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Process engineer in Bulk Metals business unit focused on iron & steel and aluminum downstream processes. I have experience in:- Engineering Management (implementation phase for a Hot Strip Mill project, feasibility study for an integrated aluminum can sheet plant, feasibility study for integrated mill with hydrogen reduction of DRI)- Feasibility & Process Improvement Study Management - Study experience analyzing equipment performance data to find solutions for improvement in operations, quality, cost, and environmental performance.

Validated historical data to correlate defect trends with furnace maintenance operations.Created maintenance practices and forms to record and correlate future defect behavior.Communicated with pipeline customer to improve defect feed-forward system.

Collected light microscopy and SEM data for hydrogen-induced cracking (HIC) resistant steels.Analyzed and correlated data on over 60 HIC samples with Minitab Software.Performed metallurgical investigations on customer returned plates.Conducted failure analysis on various steel grades.Presented bi-weekly reports and a final presentation on HIC resistance research.

Applied Research Lab at Penn State University:Characterized aluminum fuel powders implementing particle sizing, surface chemistry, and visual inspection Interpreted and quantified x-ray photoelectron spectra to find surface chemical compositionOrganized and tested a backlog of over 80 samples