• Performed teaching assistant duties for unit operations lab, chemical reaction engineering, and process design including developing coursework and lecturing on how to use ASPEN Plus• Synthesized and characterized zeolites and supported transition metal catalysts for applications including thermal and plasma-enhanced dry reforming of methane• Designed and built gas-phase flow reactors for plasma-enhanced catalytic reactions• Performed experiments to prevent transport limitations in catalytic reactors• Actively performed duties of laboratory safety officer to ensure safety of other laboratory members while using laboratory equipment• Led workshops and tutorials in design course on ASPEN Plus• Detected, isolated, identified, and quantified product compositions using gas chromatography coupled with mass spectroscopy and thermal conductivity detectors• Modified gas chromatography sequences and columns to maximize the accuracy and intensity of trace products found in effluent streams despite cluttered product locations

• Collected, input, and analyzed process data in a lean manufacturing environment to assess process changes to ensure final product quality• Reduced man-hours by 75% for daily pulling and updating of process data• Improved efficiency and accuracy of spent acid calculations resulting in decreased time for spent acid mixing and decreased number of remixes required• Developed early indicator sampling method to reduce time in process required before sampling to determine quality of product by 25%• Created and managed sample library for product history allowing for retesting of samples during product irregularity • Developed and implemented procedures for operators to use and maintain sample library• Assisted in FMEA and root cause analyses of processes and equipment