Engineer High School

Nancy Wlodarczyk Paulus

**** ******** **** *****, ******, NC 28173

Cell Phone: 704-***-****; Home Phone: 980-***-****

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

Twenty years experience as a ceramic engineer working in a wide variety of

roles, including product and process engineering, advanced product

development, and materials research. Product and

process specialties include extruded ceramic substrates and catalysis for

catalytic converters, glass-seal packaging of automotive sensors

including glass-to-metal and glass-to-ceramic, and an extensive working

level knowledge of mechanical test methods and failure analysis. Extremely

skilled in building and maintaining cross-functional relationships and

working in problem solving with both internal and external stakeholders

EDUCATION

1990 MS Solid State Science, Pennsylvania State

University

1988 BS Ceramic Engineering, New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred

University

EXPERIENCE

1995-2008 Senior Project Engineer - Catalytic Converters, Delphi/General

Motors, Flint, MI

. Owned, developed, maintained and updated specifications

and validation of extruded ceramic substrates used in

automotive catalytic converters including cordierite,

SiC, and AlTiN formulations, for approximately a $100M

product line

. Designed and utilized a shear fracture test for all of

the ceramic substrate shapes and sizes used in car and

truck catalytic converters. Industry standard data being

collected and trying to implement results in to

specifications for better understanding of defects in

cell structure and possible problems that arise in

assembly operation of the substarte

. Implemented and coordinated model shop hardware builds

and testing, creation and maintenance of all material

specification of the ceramic product, warranty analysis,

and problem solving

. Developed and maintained key technical relationships with

both major customers and suppliers, including but not

limited to negotiating program goals and end customer

recommendations

. Lead cross-functional team responsible for Exhaust

Product Line ts16949/QS9000 Quality System audits. Major

accomplishments include no major non-conformances as

judged by BSI for six straight years, which is the

longest running streak within Delphi Powertrain

. Co-recipient of 1998 GM Chairman's Honors Award for

exhibiting superior originality and creativity in

reducing in over $330 million in annual savings to the

General Motors Corporation. Saving was in

reducing/substituting precious metals used in the

catalyst coating without losing performance numbers on

the National Low Emissions Vehicle program

. One of three engineers assigned to attempt a startup

business to manufacture automotive substrates that

incorporated the knowledge and resources of an outside

company, that would eventually become a Tier 1 supplier

to Delphi

. Certified in Red X: a Shanin System is a problem solving

system used in manufacturing environments for medium to

high volumes that utilizes Paretos, and experimental

investigation to search for a dominant cause using the

process of elimination and leveraging

1994-1995 Project Engineer - Oxygen Sensors, General Motors, Flint, MI

. Developed and designed glass-to-metal sealing systems and

processes for oxygen sensors

. Designed and developed a sealing system of glass-to-

ceramic inside the same package as above and the

processes for obtaining the two seals in one firing

operation for oxygen sensors, reducing build times, and

adding in cost savings, without sacrificing yeilds

. Worked with metallurgical personnel to also add a

nitrogen brazing mechanism to the same firing cycle as

the seals

. Successfully coordinated and lead technology transfer

activities to a co-development partner, lead partner

through builds and provided access to all for starting

their own pilot/production line for planar sensors

. Lead technical contact with Sandia National Labs on glass-

seal co-development projects

. Developed and implemented a catalytic/ceramic oxide

microcomposite to correct the lean shift on an exhaust

oxygen sensor in the pre-equilibrium zone

. Prioritize and manage multiple complex projects serving

various customers wants and needs in planar glass seal

oxygen sensor technology and design

1991-1994 Research and Development Engineer, Materials

Research Group, General Motors, Flint, MI

. Conducted research and development activities in solid

oxide fuel cells, catalysts. Converter substrates, planar

and conical oxygen sensors, and glass-to-metal seals

. Lead innovative discovery of spraying a ceramic coating

on a corrugated metal foil to be used as an insultaive

coating

1988-1991 Graduate Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State

University, University Park, PA

. Researched sol-gel processing of Lithium Aluminosilicate

Glass Ceramic Systems as part of a graduate thesis

program funded by the United States Department of the

Navy

2011-Present Volunteering at Marvin Ridge High School and Middle

School, Union County Public Schools, Waxhaw, NC

. Consult on an as needed basis about material uses and

applications

. Tutor for high school and middle school math and science

. Volunteer for the high school guidance office and other

opportunities for the school

2009-2011 Volunteering at Grand Blanc Schools, Grand Blanc Community

Schools, Grand Blanc, MI

. Middle school science classroom and laboratories aide

. Destination Imagination Coach and team lead

Encourages teams of learners to have fun, take risks,

focus and frame challenges while incorporating STEM, the

arts and service learning. Students learn patience,

flexibility, persistence, ethics, respect for others and

their ideas, and the collaborative problem solving

process. Teams may showcase their solutions at a

tournament. Coached team of six students, they placed in

the regional finals and continued on to the state

tournament

. World In Motion Team

Brings science, technology, engineering and math

education to life in the classroom for students to the

national standards using hands-on activities. Taught all

5th grade classrooms engineering principles including

building a jet-toy to the students which ended with a

tournament race of their jet-toy sponsored by General

Motors

PATENTS ( U.S. Patent 5,886,248, Sensor with glass seal

( U.S. Patent 5,739,414, Sensor with a glass seal

. U.S. Patent 5,733,504, Catalytic/ceramic oxide

microcomposites for use an exhaust sensor pre-

equilibration zone

. U.S. Patent 5,512,324, Metal substrate with an insulative

coating thereon and method of making the same

. U.S. Patent 5,467,636, Flat plate sensor with a robust

package design

. Two "Trade Secret" Intellectual Property Contributions to

Delphi Corporation

. One "Defensive Publication" Intellectual Property to

Delphi Corporation

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