Bruce Bauman Email & Phone Number

Federal Way, Washington

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive analysis by X-ray (EDS) to perform structural and elemental analysis. Digital and optical microscopy. Occasional FTIR analysis and interpretation.

Federal Way, Washington

Analysis & Testing; GC; cellulose fiber R&D support

Port Orchard, Wa

Formerly Contract Manager for the TechLaw ESAT(Environmental Services Assistance Team) and Air 10 monitoring contracts in EPA Region 10 (WA, OR, ID, AK). Lead staff in providing contract analysis services to EPA R10 laboratory. Balance funding and workflow. Produce regular progress and financial reports.Write code in the Chemstation macro language to calculate final results, produce formatted reports, and facilitate transfer to LIMS using menu click simplicity for multiple analyses, including PAHs by GC/MS, Pentachlorophenol by GC/ECD, VOA by GC/MS, and PCBs by GC/ECD, BNAs by GC/MS, Total Petroleum Hydrocarbon Diesel and Gas by GC/FID and GC/MS, and CWA by GC/MS.Methods development for analysis of CWA (chemical warfare agent) compounds. Analyze periodic proficiency testing samples to maintain analytical capability.Data review and evaluation of air monitoring results by MINICAMS (Miniature Continuous Air Monitoring System) for chemical warfare material.Participation in special projects and method development activities to advance new chemical analysis techniques for incorporation into standard analytical procedures. Investigate instrumental optimizations utilizing GC/Time of Flight mass spectrometry and GC/MSD (mass selective detector).

Collected data, analyzed and interpreted results. Provided a second level data review of analysis reports for correctness and accuracy. Made and documented method improvements that enabled or optimized analysis. Participated in proprietary research and development projects in chemistry, biology, and materials testing fields. Operated Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-IR), High Resolution Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC/HRMS), light microscopy, and materials testing instrumentation. Wrote instrument control language procedures and macros that automated and optimized instrument operation. Performed bench chemistry sample preparation and processing techniques. Provided analytical support for analysis of effluent, sediment, biological tissue, and manufactured product samples. Accustomed to working safely with hazardous materials and their disposal requirements. Analyzed performance evaluation samples on a regular basis to maintain EPA and state certifications.* Developed a method improvement that allowed a particular sample type to be analyzed that could not previously be analyzed.* Wrote FT-IR instrument macros that improved processing efficiency thereby saving analyst time.* Wrote instrument control language script to automate data acquisition using different acquisition parameter sets. Resulted in optimized instrument operation, saving analyst time.

Sample preparation, extraction, and clean-up of various sample types by gravimetric column chromatography methods.

Manipulated and modified DNA sequences using molecular cloning and mutagenesis techniques. Methods included labeling DNA with radioactive isotopes, isolating and altering DNA sequences.* Successfully attained research goals of altering DNA sequence for evaluation and expression study in a target organism.