Dr. Caitlin L. Smith, PhD.
Wilmington, Delaware 19803
abk85a@r.postjobfree.com
Summary of Work Experience
I have more than 15 years experience in chemistry and engineering. Having
worked on contracts sponsored by the US Navy, Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA), National Institute of Health Sciences (NEIHS), National
Cancer Institute (NCI), Department of Defense (DOD), National Security
Agency (NSA), US Mint, Capital Office Programs (CPO), University of
Pennsylvania, US Corps of Engineers, PA Department of Environmental
Protection, various pharmaceutical, tobacco, and chemical manufacturers,
along with land development projects, and environmental and chemical
consulting companies. With experience supervising and working on projects
that are under the following regulatory guidelines (e.g. GLP, cGMP, FIFRA,
RICRA, NRC, NSA, NEPA).
Technical Experience:
. Two US Patents for instrument design and US Mint
. Development of USP Method 467 (Residual Solvents for GC, GC/MS)
. Formulations for new drug discovery, UV/EB coatings
. Catalyst development for Green Technology
. Development of Nanotechnology Database for National Science Initiative
. Phase I- Phase III site assessments
. LNG terminal design and environmental impact assessments
. Pilot plant design, implementation, bringing plant on-line
. Bulk pharmaceutical, biological, and environmental identifications
using LC/MS, GC/MS, UV, FT-IR, NMR
. Modeled environmental issues using Aquatox, and Hyroflow, AutoCAD 8
. Obtain Permits for NEPA, NPDES, FERC, EPA,US Corps Engineers, local
and state agencies
. Conservation assessments, reviews, and planning
. Stormwater management design and implementation
. Remediation design, implementation, and site removal
. Design, implementation of a Wastewater Treatment Facility for
Maryland, Washington, DC using Bio-remediation techniques.
. Management of Method Development department overseeing 16 chemists,
and technicians.
. Manager of permanent and temporary employees on site assignment for
deployment of air monitoring devices in Northern California.
. Grant and proposal writing for government contracts
. Developed, implemented IQ/OQ/PQ reports, SOP's, MSDS, and other
technical literature
. Performed site audits for EPA, US Navy for various projects and
facilities
. Performed internal safety and QA audits for various projects.
. EIT
Professional Experience
Sept. 2008- Current. Nuclear Reactor Engineer, US Navy. Nuclear
Engineering, as well as Environmental Engineering, and Civil Engineering
tasks, land planning and environmental assessments Phase I through Phase
III, FERC permitting, project management, green building, stormwater
management design, implementation, all applicable permits including Title
V, AutoCAD Civil 3D 2008, Nuclear design and implementation and auditing of
all nuclear related issues for the US Navy. Consulting for US Navy to
civilian nuclear power counterparts for designs and associated quality
assurance issues.
April 2007- October 2008. Environmental Engineer, Hunt Engineering. Civil
Engineering, along with Environmental Engineering tasks, land planning and
environmental assessments Phase I through Phase III, green building,
stormwater management design, implementation, all applicable permits
including Title V, wetland delineations, grading and contouring, AutoCAD
Civil 3D 2008, microstation, Hydroflow, Aquatox, and conservation
assessments and reviews.
January 2007- April 2007. Designer II, DL Howell. Civil Engineering tasks,
land planning and environmental assessments, stormwater management design,
implementation, NPDES permits, grading and countering, AutoCad, Hydroflow,
and conservation assessments and reviews.
August 2006-December 2006. Environmental Engineer, Entrix Wilmington,
Delaware. Engineering tasks, Data validations, EPA Phase I, II, III audits,
modeling Cosem, Aquatox, AutoCAD. Environmental remediation projects, site
assessments, NPDES permits, stormwater management, bioremediation, client
development, Stat Soft and other statistical programs.
December 2005- May 2006. Senior Chemist, ABC Laboratories, Delaware and
Missouri. Mass Spectrometrist, Principal Investigator on field sampling,
environmental, and analytical projects. Wrote and obtained contract and
government research grant proposals, Supervisor of Mass Spectrometry Group.
