• Supported quality lab activities to achieve department goals and meet production demand (CMM & bench inspection)• Responsible for collecting, documenting, and organizing all nonconforming product• Collaborated with engineering and production staff to disposition nonconforming product at weekly meetings• Handled processing nonconforming product as either scrap, rework, or customer submittal• Reviewed engineering specifications and inspection data to generate or update 1000+ supplier nonconformance notification reports, process control documents, and first article inspection reports • Assisted production and quality staff with part specification questions by interrogating CAD models and engineering documentation• Responsible for all inspection gauging needs in facility (planning, purchasing, cataloging, and calibrating)• Demonstrated initiative and ambition to advance my career by taking online classes in computer programming, CAD software, CMM programming (PC-DMIS), and GD&T (geometric dimensioning and tolerancing)

• Fabricated, assembled, and tested 100+ prototype capacitors utilizing a physical vapor deposition machine, vacuum desiccator, vacuum furnace, probe station, high voltage test box, LabVIEW software and other general lab tools• Attained a 40% increase in prototype capacitor yield by analyzing and improving the existing fabrication and assembly process • Led efforts in an additive manufacturing project to assemble rheometry equipment & purchase supplies from vendors• Characterized the rheological behavior of three common additive manufacturing materials (varying material, brand, & temperature) to determine an ideal viscosity baseline for future design of 3D printing filaments• Developed and extruded application-tailored polymer-ceramic materials into filament for 3D printing, utilizing micro-CT, a simultaneous thermal analyzer, a twin screw rheometer, and industrial twin screw extruder• Collaborated with staff scientists and technologists to achieved additive manufacturing project goals • Established a reputation as a productive, versatile, and efficient intern by adapting to new tasks and learning to operate essential research equipment

Review and Update Technical DocumentsDetermine/Create Standards for Process ControlImplement Ways to Reduce Resource ConsumptionPerform Daily Process AuditsTrain New Employees