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Longmont, CO

• Improved quality and output by 90% from fixture redesign
• Increased efficiency by reducing fixture changeover time by 80%
• Changed tool design to increase quality, allowing for easier cleaning and increased tool longevity
• Upgraded automated machine components to improve quality, decrease cleaning & setup time
• Redesigned framed canvas clamping jig, incorporating ergonomics, timing mechanism and improved safeguards
• Improved equipment safety, independently designing/installing guarding and clamps

Boulder, CO

• Prepared bid packages ranging from $25,000 to $1M+ for high profile accounts
• Cultivated and maintained client relations with focus on bid packages and custom orders, terms and conditions and scheduled timelines
• Collaborated with teams to improve internal processes and customer experience
• Trained new employees through onboarding process including processes, policy, and best practices
• Prepared proposals for various instrumentation for customers

Boulder, CO

• Co-developed project designs for undergraduate laboratory in areas including mass transfer, heat transfer, fluid mechanics, distillation and chemical reactors
• Guided lab students in operating, maintaining and troubleshooting chemical engineering equipment
• Developed and composed operating procedure for undergraduate laboratory experiments

Boulder, CO

• Instructed summer Chemistry course for 25+ incoming engineering students, independently creating homework assignments, exams, lectures, office hours, labs, syllabus (CU Boulder)

Boulder, CO

• Assisted in the instruction of ~25 students for the Multicultural Engineering Program (MEP) including grading papers, holding recitations, office hours, and occasional lectures for students.