Lead development of total cost of ownership applications, used to sell the value of our products and estimate energy cost of the air filtration system. Support the use of the applications in the field by training users of the applications and assisting with customer visits/questions.Support media and material lab testing by using advanced characterization techniques to determine the root cause of why the air filters preform the way they do. From investigating individual components before they are put into a filter to failure analysis of used filters.Lead product development projects by interacting with material suppliers, attending trials at manufacturing facilities and testing the finished product targeting continuous product improvement and cost reduction.Present recent developments at technical conferences and participation in technical standards committees, as well as keeping up with recent advancements within the industry.

• Electrospun transparent and electrically conductive ceramic and polymer nanofibers for antistatic coatings in a collaborative project with NASA.• Designed and constructed a core-shell electrospinning apparatus to produce hollow tube ceramic fibers for membrane separation applications.

• Maintained a scanning electron microscope for the department to keep it running properly, train new users, assist users with issues, and make the schedule.• Assisted transport phenomena class by grading assignments, lecturing when the professor is unavailable, and being available for students who have questions outside of class.• Assisted with a heat exchanger lab class by helping create a lab experience where students can design and build a bench scale heat exchanger to solve a large scale problem.

• Developed procedures and recipes for operating equipment to produce ceramic nanofibers at a production scale.• Interacted with customers to deliver products that met specifications for their application.

• Troubleshot processing issues with supplier purchased materials and worked with production and suppliers to correct the issues.• Worked with suppliers for development of new rubber compounds to decrease production costs and improve processing performance with increasing prices of raw materials.• Coordinated and ran extrusion trials of new materials to determine process settings and any potential issues in using new rubber compounds.• Assisted quality personnel to implement application testing methods for new products.

• Conducted statistical analysis for the approval of new cost saving raw materials suppliers.• Participated in a Lean Six Sigma project to optimize the degassing process for cost savings.• Performed physical property and application testing of latex products, including the setup of a test floor used to apply polish, which streamlined new product development.• Updated existing maintenance procedures and helped the development of new procedures.