Maintaining ISO 17025 accreditation of analytical laboratory through 2 A2LA audits.Provide material qualifications to customers such as Ford and BallOperating and maintaining analytical instruments including ICP-OES, XRD, XRF, GDOES, and FTIR.As laboratory lead, accepting and distributing work among other lab members as well as communicating timelines and fielding analytical questions with requestors.Materially improved the quality of GDOES reporting by modifying the calculation methods.Attended a plant trial in New York, for which I built the ICP standards to maintain parity between R&D and manufacturing.I performed a Management of Change event on an instrument we had built at a university. This included editing the LabVIEW code, properly calibrating load cells, and some structural redesigns.Maintaining the lab space, including spending around $4k per month on consumables and equipment.I maintain relationships in the Americas, Switzerland and China based on my expertise in ICP and GDOES.I am coordinating with a nearby university on a specialty project that requires UHV conditions and a QMS.Streamlined the imaging and report writing for forensic imaging.Maintaining all lab documentation, SOP's, calibrations, ASTM standards, and archived reports.Established a control chart for laboratory standards. Previously, there were no records of how these standards were prepared or when.Spearheaded GHS compliant chemical labeling for the entire building. Before this, all labels were plain sharpie.Coordinating with vendors and instrument manufacturers to keep consumables and instrument PM’s up to date.Coordinating with Airgas to provide gasses and cryogenic liquids for the entire building.Helped the FTIR operator purchase a specialty valve, saving weeks shipping our MCT detector to the manufacturer.Dedicated myself to the switch to reusable gloves. An $80 pair of reusable gloves will replace $160 in disposable.

Tested molded polymers for physical properties, and learned how those properties relate to their microstructureLearned to distinguish between ductile and brittle failure modes.Used melt flow rate, ash weights, tensile strength and IZOD measurements to qualify incoming materials.Used equipment on the factory floor to develop processes and communicated these processes to operatorsDeveloped operating procedures for an FTIR as it relates to an active manufacturing environment. Once I was done, we were able to discriminate between manufacturers of prime material.Analysis of historic data as it relates to running processes, and ensuring operators are educated and alertWorked to develop and sustain an ISO certified lab environment

Imaging using scanning electron microscopy w/ electron backscattering (SEM/EDX)Acquisition of data using surface-sensitive quadrupole mass spectrometry (QMS) and infrared spectroscopy (FTIR)Designed and manufactured new experimental equipment, including preparation of CAD drawings and machining Pressed and sintered metal and metal-phosphide samples from powders using a quartz tube furnaceOperated, maintained and repaired an ultrahigh vacuum systemDisseminated of scientific results in written and oral presentationsDeveloped standard operating procedures for high voltage supplies and house-built equipmentSupervised and trained six undergraduate students in the use of instrumentationObtained quotes and prepared orders of materials, supplies and equipment in excess of $1k per quarter

Created staging platforms such as turntables and lathes for the flame spray industryPerformed millwork and other machined using a metal lathe, milling machine, and various other big machines.Created control cabinets, ran cables, and performed other electronic tasksProgrammed logic controllers (PLCs) using CickPLC and DoMoreComputer networking, backup, and OEM installationDeveloped an encyclopedic knowledge of McMaster Carr’s catalogue.