Experience

Mallinda, Inc

• United States
• Plastics Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Product Engineer

  • Dec 2022 - Present

  - Resin product optimization at the chemical and mechanical level for plastics use in sporting goods, automotive, and aerospace applications.- Technical customer support and troubleshooting of the vitrimer resin in prepregging lines, hot melt, and solvent dip systems.

• Chemist

  • Nov 2020 - Nov 2022

  - Synthesis and analytical assessment of a vitrimer based resin system via the glass transition, flexural strength, tensile strength, short beam shear, rheological properties, and moisture uptake using DMA, UTM, and several ASTM standards.- Optimization of hot melt and solvent dip processes for resin samples and composite samples in carbon, glass, and aramid fiber.- Experience initiating new ASTM standards into internal lab practice and training new personnel on new and existing methodologies. - Lab management including calibrating instruments, safety checks, and organization of inventory for consumables items.



Ellipse Analytics

• United States
• Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Laboratory Technician II

  • May 2019 - Oct 2020

  - Performed chemical extraction of contaminates (pesticides, heavy metals, minerals, phthalates, bisphenols, acrylamide, mycotoxins, fatty acid chains, antioxidants, vitamins) in everyday consumer products (pet food, honey, prenatals, etc.) using various extraction methods and instrumentation. - Optimized and wrote SOP documents through experimental trials of difficult samples. - Product development of non-alcoholic spirits: prototyping and finalizing flavor profiles, product marketing, and allowing for feasible manufacturing scalability.



Helping You Succeed LLC

• Assistant Transaction Coordinator

  • Apr 2019 - Feb 2020

  - Assisted real estate agents in the transactions associated with the closing of newly built homes. - Coordinated design appointments, home inspections, and appraisals. Ensured all documents were properly signed. - Assisted real estate agents in the transactions associated with the closing of newly built homes. - Coordinated design appointments, home inspections, and appraisals. Ensured all documents were properly signed.



Colorado School of Mines

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Nov 2018 - May 2019

  - Multi-step organic synthesis of plastic scintillators for the detection of radioactive materials. Synthesis on a 10 g scale and product yield characterization using NMR and FTIR. - Multi-step organic synthesis of plastic scintillators for the detection of radioactive materials. Synthesis on a 10 g scale and product yield characterization using NMR and FTIR.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Aug 2017 - Aug 2018

  - Guided students in lab experiments in chemistry concepts including: stoichiometry, chemical equations, periodic trends, safe lab practices, chemical preparation, and proper record keeping. - Collaborated with professors to deliver a weekly pre-lab lecture to facilitate effective learning. - Guided students in lab experiments in chemistry concepts including: stoichiometry, chemical equations, periodic trends, safe lab practices, chemical preparation, and proper record keeping. - Collaborated with professors to deliver a weekly pre-lab lecture to facilitate effective learning.