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Brighton, Michigan, United States

St. Louis, MO, US

Cheshire, CT, US

Wilmington, DE, US

Stamford, Connecticut, US

• Material failure analysis for North American manufacturing of all Car Audio components, from Engineering Development (ED) through Design Verification (DV), Production Validation (PV) and current production.
• Supporting value analysis/value engineering (VAVE) by creating and updating universal testing methods and benchmarks for material families.
• Maintain laboratory performance and operations by creating/updating work instructions for equipment procedures, as well as conducting Design of Experiments (DOE) to reduce error in testing methods.
• Uphold relationships with supplier representatives to aid transitions in manufacturing due to new material development or phasing out of old material.

Louvain-la-Neuve, BE, BE

• Established product validation (PV) testing standards for unique Tesla camera assemblies. Custom fixtures were designed along with specialized work instructions to implement PV testing on-site.
• Constantly managed incoming design verification (DV) and product validation (PV) test requests from several automotive OEMs.
• Generated a benchmarking system for hydrophobic coatings based on a series of rigorous weathering and exposure tests to evaluate new formulations and competitor solutions.
• Developed a cost effective, turn-key measuring device for quantifying the angle at which a liquid droplet starts to slide off of a glass substrate. This device increased sample throughput fivefold while providing.
• Led the 5S team in initializing sort and set in order, assisted coworkers in creating standards, and directed walkthroughs twice weekly in an effort to sustain organization.

Midland, Michigan, US

• Contributed to the safe start-up of a remote hazardous process through devising an apparatus to pre-calibrate vital analyzers by reproducing dynamic process conditions.
• Provided failure analysis services for a broad spectrum of polymers using optical and electron microscopy, image analysis, infrared spectroscopy and micro x-ray fluorescence. Interfaced with clients to recognize.
• Conducted extensive particle size analysis for the wastewater treatment plant to support a chemometric model used to predict hazardous solid flux.
• Increased co-op/intern productivity and project diversity by initiating interdepartmental meetings to discuss and exchange projects or tasks.

Gillingham, United Kingdom, GB

• Discovered experimental-phase pretreatment method that increased fuel cell power output by over 50% and reduced power decay.
• Used a combination of statistical analysis and scanning electron microscopy to quantitatively and qualitatively compare the performance of different anode formulations. This investigation successfully reduced material.
• Identified and repaired an issue in the fuel mixing apparatus that was causing results to skew over time, eliminating the need for an investigation.
• Managed test requests and conducted routine testing for the electrochemical testing lab.

Tutor students struggling in math and science.

CPR, patron safety, swim lessons.