Process / R&D Engineer

Eric Leimkuehler

Address: *** *. **** ***. *** # 201 ? North Kansas City, MO 64116

Contact Information: 816-***-**** ? *****@***.***

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a full time position in a research or industrial setting in which I

can apply my previous work experience and academic knowledge to contribute

to the company's success.

EDUCATION

Masters of Science in Chemical Engineering

University of Missouri-Columbia: May 2010

Thesis: Production, Characterization, and Applications of

Activated Carbon

Bachelors of Science in Chemical Engineering

University of Missouri-Columbia: December 2008

WORK EXPERIENCE

VVF LLC: Manufacturing Engineer / Shift Coach. November 2012- Present

Interconnect Devices Incorporated: Electroplating Process Engineer. July

2010-October 2012

. Provided process support to a small scale / high volume in house

electroplating line which utilized Spouted Bed Electrode technology to

plate a variety of micro-scale spring contact probe components.

. Improved a crucial semiconductor probe plating process by tailoring

the gold deposit for optimized lubricity and eliminating nickel

migration through the gold layer during heat treat.

. Designed custom fixtures for selective plating and aluminum etching

which allowed for the processing of essential product lines at reduced

costs.

University of Missouri: Graduate Research Assistant. December 2008 - May

2010

. Characterized the commercially targeted process of producing KOH

activated carbon from corncobs for use as a natural gas adsorbent by

providing a mass balance, process yields, and standard deviations for

the process

. Evaluated different activated carbon precursors including biomass

waste materials and polyurethanes produced from castor oil in addition

to testing various process parameters and chemical activating agents

. Investigated the applications of activated carbon as an electrode

material in novel battery designs

Procter & Gamble: Engineering Intern, The Folgers Coffee Company. Summer

2008

Bayer CropScience: Environmental Engineering Intern. Summer 2007

RELEVANT COURSEWORK

. Mass Transfer, Equilibrium Thermodynamics, Heat and Momentum Transfer,

Chemical Reaction Kinetics

Statistical Quality Control, Polymer Materials, Ceramic Materials, Air

Pollution Control

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