Andrew Kohl Email & Phone Number

● Supervisor of eight engineers, chemists, technicians, and contractors spanning two teams - Analytical Chemistry and Aircraft Environmental Support Office● In charge of managing resources, maintenance, and procurement of new equipment for two analytical chemistry laboratories with advanced analysis equipment (FTIR, OES, GC-MS, DSC, DMA, etc.)

Coronado, California, United States

ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING / COLD SPRAY● Designed and executed iterative process optimization of cold spray depositions to determine the correlation between key process parameters (temperature, pressure, powder formulation) and product quality (porosity, hardness, adhesion, ductility, fatigue), and was able to successfully reduced coating porosity by over 50% while increasing adhesion by 35%● Navy Technical Point of Contact for $7.5 million coordinated test effort between seven internal and external organizations to test and optimize cold spray depositions to qualify cold spray for use on F/A-18s● Technical lead for a team of six engineers performing $300,000 of technical work and testing on the behavior of deposited cold spray coatings● Submitted 11 funding proposals and brought in over $600,000 of direct funding to the Materials Engineering Lab● Presented to audiences exceeding 100 people with highly-ranking members including Admirals, Captains, and Senior Executive Service membersSPECIALTY COATINGS● Deputy lead managing project portfolio, progress, and deadlines for National Low Observables working group of 14 members● Worked in production facilities with shop technicians to perform first article tests on new coating processes, instruct level I certification trainings, and perform emergency root-cause analyses on production work stoppages● Implemented innovative injection process promising to save ~$350,000/year and reduce turnaround time on a top readiness degrader● Presented injection project at Defense Symposium as a finalist in Maintenance Innovation Challenge to approximately 400 people with highly-ranking members including Admirals, Captains, and Senior Executive Service members● Authored over 30 technical engineering instructions and reports

Silver Strand State Beach

-My duties as a California State Parks Lifeguard 1 include: Detect and rescue persons and vessels in distress; take command in emergencies; perform first-aid and resuscitation procedures; notify headquarters of accidents and rescues; prepare reports; remove hazards; assist the public and advise visitors of park rules and regulations; operate emergency vehicles; act as dispatcher in charge of beach operations.-On my last evaluation I was given ratings of 5 in “Dependability/Reliability, Attitude, Public Relations, Initiative, Communication Skills, and Professional Development.” -For Rating The Performance of a Seasonal Employe, a 5 is described as follows: “Outstanding — Employee’s performance indicates that his/her efforts are consistently superior. Performance by the final report deadline is expected to be well above the standard required of a competent seasonal employee.

Greater San Diego Area

- Analyzed usage plots while using Microsoft Excel and SQL to identify utility metering problems across the country- Maintained a hit rate of 85.7% for correctly identifying problematic meters which was significantly higher than the required hit rate of 40%- Quickly adapted to a new environment, learned new concepts, and produced quality work with no prior exposure to SQL or data analytics

Greater San Diego Area

- Learned SOLIDWORKS to create models and drawings of undocumented Cold Spray tooling assemblies- Managed three projects targeted at eliminating chemicals of concern through implementation of new products. Each of these projects required leadership, communication, experimental planning, and technical report writing.- Collaborated with production personal who followed my experimental planning to determine the effectiveness of new products- The Branch head of the Material’s Laboratory, said: “Andrew, You have had a truly impressive summer. I commend you on the number of high quality finished tasks. You show you can learn and adapt well to our technical tools and methodologies for supporting the shops. Great job all round to you and your mentors.”

Greater San Diego Area

- Was elected project manager of group developing a photo sensor stopping mechanism- Managed group meetings, delegated workload to teammates, met important deadlines, and produced a quality product- Designed an effective test plan to evaluate a stopping mechanism and produce the data necessary for implementation

Bachelor'S Degree, Chemical Engineering, 3.54 Gpa

4.5 Gpa