Chemical Engineering State University

Hannah Szafraniec

Cell: 612-***-****

Email: **********@*****.***

Current Address: **** ***** *** ******, *******, MT, 59715

Permanent Address: 9724 Rich Curve, Bloomington, MN 55437

OBJECTIVE

I am seeking a position in helping a company meet project goals and gaining valuable engineering experience.

EDUCATION

Montana State University, College of Engineering, Bozeman, MT May 2018

Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering

GPA: 3.87/ Passed Fundamentals of Engineering Exam

Bloomington Jefferson High School, Bloomington, MN June 2014

GPA: 4.00/ ACT: 32

Awards: Honors Diploma, National Honor Society

RELEVENT EXPERIENCE

Senior Capstone: Biofermentation of corn stover to value added products

●Worked in a group of four to complete the design project and was designated leader of the group.

●Completed three formal presentations about the project.

●The goal of the project was to design a biorefinery to produce lactic acid and bioethanol, using a corn stover feed stock.

●The project consisted of researching methods to ferment corn stover and produce lactic acid.

●Developed BFDs of potential process approaches and a PFD of a finalized design.

●Selected and sized the correct process equipment.

●Constructed material and energy balance tables for each process stream and unit operation.

●Completed a full economic analysis of the designed plant.

Internship: Engineering Intern Carestream, Oakdale, MN Summer 2015

●Upgraded computers used to operate analytical chemistry equipment from Windows XP OS to Windows7.

●Documented the upgrade procedure to be stored in company database.

●Created Standard Operating Procedures for chemistry equipment that required software upgrades.

●Maintained FDA requirements for data security.

●Acquired data from a proposed quality assurance test “Solvent Scratch Test”

●Performing a statistical Gauge R&R to validate the test method.

●Developed custom macros using Visual Basics for multiple excel spreadsheets

●Reported outcome of projects monthly and a final formal presentation was completed at the end of the internship.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Undergraduate research: Characterization of Influenza A Virus using Microfluidics May 2017-May 2018

●Worked as an undergraduate research assistant for Dr. Connie Chang at Montana State University.

●Conducted experiments to study Influenza A virus in microfluidic droplets.

●Studied the propagation of virus, cell death kinetics and viral burst size using molecular biology techniques adapted to microfluidic technology.

Established Mammalian Cell Culture Room May 2017-May 2018

●Set up and maintained ThermoFisher incubators.

●Ordered correct culture media and fetal bovine serum for multiple cell lines.

●Froze multiple cell lines in appropriate freezing media.

●Researched, ordered and set up equipment necessary for suspension cell cultures.

●Maintain the growth of multiple cell cultures to be used as host cells for influenza

LEADERSHIP EXPERIENCE

Montana State University, Teacher Assistant Fall 2015

Facilitated laboratory experiments to freshman chemical engineering students

Teresa del Toda Camp Counselor June 2014, July 2015

Traveled to the Dominican Republic as a camp counselor for the Teresa del Toda school for girls

Hyland Ski Area Holiday Program Supervisor Winter break 2016, 2017

Supervised two weeks of ski lessons composed of 60 students and 20 instructors.

ADDITIONAL EXPERIENCE

Blueline Medical, Certified EMT, Bloomington, MN June-August 2016 Big Sky Ski Resort, Ski Patrol, Big Sky, MT November2016-February 17 Montana State University, Tutor, Bozeman, MT 2015-2016 Interlinx Associates, Marketing Research Assistant, Minneapolis, MN June-August 2016 City of Bloomington, Lifeguard, Bloomington, MN 2012-2016

SPECIALIZED SKILLS

Programming Languages: Beginner Level: Python, Visual Basic

Programs: HYSYS, COMSOL, Excel, JMP statistics

Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows 7, Windows 10

Laboratory Skills:

Chemical Engineering: Experience with fuel cells, refrigeration systems, heat exchanger units, determining the diffusivity coefficients of different solvents and determining Michaelis-Menten enzyme kinetic parameters for a specific enzyme.

Biology: Biosafety Level 2 training. Fabrication of PDMS microfluidic devices. Mammalian cell culture. Quantitative Polymerase Chain Reaction (q-PCR). Gel- Electrophoresis. Plasma Bonding. Fluorescent staining of mammalian cells. Inverted and fluorescent microscope skills.

Chemistry: Thin layer chromatography, fractional distillation, redox reactions, crystallization/purification, mass spectrometry, titration techniques and spectrophotometry skills.

Foreign Languages: Spanish (Intermediate, Spanish I to AP Spanish)

ACHIEVEMENTS

Summer Montana INBRE Research Grant Summer 2017

●Applied for grant funding for independent research through Montana IdeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence.

●Wrote an independent five-page proposal about the intended research.

●Participated in a formal poster presentation and lunch presentation regarding the research.

●Summer funding was $4200 for 400 hours of research.

Academic year Montana INBRE Research Grant Fall 2017 and Spring 2018

●Wrote an independent five-page proposal about the intended research.

●Academic year funding was $1800 for 200 hours of research.

President's List Fall 2017 and Spring 2015

●Maintained a GPA of a 4.0 as a full time student.

Dean's List Spring 2017, 2016 and Fall 2016, 2015, 2014

●Maintained a GPA above a 3.5 as a full time student.

McLaughlin Foundation Scholarship Fall 2015

●For students in the MSU College of Engineering who demonstrate outstanding academic performance.

●Award amount of $1,000.

Montana State Achievement Award Academic Year 2014-2018

●Non-resident freshmen enrolled at MSU.

●Awarded for an ACT combined score of 33.

●Award amount of $10,500 annually for tuition for four years.

●Must maintain a GPA above a 3.5 and status as a full time student.

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