Karen Li

CCD Project Manager & Refining Corrosion Engineer at Becht Engineering Co.

Ms. Li has 11 years of experience in the refining industry. She began her career at Shell Norco refinery as a Site Materials and Corrosion Engineer providing daily technical supports in areas of corrosion, metallurgy, welding, inspection, and equipment integrity management, developing corrosion control strategies for refining units. She also worked at Shell Technology center as a Materials and Corrosion Research engineer supporting plant operation and leading corrosion control management and materials selection research projects. As Senior Materials and Corrosion engineer in Air Products and Chemicals, she provided materials engineering supports for Hydrogen plants in Gulf coast region. Most recently, she was the Lead Metallurgical Engineer in Andeavor Martinez Refinery providing technical expertise on materials selection, corrosion control management, welding repair, risk-based inspection (RBI) implementation, etc.