Mechanical Engineering Assistant

Brian P. Morgan

**** ******* ****, *********, ** 21702

email: ********@*****.***

Mobile phone: 301-***-****

Summary

Motivated worker, with an ACS accredited BS in Chemistry, as well as 2 years of validation

and calibration experience in a cGMP and ISO environment, seeking employment in a laboratory

or office setting.

Education

2003–2007 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA

ACS Accredited Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemistry

Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Honors, May 20, 2007.

Chemistry Major, History Minor

GPA: 3.53/4.00

Dean’s List Commendations 2003-2007

Professional Experience

August 2007-October 2009 Lonza, Inc. Walkersville, MD

Validation Specialist and Calibration Technician

-Worked in the Validation and Calibration departments, providing service for the entire

facility, including LAL, cell therapy, powder and liquid media production, virology, and

QC laboratories.

-Regularly performed temperature mappings, conductivity measurements, pressure

readings, gas percentage measurements, and pipette accuracy tests

using NIST traceable, calibrated standards to ensure the proper functionality and

usage of equipment throughout the laboratories, in accordance with cGMP

calibration standards.

-Researched new equipment and created master instrument records, as well as

cGMP-compliant calibration protocols, before acceptance into the existing

calibration program.

-Coordinated efforts and communication between validation, calibration, facilities,

engineering, laboratory, and production management to ease transitions to

new equipment and procedures.

-Developed, wrote, and executed validation protocols and SOPs pertaining to

incubators, waterbaths, refrigerators, freezers, dewars, autoclaves, ovens,

lyophilizers, and walk-in temperature control rooms.

-Became familiar with the operation and maintenance of Kaye validation software and

hardware, Veriteq logging equipment, iRTDs, and thermocouples, as well as the

usage and processing of BIs and ECVs, during daily validation activities.

-Provided the majority of calibration services for the large LabWatch automated

laboratory alarm system monitoring the entire facility.

-Developed a working knowledge of SAP, TrackWise, Documentum, ProCal

Database software, and the Kaye Validator 2000 interface.

-Received training in cGMP and ISO regulations and operated in such an environment on

a daily basis.

-Regularly performed activities in ISO 5 and 7 clean room environments and became

familiar with all associated protocols.

-Assisted in the training and orientation of new employees and temporary validation

contractors.

-Aided in the aseptic testing and additional environmental monitoring of new clean rooms,

including calculations to determine compliance with ISO standards, as

well as fume hood validation.

-Managed the validation library and calibration records, and reorganized the validation

database to provide an improved search method and record location time.

Summer 2006 NIST Gaithersburg, MD

Laboratory Intern

-Worked on a nanotechnology and mechanical engineering research project with sponsor

and mentor, Dr. Aaron M. Forster, in the Polymers Division of the Building and Fire

Research Laboratory.

-Performed Instrumented Indentation, Atomic Force Microscope, and Confocal

Microscope tests on thin polymer films and metals.

-Created nanoparticle latex films for testing.

Fall 2005 Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA

Organic Lab Assistant

-Helped prepare laboratory and necessary materials to facilitate student experiments.

-Provided aid to students during experiments.

Additional Laboratory and Office Skills

-Fully capable in a chemistry or biochemistry laboratory setting, with experience in many

techniques, such as GC/MS, UV/VIS, FT-IR, Fluorescence Spectroscopy,

HPLC, Hydrogen-1 and Carbon NMR, as well as electrophoresis-based assays.

-Experience in chemical synthesis and analysis, along with the machines involved, as well

as mechanical engineering tools, such as IIT, CSM, SEM, and AFM.

-Skilled in chemical drawing and modelling programs.

-Able to speak Spanish.

References available upon request.

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