EDUCATION
Missouri University of Science & Technology
M.S. Environmental Engineering (Non-Thesis)
December 2012
GPA: 3.6/4.0
Missouri University of Science & Technology (formerly University of Missouri – Rolla)
B.S. Metallurgical Engineering (EIT Certified)
December 2007
GPA: 3.1/4.0
EXPERIENCE
Aleris Rolled Products Davenport, IA
Metallurgical Engineer 08/13 - Current
Reinitialized the laboratory and purchased new equipment to restore previous capabilities
Worked with customers and examined defects under magnification to disposition returns
Reduced process variation in order to achieve statistical control.
Collected new data streams to assist in find the root cause of problems
Freeport McMoRan
Research Engineer I
Safford, AZ
04/08 – 07/10
SX/EW
Set up the procedures to use a potentiostat for measuring overpotential in anode coatings
Created VBA program to easily track current efficiency of electrowinning cells over time
Leaching
Created database in Access to keep track of historical leaching column tests
Investigated low PLS copper grade at the Safford mine and found that not enough water was being added to the ore through a strong correlation between water addition and PLS grade (verified by a Six Sigma Black Belt)
Environmental Technology
Constructed system of tanks to simulate injection of alkaline solution into creek sediment downstream from a heritage smelting operation
Managed the logistics of setting up and running the system of tanks
Supervised environmental engineering intern for the summer of 2009
Mineral Processing
Redesigned and implemented new database for storing data from flotation tests
Automated and optimized several routine tasks in Excel us...
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