Chemical instrumentation techniques include GC-FID, GC-TCD, GC/MS, Headspace GC/MS, Thermal Desorption GC/MS, LC-DAD, LC/MS, LC-ToF-MS, and wet classical methods.• Qualitative and quantitative analysis mainly by GC/MS and LC/MS of inks for dyes, solvents, surfactants, and additives and of thermal inkjet media, cartridge, and printer materials including adhesives, resins, polymers, and thin films.• Partnered with engineering and project managers to meet HP objectives in areas including ink R&D, dye and solvent vendor qualifications, manufacturing failure analysis, R&D material compatibility, wafer fab contamination, wafer fab QC, ink and material quality control, and ink dye and solvent patent infringement investigations resulting in litigated protection of HP ink patents.• Responsible for LC/MS materials characterization, material and ink compatibility analysis and method development and documentation resulting in assurance of product reliability.• Performed GC and GC/MS method development, documentation, and statistical process control.• Performed LC/MS method development and documentation.• Lead documentation efforts for GC and GC/MS competitor ink analysis methods for patent infringement investigations.• Trained other technicians in GC and GC/MS analysis techniques for multiple applications. • Other general work involved lab queue sample management and tracking productivity metrics for chemical analysis lab workgroup.

Inkjet ink development included DOE execution, Physical testing, Print Quality testing, Ion Chromatography (IC) analysis, UV-Vis spectroscopy for dye analysis. Lead productivity metrics development for workgroup.

College of Oceanic and Atmospheric Sciences, Atmospheric Radiation LabAtmospheric radiation studies involve coordination of AVHRR satellite land surface temperature data with surface weather station data and weather balloon physical data. Unix based programming in Fortran 77 and specialty atmospheric science software.

Main work was technical support for implementation of methods for monitoring stack gases for formaldehyde and phenol emissions control design considerations, LRAPA reporting, and OSHA reporting of employee exposure. Instrumental techniques included LC, GC, and FAA.

IC analysis and FAA Spectroscopic analysis of environmental samples. Water quality testing included COD, TDS, NFR, Color, Turbidity.

Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRIES) in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, CO and onsite in State College, PA. Preparation in Colorado and ground transportation of mobile labs to Pennsylvania. Assisted NOAA and NCAR scientists in field study for comparison of atmospheric chemistry instrumentation.

Atmospheric Sciences Research Center, State University of New York (SUNY) in collaboration with NOAA and NCAR in Boulder, CO and onsite at Niwot Ridge, CO. Experimental gas phase peroxide analysis at high elevation remote field site. Assisted SUNY, NOAA, and NCAR scientists in field study for comparison of atmospheric chemistry instrumentation.