● Test raw materials, compounds, and finished products for roofing membranes to ensure compliance with ASTM/ISO and regional testing standards, including tear, tensile, adhesion and bonding, and accelerating weathering; recalibrate tests for consistency, and perform competitive product analysis and deconstruction● Devised testing for failure in normal weathering, and identified multiple solutions with alternate Polyglass products● Created simplified hot temperature testing on rolled materials; enabled distribution of product while conducting standard tests, and reduced recalls and factory site storage● Engaged unused equipment to conduct in house testing; trained staff on equipment use, eliminated materials shipping to overseas headquarters, and reduced go-to-market time on new products● Identified inconsistencies and corrected low temperature testing methods; improved testing quality and standardization between all facilities, and updated all work instructions documentation

● Researched time dependency of copolymer self-alignment; established experiment outlines, goals, and parameters for heating, electrical field alignment, and discharge, designed and built custom power circuit to maximize polymer alignment, simulated stage to confirmed stage accuracy, measured polymer formations, and determined microscopic and adhesion properties● Simulated stage math and design for fabrication; compiled research materials, analyzed data for possible polymer combinations, updated image analysis software for quantifying alignment, and collaborated with outside electrical engineering lab to produce prototypes● Performed quality control for outside lab; simulated stage heat diffusion and electrical properties, and verified sensor layering/layer deposition

Received a grant to study the grain boundary motion of diblock copoymers, with the goal of determining the rate of grain size with respect to time. To this end, a stage/platform was designed to allow the application of electric fields to, and control the temperature of the polymers, in order to get the desired starting conditions. In designing the stage, simulations were created in Mathematica to model the heat flow of the polymer and the stage to verify the temperature profile. Additionally a simulation was made to model the electric field for a variety of electrode designs, to determine which would provide the best aligning field.

Assisted students in understanding physics concepts, and how to apply those concepts to solve problems.