Cecilia Mainzer Email & Phone Number

Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

• Served as a Learning Assistant to 39 students in the Fluid and Thermal Operations course.
• Assisted the professor with grading assignments and homework.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Served as a Learning Assistant to 37 students in Phase Equilibrium Thermodynamics course.
• Assisted the professor with grading homework and quizzes.

• Performed housekeeping duties and executed proper cleaning and preservation practices for artifacts and museum collection pieces.
• Hosted museum tours and monitored the boutique gift shop during open hours.
• Organized special events and set up and tore down events.
• Coordinated with volunteers, community members, and University personnel at events and rentals.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Customized and updated tire component testing templates and guidelines for new database.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Optimized compound mixing and initiated testing and analysis to support creation of a new compound that reduces complexity and progresses project to the next gate review and summarized results into a report.
• Analyzed historical plant data trends to compare property vs. performance and recommend improvements.
• Implemented new retread compound in plants to increase performance and consistency.

• Responsible for customer service, sales, quotes, layout assessment, scheduling, inventory, and business growth.
• Experience gained working with teams and taking the lead on rentals and tasks.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Automated raw material and sustainability calculations for new compounds with VBA coding in Excel.
• Conducted virtual modeling and utilized a design of experiments approach to reduce iterations and expand Goodyear’s sustainability initiatives for new compounds that target the company’s bold goals.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Led weekly discussions for 6 students in the Women in Engineering Course including interview skills, research, study habits, and career fairs.
• Managed and organized the Microsoft Teams channel with files and communication.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Engineered an extreme heat-resistant platen and programmed material property limits to maximize successful Bose Blowout tests and reduce the 7.5% of failures.
• Determined the best conditioning method for machine verification and time increment for stones to be changed for Grosch testing based on Alcona surface scans, which increased accuracy, lengthened stone usage, and.
• Developed experiments and a Mini-Din test method to eliminate interface voids and improve tire tread data.
• Drive globalization efforts for the Grosch and Din process between Akron, Luxemburg, and Findley.

Akron, Ohio, United States

• Supported the team with measuring and analyzing more than 800 FTIR and NMR spectra for utilization in polymer research.
• Led the development and creation of a searchable identification database for 183 polymers.
• Impacted future product development by validating a new dynamic aging analytical technique for predicting how compounds change with age, which is the first to provide chemical information.
• Accelerated research timeframe of polymer testing, producing efficient and equally affective results four times faster.

• Served as a learning assistant and tutor for over 500 students in Calculus and Physics courses.

Ohio Aerospace Grant Consortium, The University Of Akron

• Developed a process for conversion of waste organics to algae lipids as potential feedstock for biofuel, using phagotrophic algae-based products.
• Efficiently utilized lab equipment to characterize cells and collected data to perform data analysis and interpretation in Excel.
• Supported the research team with cultivating feedback sessions and aligning on recommendations.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering With Co-Op; Minor In Polymer Science & Engineering

Activities and Societies: National Association of Engineering Student Councils (VP MarComm & Recruitment), Student Government (CEPS.

Top Ten Percent, Honors Diploma

Activities and Societies: Speech and Debate (Duo Interpretation Mentor), Yearbook and Newspaper (Editor), National Honor Society (Vice.