Kathleen Bennett Email & Phone Number

Kennesaw, Ga

As a member of the metallurgy and modeling group at Novelis, I am responsible for facilitating the development of aluminum alloys for use in the automotive sector by coordinating the testing of samples and by solving technical issues that may arise during characterization.· Solve technical issues involving the characterization of materials· Coordinate the testing of material· Analyze raw data for research of new materials· Created and prepared data for reports and presentations

Augusta, Georgia Area

As an intern at a refractory materials company, I was involved in the collection, creation, and testing of ceramic fiber materials for chemistry composition and other properties. I also was tasked with the analysis of raw production data to create reports and presentations of the current process capabilities of certain materials to determine if changes to specifications were feasible.· Prepared and tested samples for shot content, tensile strength, and chemical analysis testing by using a Teema mill, hydraulic press, air jet sieve, tensile testing machine, and fluxer· Received and analyzed raw data to determine process capabilities· Created and prepared data for reports and presentations· Designed a set of experiments to determine and solve a problem appearing in prepared samples

Greater Atlanta Area

As a research assistant in a nanomaterials lab, I created samples and gathered data of varying material properties of the samples for research.· Prepared samples for electrical property characterization using diamond wafer saws, cutting/polishing them to specific shapes· Observation of material microstructure using optical microscopy· Characterized thermal diffusivity using Nanoflash equipment and characterized bond types using a Ramen spectrometer

Corvallis, Oregon Area

As a laboratory assistant in an inorganic lab, I created samples for testing using various creation techniques for research in electronic applications (mostly superconductors).· Sample preparation (powder weighing, blending and mixing, powder densification using a hydraulic press, sample sintering using controlled atmospheric high-temperature furnaces)· Identification of crystalline phases in a material using X-ray diffraction