Derek Hood B.Sc.
EIT
Derek joined Coanda Edmonton’s ranks in 2018 after completing his B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering at the University of Alberta. He has multiple years of experience in tailings related research, both in the public and private sectors.
As a Research Engineer-In-Training at Coanda, Derek assists in project execution, achieving the highest technical quality with schedule and budgetary focus. He acts as a nexus point for information between the project team and both the Principal Investigator and Project Manager. His efforts in design, planning and coordination help push projects to completion while meeting all deliverables.
Throughout his time at Coanda Derek has had a wide array of projects ranging from his roots in fluid tailings remediation to VOC online measurements, secondary extraction, mass transfer studies, non-aqueous extraction, process water treatment, and branching out into carbon capture technologies.