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Adrian, Michigan, Us

Adrian, Michigan, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

*Technical expert and lead engineer for five out of six manufacturing process areas over the course of my tenure while also managing one engineer and two engineering technicians.*Worked with production line to achieve and exceed targeted selects, throughput, and material utilization. *Received and implemented control packages for multiple new products in key process areas. *Created raw material and process correlations which led to proactive control over raw material ordering, product extrusion, a reduction of product variation and improved product yield. *Led cost reduction team that implemented production improvements and other cost saving strategies which helped to achieve a 20% gross margin company wide. *Led qualification, troubleshooting, and testing of full scale thru-flow calcination oven.

Charlotte, North Carolina, Us

*Led development work of successful calcination cycles for all product formulations, lengths, and geometries. *Led development work of wet handling, drying preparation, and drying cycles which resulted in product that exceeded select rate expectations.*Completed emission calculations guiding design for next generation full scale thru-flow oven and set safe operating procedures and limitations for current thru flow pilot oven.*Organized and completed PFMEA on mobile diesel pilot line operation resulting in process improvements and compliance with customer design standards.*Studied effects of thermal gradients on calcined catalyst to understand limits of thermal shock in mobile diesel product application.*Led qualification, troubleshooting, and testing of pilot through a-flow calcination oven.Performed product quality analysis for ongoing pilot processes and product design.*Utilized DOE methodology to reduce product warp by analyzing various factors across the production process.

Anderson, Indiana, Us

•Calculated diffusion coefficients, through electrochemical cell testing, to compare redox shuttle electrolyte additives •Built and subjected batteries to various baseline tests in order to obtain reference data •Successfully re-engineered reference electrodes in batteries to improve voltage monitoring •Summarized experimental results and new designs in presentations to both battery engineers and management

Terre Haute, In, Us

•Wrote and received a grant proposal for research project•Worked in a team to create a successful reaction method using ‘green’ reagents•Used 1HNMR and GCMS to test samples for purity and confirm creation of organic biphenyl product•Tested various reaction methods which resulted in a successful reaction procedure •Presented results at the Interdisciplinary Research Collaborative Symposium

•Gained certification to complete multiple in-lab calibrations•Used various calibration equipment to test lab standards from around the United States•Worked in a team to efficiently complete calibrations while ensuring quality measurements