Engineering Technologist
Hanover, Maryland, Us
TECHNICAL• Maintained, operated, and developed methods for seven Gas Chromatograph (GC) instruments • 5 Gas Chromatographs with Flame Ionization Detectors (FID), Thermal Conductivity Detectors (TCD), or Electron Capture Detectors (ECD) • 3 Headspace units; 1 Trap unit • 2 Gas Chromatograph – Mass Spectrometers (GCMS)• Developed methods for, maintained, and operated UV-Visible spectrometer• Analyzed raw materials, final products, and unknown samples• Tested samples for quantification using GC and HS-GC • Identified unknowns using GCMS, NMR, and IR • Used UV-Vis, ASE, Soxlet extractions, NMR, IR, GC, centrifuges, cryogrinders, Raman, and wet chemistry in analyses• Reduced analysis time, technician time, and solvent volume through method development for foams• Tested for ink quality and component compliance against specifications and RoHS restrictionsLEADERSHIP• Presented at Entrepreneurial Challenge 3 • Lead team through five day development process • Pitched initial idea chosen as top ten finalist • Presented developed concept in final presentation to Lexmark• Presented at Entrepreneurial Challenge 4 • Presented initial and final pitches during challenge • Won the challenge• Managed layouts, fellow lab peers, and construction teams for a lab renovation• Coordinated area events’ committee• Trained workers in Lexington and Philippines in various analytical techniques• Presented developed foam method poster at Technology Symposium
