Mellichamp Sustainability Seminar

Helin Cox is a Senior Manager in the Digital Transformation Center within the Petrochemicals and Refining Technologies Business at Honeywell UOP. In this current role, she leads a team of engineers with expertise in process simulation and thermodynamics that are accountable for developing advanced tools for Engineering design, Sales Support, and Research & Development. Honeywell UOP is a leading international supplier and licensor of process technology, catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, and consulting services to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas processing industries.

Helin has a strong interest in developing methods for robust techno-economic analysis of emerging technologies to steer the industry to ground-breaking solutions. This interest stems from the breadth of positions she has held at Honeywell UOP, including Process Consultant, where she led process integration, optimization, and full financial model development across UOP business lines, including macro-, global and regional market and pricing analysis. Helin also spent 6 years in Research & Development working on catalyst development for heterogenous applications in hydrocracking and aromatics & derivatives technologies, as well as process design development.  She holds three patents, one trade secret, several conference presentations and authored the chapter on UOP Cyclar Process in Meyer’s Handbook of Petroleum Refining Processes. Helin has a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering from Purdue University.