Wrote and implemented SOP's. ISO 9000, USP, GMP, GLP, IND,GC/MS, MS/MS,
MS/TOF, HPLC, LC/MS, GC, DSC, Rheology, UV/VIS, NMR, GCMA, CZE, AA, TLC,
TGA, AED, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Mat Lab 7.
May 2005 - September 2005. Chemical Engineering Intern, Exxon Mobile, NJ.
Intern developing new chemical processes for the analytical development
department. Worked with engineers on refinery design, pavement design and
waste water removal projects. Wrote and implemented SOP's. GC/MS, MS/MS,
MS/TOF, HPLC, LC/MS, GC, DSC, Rheology, UV/VIS, NMR, GCMA, CZE, AA, TLC,
TGA, AED, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Mat Lab 7, Provision, Hextran, Octave,
Prode, EPR Simulations, STOA.
July 2004 - March 2005. Environmental Engineering Intern, United States
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington DC. Intern for Department of
Exposure Analysis Branch, working on nanotechnology and exposure assessment
studies, performed EPA study audits, Phase I, II, Phase III assessments.
Worked on implementation of new chemicals into the RICRA, TSCA, and FIFRA
databases. Performed audits of chemical and agriculture companies as
requested by EPA. Obtained security clearance for government contracts.
March 2001- July 2003. Polymer Formulation Chemist, Coatings and Adhesives,
North Carolina. Development of all formulations for UV/EB coatings,
analysis of UV and water based coatings. Supervisor of group, UV and EB
coating patents for coatings used by US Mint for new currency. Researched
all new monomers and oligomers available along with additives needed for
all new products. Created new urethanes to be incorporated into water base
coatings as needed. Technical support for existing and new manufacturing
facilities, including development of strategic plans, feasibility studies,
new product development efforts, and scale-up issues. Performed requisition
purchases for all new materials and instrumentation, transferred finished
coatings and methods to manufacturing facility and QC. Performed and wrote
all IQ/OQ PQ reports, SOP's, MSDS, technical literature for UV/EB coatings
and instrumentation. Created safety CD for use of UV/EB coatings for sales,
customer, and internal use. Gave presentations to management, technical
association meetings, and performed all government audit requirements.
Technical liaison between customers, sales, and R&D for all UV/EB customer
issues. Developed and supported the design, installation, start-up,
process testing, SOP development, and pilot plant production. Wrote and
implemented SOP's, GC/MS, MS/MS, MS/TOF, HPLC, LC/MS, GC, DSC, Rheology,
UV/VIS, NMR, GCMA, CZE, AA, TLC, TGA, AED, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Mat
Lab 7, rub testing, TGA, six sigma, ISO 9001.
November 1998 - December 2000. Analytical Chemist I, Analytical and
Chemical Sciences, Research Triangle Institute, North Carolina. Development
of USP method 467 volatile organics, HPLC, GC, GCMA (Patent), NMR, MS,
UV/Vis, air monitoring, method validations, writing SOP's, instrument
validations, report writing, and method development, supervision of
temporary employees. Development and Design of GCMA instrument which was
patented during 2003.
December 1997 - June 1998. Analytical Chemist I, Applied Analytical Inc.,
North Carolina. Protein synthesis development, method development, method
validation, writing SOP's and procedures. GC/MS, MS/MS, MS/TOF, HPLC,
LC/MS, GC, DSC, Rheology, UV/VIS, NMR, GCMA, CZE, AA, TLC, TGA, AED,
Fluorescence Spectroscopy, Mat Lab 7.
April 1997 - December 1997. Associate Chemist I. BASF Corporation, North
Carolina. Method analysis and development Crop Protection, method
validations, wrote and implemented SOP's and routine analysis. GC/MS,
MS/MS, MS/TOF, HPLC, LC/MS, GC, DSC, Rheology, UV/VIS, NMR, GCMA, CZE, AA,
TLC, TGA, AED, Fluorescence Spectroscopy, diffusion cell.
Education
PhD Environmental Engineering, University of Delaware
PhD Chemical Engineering, University of Delaware
Masters Degree Polymer Chemistry, Duke University
Honors BS Chemistry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill