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Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

-Sole engineer supporting and improving the manufacturing of grinding wheels for the electronics industry-Processed and analyzed thermocouple data for a furnace that would soon be replaced; communicated valuable insights to management about temperature consistency within a run and run-to-run-Acted as liaison between database engineer and operations team to implement and improve a custom SQL-based web app designed to take in, organize, and analyze product inspection data-Designed an experiment to quantify relationship between diamond lot and product quality characteristics; created incoming specifications for new lots based on compositional differences between lots-Coordinated the manufacturing of hundreds of R&D test wheels to support a growing business sector; created detailed SOPs to transfer the process from R&D to manufacturing and managed operator training

Albion, New York, United States

-Improved quality complaint review process to investigate root cause and develop corrective actions with involvement of production and engineering, decreasing average processing time from 34 days to 13 days-Completed a 12-week project to decrease overusage of raw materials, saving the plant $44,000 per year, and achieving a World Class Manufacturing Green Belt in Quality and Process Control-Introduced a monthly report containing graphical analysis of quality testing data for the plant’s highest volume product line that identified a significant decline of results due to raw material quality -Created a database for laboratory data to streamline the quality review and product release process-Visited multiple customer sites along with sales and engineering representatives to understand customer’s processes in order to address quality issues and further improve product runnability

Northborough, Massachusetts, United States

-Worked under the ADFORS business unit, focusing on technical textiles-Specifically focused on fiberglass mats used in shingles and other commercial construction products-Experimented with glass mats by changing procedural and compositional aspects to determine the effects on glass mat and shingle performance-Extensive lab experience both fabricating and testing glass mats and shingles for quality-Assisted with the development of a MATLAB program to process images of glass mats in order to quantify fiber dispersion and orientation-As a key member of the image analysis project team, presented entire project to ADFORS employees at multiple international Saint-Gobain R&D sites

Lee, Massachusetts, United States

-Designed and performed experiments using hand sheets to evaluate papermaking processes, and measured sheet properties such as basis weight, thickness, tensile strength, and formation-Assisted product development engineers and technicians during pilot machine runs by performing in-line testing to determine if operational changes were necessary-Carried out competitive analysis on existing market products using microscopy and lab tests to measure and understand physical properties-Performed quality testing on recent paper machine runs in order to optimize process parameters-Conducted comprehensive data analysis for all projects using Microsoft Excel and Minitab

Woonsocket, Rhode Island, United States

Performed calibration experiments; used Excel to evaluate accuracy of instruments in production

Master'S Degree, Analytics

GPA 4.0

Bachelor’S Degree, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Women Engineers, American Institute of Chemical Engineers, Northeastern University Choral Society.