• Provide root cause failure analysis for aerospace, automotive, medical, and manufacturing industries • Prepare samples for and conduct metallurgical evaluations: microstructure evaluation, microhardness measurements, grain size, case depth, coating thickness and porosity, weld qualification, etc.• Mechanical property testing including tensile testing, bend testing, and macro hardness testing• Certify elemental compositions of carbon steels, stainless steels, titanium and aluminum alloys using glow discharge spectroscopy (GDS) • Expose samples to accelerated corrosion testing by salt fog (spray) method

• Contributed to bearing life model by performing seeded fault bearing life tests and spall propagation on new aerospace materials and refurbished bearings• Technician for fatigue life tests• Developed and implemented etching procedures for aerospace bearing materials to identify microstructural transformations in stressed samples• Performed microhardness and depth profiling of case-hardened bearing steels• Measured surface parameters using 3D laser profilometer and stylus microanalyzer• Conducted surface analysis of bearing microstructure using SEM/EDS• Researched and compiled mechanical properties and compositions of aerospace bearing and gear materials

Student Development OfficerSeptember 2012-April 2016• In addition to the tasks of Phonathon Caller, duties involved interacting with 1,500 alumni prospects that received a degree from the College of Engineering and Computer Science• Followed-up with personalized thank-you cards and callsPhonathon CallerSeptember 2011-April 2016• Ranked 4th best caller out of 40 employees based on accumulated alumni gifts during the 2011-2012 calling campaign by contacting thousands of alumni and collected donations• Accumulated gifts in excess of $71,000• Built a relationship with alumni through conversations and reconnected them with the university by detailing current news and events while updating contact information and records through Banner database

• Operated various industrial and handheld woodworking tools including wood lathe, drill press, plainer, band saw, mortiser, belt sander, oscillating sander, and orbital sander to assist production of antique furniture and cabinetry• Assisted with sales to retail businesses at trade shows—Market Square Traditional Wholesale Shows, Inc. and Heritage Market Wholesale Shows