Ceramic Engineer

• Aug 2022 - Present

Assistant Quality Control/Process Engineer

• Jun 2018 - Aug 2022

Increased quality control through various departments at an aluminum powder manufacturer by applying technical background skills for control processes in daily operations. Accomplishments: - Established new quality control standards for future production runs by analyzing historical production samples and quantifying their variances to determine acceptable tolerances. - Designed a new quality control database to minimize errors and decrease the amount of time for data input and generations of final product’s certifications. - Troubleshooted a Jeol JSM-6060 Scanning Electron Microscope machine and trained others on how to operate it properly. - Reviewed other department’s documentations of their daily operations and provide recommendations/comments to not only minimize errors but ensure quality operations - Properly disinfected the plant's water system after becoming certified as a Water Distribution Operator Grade D2 by California State Water Resources Control Board. Show less

Porcelain Researcher

• Jun 2015 - Sep 2017

- Successfully generated working instructions to produce a desirable porcelain slip for slip casting method. - Doped porcelain with magnesium aluminate in order to increase its mechanical strength. - Learned how to create and design molds for slip casting method independently. - Reported lab issues in a timely manner to lab safety supervisor. - Presented research poster at the UC LEADS Research & Leadership Symposium in UC Davis on March 5, 2016. - Successfully generated working instructions to produce a desirable porcelain slip for slip casting method. - Doped porcelain with magnesium aluminate in order to increase its mechanical strength. - Learned how to create and design molds for slip casting method independently. - Reported lab issues in a timely manner to lab safety supervisor. - Presented research poster at the UC LEADS Research & Leadership Symposium in UC Davis on March 5, 2016.

Undergraduate Researcher

• Apr 2014 - Sep 2017

- Doped magnesium aluminate with various mole percentages of ytterbium in order decrease its grain size. - Quickly learned and adapted to the responsibilities from a multitude of hands on experience. - Guided new lab members in performing synthesis and familiarize them with working in a lab setting. - Assisted graduate students with their research to gain more knowledge and experience. - Conducted grain growth experiments on doped and undoped samples of MgAl2O4 in tube furnace. - Actively provided constructive comments and updates about lab issues and projects during weekly lab meetings. - Maintained a clean and organized work space for all lab members. - Presented research in oral presentation at UC LEADS summer program in UC Davis on August 15, 2014 and at 26th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference in UC Davis on May 2, 2015. - Presented research poster at UC LEADS Research & Leadership Symposium in UC Merced on March 21, 2015. Show less

Undergraduate Researcher

• Jun 2016 - Aug 2016

- Focused on producing nanocrystalline multicomponent ceramic composed of alumina (Al2O3), magnesium aluminate (MgAl2O4), and 10 mole percent yttia-stabilized zirconia (10 mol% YSZ) to serve as a fuel element that would increase extracted energy from a nuclear fuel by increasing the fuel element’s thermal conductivity and radiation tolerance. - Adjusted research goals to include a third component when creating a multicomponent homogeneous ceramic. - Adjusted working styles to accommodate people with various work ethics. - Presented research poster at Summer Research Program Fellowship conference (UC Irvine) and at the UC LEADS Research & Leadership Symposium (UC Los Angeles). Show less