Professional of the Year for 2006 in Engineering/Chemical: José Miguel Montenegro Alvarado

	José Miguel Montenegro Alvarado
Industry	Pharmaceuticals
Title	Chemical Engineer
Expertise	Pharmaceutical operations, process control, cGMP equipment qualification, computerized systems validation, fluid bed drying processes
Current Organization	Pfizer Pharmaceuticals LLC, Global Manufacturing Division
Type of Organization	Manufacturing
Major Product	Non sterile oral dosage forms
Area of Distribution	International
University/Degree	B.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 1998; M.S., Chemical Engineering, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 2001
Born	February 20, 1974, Ponce, Puerto Rico
Honors & Awards	America's Registry of Outstanding Professionals, Biography of the Month, August, 2004
Published Works	Master's thesis, Determination of Optimum Drying Endpoints of Pharmaceutical Granulations: Development of an Automated Pilot Unit
Affiliations	National Society of Professional Engineers; American Institute of Chemical Engineers; College of Engineers and Land Surveyors of Puerto Rico; Institute of Chemical Engineers of Puerto Rico
Hobbies & Sports	Reading, real estate prospects, music
Career Accomplishments	Appointed member of Pfizer's Global PAT Community of Practice Design Team representing the Latin America/PR Region, 2006; Presented "Determination of Optimum Drying End Points of Pharmaceutical Granulations: Development of an Automated Pilot Unit", INDUNIV Annual Assembly, 2001; Presented "Modeling of the Drying Process of Pharmaceutical Granulations in a Fluid Bed Dryer", AIChE Annual Meeting, 2000/Seventh Safety and Environmental Symposium Chemical Engineering Dept. UPRM, 2000; Presented "Modeling of the Fluid Bed Drying Process of Pharmaceutical Granulations", 35th ACS Junior Technical Meeting/Twentieth PR Interdisciplinary Scientific Meeting, 2000; Member of the Engineering Board of Honor Students (CHEI), Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus
Work History	Chemical Engineer, Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, LLC, Caguas, PR, 2001-present; Graduate Researcher, University of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Campus, 1999-01; Assistant Manager, Reading Cinemas of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez Mall, 1998-99
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