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• Mentor first-year engineering students in one-hour weekly meetings to ensure success at the university level• Tutor in courses with past experience to build a strong engineering mindset

• Conducted trials on multiple products to reduce milling times collectively by 24%, allowing for more volume and eligibility for R&D tax credits• Collaborated with operators & engineers to create production training videos to minimize downtime • Developed an SOP to recycle sanitization water in heat vats, reducing wastewater & cost to dispose • Modified mass balances & work instructions to run products in other units while staying within specs

- Developed an I/E Critical Equipment list to assess criticality of equipment to ensure I/E engineers have spares for critical instrumentation (Learned about the critical equipment that is crucial to plant operation).- Developed a scope for the installation of a bypass set for the 2024 Turnaround (P&IDs, ISOs, MOC).-I/E Maintenance Digitalization Project: Initiated the conversion of I/E checklists, regulatory & PM inspections from paper to an improved electronic form (Yellow Belt Certification). -Assessed a PHA item regarding propylene hose usage, and after plenty of collaborations, I concluded the best course of action would be to revise the current procedure to reflect Z-criticality (4-eyes check) which included an MOC.