Summary
Have worked in both production and research settings, primarily in the areas of minerals, metallurgy and organic polymers. Experience in a range of materials characterization techniques including SEM, XRD, XRF, and NIR. Experience in process development, experiment design, materials testing and equipment design.
Experience
MATERIALS CHARACTERIZATION INTERN | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | MAY 2015 - AUGUST 2015
•Designed spray dryer and developed process to reduce preferred orientation in flat clay XRD samples by spray drying
•Saved company $30,000 by constructing spray dryer in-house rather than outsourcing
•Developed QEMSCAN database for mineral characterization on MineSite SEM
•Refined individual XRD scans and reported mineral sample compositions
METALLURGICAL ENGINEERING INTERN | FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. | MAY 2014 - AUGUST 2014
•Sampled pregnant leach solution to establish data trends in ion concentrations
•Designed air sampling units to visualize oxygen gradient within leach pad
•Used Microsoft Vizio mapping software to create complete piping diagram of leach pad
•Streamlined PI Process Book data displays for the ease of operators
MATERIALS RESEARCH ASSISTANT | DRAKE ASTROPHYSICS LABRATORY | JUNE 2013 - May 2015
•Managed process development and equipment acquisition for producing organic aerogel in lab
•Used SEM to look at aerogel microstructure and used quantitative analysis to density continuity
•Collaborated with colleagues to program an automated stage system using LabView
•Synthesized conductive organic polymers used in the construction of target pieces
STUDENT CREW | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ATHELTICS | OCTOBER 2012 - MAY 2013
•Coordinated and supervised youth track events
•Worked 20 hours/week as full-time student
Education
BACHELOR OF SCIENCE | DECEMBER 2015 | UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
•Major: Materials Science & Engineering
•GPA: 3.0
MATERIALS SCIENCE CAPSTONE COURSE | SENIOR DESIGN PROJECT | JANUARY 2015 - APRIL 2015
•Worked in conjunction with Guardian Industries to research a wide array of bactericidal technologies
•Produced a functioning prototype that resulted...
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