Engineer Assistant

• **** Oakmonte Blvd • Rochester, MI ***** • 219-***-**** • *******.***@*****.***

Andres Poplawski

CAREER PROFILE

• Adept and personable Chemical Engineer with two years of experience in automotive coatings

• BSE in Chemical Engineering from the University of Michigan

• Extensive experience with managing batch processes on small and industrial scales

• Success in roles that require critical thinking, problem solving and process improvement

• Comfortable leading teams to meet goals and improve productivity

SKILLS

Proficient in: ASPEN, Maple, Matlab, MS Office, Minitab, SAP R2/R3, Java, MS Visual Studio C++/C#

Professional Skills: Fluent in Spanish, Six Sigma Green Belt, AIAG ISO/TS 16949:2009 Auditor Certified

RELEVANT ACCOMPLISHMENTS

2011-present Axalta Coatings Systems (Formerly DuPont Performance Coatings) Mt. Clemens, MI

Support Engineer

Manage customer account as the primary chemist for Chrysler Automotive, an account with $65

million in sales for 2012

• End to end product management of automotive coatings as tier one supplier to automotive

OEM such as Chrysler, Ford and GM

• Approve, align and adjust all coatings supplied to customer as part of a large scale (up to 5500

GA) batch process

• Responsible for the management of three lab technicians; distribution of workload, training

and the establishment and review of performance metrics

• Interact with customer as representative of Axalta on a daily basis through direct meetings,

PowerPoint presentations and teleconferencing

• Perform regular Design of Experiments to troubleshoot line issues, test adjustments to

products and develop new technologies

2010-2011 UM Chemical Engineering Department Ann Arbor, MI

Research Assistant

Worked with the Solomon Research Group as a research assistant culturing and imaging live bacteria

and biofilms for applications in the medical field

• Cultivated S. epidermidis while simulating the interiors of the human blood vessel

• Imaged developed biofilms using 3D Confocal Microscopy

• Analyzed effects of liquid shear stress on biofilm growth utilizing image processing

algorithms and ImageJ software

2009-2010 Cool Garden, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI

Database and Client Management

• Interacted with customers of company on daily basis as knowledge base and provide conflict

resolution

• Updated and maintained company inventory with E-Commerce software

• Updated and revised company website

2008 BP Bitumen, Chicago, IL

Marketing and Research Intern

• Prepared report on Cement & Concrete industry for presentation to BP Executives

• Developed catalog of bitumen terminals and customer order history

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EDUCATIO University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI

N BSE in Chemical Engineering 2011

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ADDITION Michigan Engineering Honor Council, 2010 – 2011

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• Swim Team Captain, Crown Point High School 2006-2007

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