recognized for an advanced technology award for design and development of the mobile equipment features.
* Superior Midwest Energy Terminal (Detroit Edison). Design of a high capacity coal handling terminal featuring 3000 tph train unloading and 11,000 tph reclaim and vessel loading systems.
* Carajas Iron Ore Project, Sao Luis, Brazil. Prepared detailed technical specifications and preliminary conceptual designs for an iron ore bulk handling system.
* Homestake Mining Company, Lead, South Dakota. Detail engineering, start-up, and operational tuning of the world's longest pipe conveyor for transporting crushed gold bearing ore from the open pit mine to the e smelter. This conveyor negotiates several horizontal and vertical curves. Developed standards for training and operation of similar long pipe conveyor installations.
* China Petroleum Corporation. Engineering and design of a long pipe conveyor routed through difficult and limited space, for transporting processed petroleum coke. The design included the crushing station.
* Cogentrix, Portsmouth, Virginia. Engineering, supply, and construction of a pipe conveyor for installation at a cogeneration facility. This conveyor receives coal from a stationary barge unloader and transports coal to the storage pile, near the power plant. It is routed over sensitive wetlands. The pipe conveyor provides a fully enclosed system.
* Caraibas Metais Company, Bahia, Brazil. Designed a copper concentrate blending bridge reclaimer for a project being performed by local engineers. This reclaimer featured a conveyor belt drive for the bucket wheel and urethane coated wheels for the supporting bogies.
* Riverside Cement Company, California and New Mexico. Designed cement and clinker pile blending type bridge reclaimers to replace four machines. Engineered a dual bucket wheel design with a single drive chain located on the wheel center. These machines were erected and commissioned in record time and minimum cost due to their reduced weight and simplified mechanical/structural design.

PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Mr. Arango was with Robins Engineers and Constructors for 19 years in positions progressing from Design Engineer to Director of Engineering. His responsibilities included technical capability and performance of the Engineering Department producing the required designs for the contracted supply of bulk material handling systems for coal, ores, cement, fertilizers, grains, coke, limestone, aggregates, and other commodities for power plants, steel mills, cement and fertilizer plants, and mines and ports.
Senior Engineer and Project Engineer with Soros Associates. Worked on several projects involving port bulk handling installations, and major equipment.
Senior Engineer with the ORBA Corporation. Worked on the development of a coal handling installation with train unloading, storage and shiploading of large capacity. Designed and checked civil, structural, and mechanical designs for the rail car dumper, shuttle stacking system, rotary plow reclaim system, and conveyors.
Senior Engineer for Promon Engineering in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Worked on the development of the Carajas Iron Ore Export Project. Designed port handling installations for a 50 million tpy facility.
Technical Assistant for Industries Villares SA, Sao Paulo, Brazil. Assisted the Engineering Manager on four large contracts using locally available resources and manpower.