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Nashville, Tn, Us

Nashville, Tennessee, United States

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

Graduate Fellowships for STEM Diversity• Research focused on the challenges that manufacturers face with data content, efficiency, accuracy, and timeliness• Utilized ANSI/ISA-95 (The American National Standard for Enterprise-Control System Integration) to identify data and information flows that are common to all manufacturing systems and suggest opportunities for accuracy and efficiency improvements

Auburn University, Alabama, United States

Graduate Research Assistant• Examining if the categorization of non-value-added activities, or waste, for production data and information has an effect on continuous improvement results in manufacturing systems• Contributions:(1) A derivation of the mental model utilized by Taiichi Ohno in the development and categorization of the 7 Wastes of the Toyota Production System (TPS) to be applied in other domains(2) An understanding of the current challenges that manufacturers face with data and information flows and categories of waste for identifying non-value-added activities in the flow of data and information in manufacturing systems(3) How inaccuracies and inefficiencies can be identified and quantified in a manufacturing systemInterdisciplinary Center for Advanced Manufacturing Systems• Created, distributed, and performed analysis on a survey on behalf of the Department of Defense to identify where effort is needed to help U.S. manufacturers better understand, decide, and deploy smart manufacturing solutions• Assisted in project management by capturing action items, next steps, and lessons learnedManufacturing times Digital (MxD) Project 17-01-01• Developed website content about Digital Manufacturing (What is it, Why do it, and How to do it) for a guide to help companies learn about today’s manufacturing technologies that can help decrease costs, increase profits, and win more business• Identified successful business cases and projects for playbooks to accelerate the depth and breadth of adoption of digital supply chain practices and technologies• Assisted in project management by capturing action items and coordinating face-to-face meetings

Auburn University, Alabama, United States

• Developed new lectures and labs to introduce fundamental industrial engineering concepts• Introduced a team project utilizing an online gaming platform to teach manufacturing concepts, such as inventory management, production capacity, supply chain, and management • Course evaluations scores: 5.28 Fall 2020, 5.43 Spring 2021 (0 to 6 scale) • 123 students (Fall 2020), 14 students (Spring 2021)• Taught in-person and live online simultaneously during the COVID-19 pandemic

Auburn, Alabama, United States

Introduction to Industrial and Systems Engineering (ENGR 1110)• Updated lab activities, rewrote lab instructions, and created lab solutions and rubrics• Led lab activities, created quizzes, and graded assignments and projects

Auburn, Alabama, United States

Lean Manufacturing (INSY 5800)• Led lab activities and taught lean manufacturing concepts in Auburn University’s Tiger Motor’s Lego Lab to students and local automotive industry employees

Montgomery, Alabama, United States

• Utilized DMAIC methodology to standardize and improve the central sterile instrument cleaning processes• Led the team in developing the process flow diagram, project charter, goal, timeline, deliverables, and risks

Chattanooga, Tennessee Area

• Led project to increase patient flow in the OB-GYN practice in order to meet the budgeted patient target volume• Dedicated 250+ volunteer hours to roll out Lean process improvement engineering in a hospital-wide effort

Auburn, Al

Chickamauga, Ga (Plant Sp/Si)

Dalton, Ga (Plant 80)

Dalton, Ga

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Master'S Degree, Industrial And Systems Engineering