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Dustin Nordell
Project
Engineering
DDSD
July 23, 2015
Engineering

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Dustin Nordell
• Michigan Technological University
• B.S. Electrical Engineering
• (Economics Minor)
• Graduation expected May 2016
• Interests:
• Control Systems
• R&D
• Lab/Pilot Environment
• Division Engineering
• Project Engineer – Drug Delivery
Systems Division (DDSD)
• Supervisor – Eric Jensen
• Mentors – Alex Jennings & Skye
McAllister

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Work Background
• May – December 2013
• Electrical Engineering Intern
• May – August 2014
• PI&CS Intern
• January – April 2015
• Controls Engineering Intern

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Transdermal Drug Delivery (TDD) Damper Modification
Background
• Oven exhaust dampers default to closed position on fault
• Force gas to leak out into process area
• Cause unnecessary downtime on line
• Force explosion hatches to gently pop open fault line
• Network issues intermittently causing issues for an
extended period of time
• Very short lead time due to plant manufacturing schedule
• Root cause of issue unknown
Objective
• Correct damper default state
• Improve working conditions safety
• Manage entire project and assets

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Transdermal Drug Delivery (TDD) Damper Modification
Method
• Create test plan as a result of change management document
• Test plan also utilized to troubleshooting issue
• Implement various failsafe methods for different parts of the
system with PI&CS
Results
• Failsafe methods implemented onto production line
• Root cause analysis furthered but not completely determined
• Issue is believe to be resolved/patched
• New output module installed
• Plant deadline met for manufacturing
• Happy division customers
No Ethernet cables were
harmed in the process of
completing this project

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Process Technology Center (Building 75) Water System Valve
Modification – Project in Progress
Background
• Air handler units having trouble maintaining temperature during
colder months
• Potential to cause production areas as well as storage areas to
go out of humidity specification
• Hot water system heated via boiler system in plant
• System having issues attaining adequate flow
• Potential for coils to freeze
• Plant engineering has many issues to face during weather
transitional periods caused by this issue
• Due to lack of flow in the system, high temperature alarms are
common
• This includes manual operation of the system to counteract
problems that should not exist
• Wasted energy due to lack of system control

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Process Technology Center (Building 75) Water System Valve
Modification – Project in Progress
Objective
• Investigate air handler water system issue
• Scope change to address issues on entire water supply system
• Take load off water system to improve performance
• Modify existing system to gain capacity and improve performance
Method
• Travel to PTC to determine problems with plant personnel
• Hired an outside engineering firm to analyze current system
limitations
• Worked with firm to devise appropriate plan to correct limitations
• Reviewed results from outside firm with 3M Facilities
• Estimated savings up to $15,000 in reduction of work due to 3M
Facilities review
• Currently working to implement plan to address issues
Before project
implementation, the
system had three way
valves unnecessarily
bypassing water
causing inefficiencies
and troubles within the
system.

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Process Technology Center (Building 75) Water System Valve
Modification – Project in Progress
Estimated Results
• No interruption in production from HVAC/boiler issues
• Increased system reliability
• Twenty percent reduction in energy usage for the system
• Happy division customers
Proposed solution to
problem showing less
need for bypassed
water in system

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Internship Summary
• Project engineering allowed me to see the other side of engineering this
summer
• Ran projects
• Wrote AFEs/POs
• Worked on larger and smaller projects which gave a great variety of project
management
• Informational interviews were more focused this summer, which was valuable
• Intern events were valuable and fun
• Made great friends within corporate engineering