Quality Assurance Engineer

CARLY K. SCHULZ

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Chicago, IL 60657 *****.*.******@*****.***

Accomplished scientist with 4+ years of experience including quality assurance, computational research, environmental chemistry,

performance materials and technologies, and currently aerospace materials. Seeking a position in which a chemistry -filled

background can be utilized to increase productivity, business development, and revenue.

Core competencies include:

Adept in creative problem solving and quick decision making

Attentive to details; high energy; positive atti tude; quick learner; master of prioritizing; excellent time management skills; and an expert at

handling large workloads

Excels in creating and maintaining excellent working relationships

Highly skilled in translating and communicating scientific data to various technical levels

Familiar with a great number of analytical techniques

Proficient in Microsoft and Windows for both Macintosh and PC; experienced with programs such as QBasic, Matlab, Photoshop, Mathematica,

ChemBioDraw Ultra, Gaussian, and PCModel

Honeywell Aerospace, Des Plaines, IL

Senior Engineering Technician (Contract) July 2014 - Present

In an effort to improve airline safety, the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA) issued mandates requiring that all aircraft contain on-board inert

gas generation systems (OBIGGS.) To meet these mandates, Honeywell Aerospace was challenged with ensuring that their hollow-fiber

membranes for their Air Separation Modules (ASMs) me t performance and reliability requirements while simultaneously remaining

competitive in the aerospace market. My achievements during this project included:

Applying technical methodologies and identifying issues with existing processes/designs

Building, maintaining, and operating experimental ASM plants and instruments

Describing in great detail improvements and adapta tions to procedures and plants

Gathering analytical data needed to justify enhancements and also to assist in the design of a scaled -up manufacturing plant prototype

Generating and distributing raw data/charts/tables/graphs to associates

Keeping extensive and accurate records of all experimental procedures, results, and observations; Sharing knowledge with team

members to resolve day-to-day issues

Maintaining a safe work environment through active participation in the Structured Safety Process (SSP), setting goals to prev ent

Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) recordable injuries, approving safety paperwork, and joining the safety

improvement team in constructing a safety calendar

Proposing and implementing improvements for efficiency and quality

Reconstructing an ASM contamination plant to screen for contaminant susceptibility, performance degradation, and benchmark

against competitors; Comparing MKS results with Gas Chromatography – Mass Spectroscopy

As a result, Honeywell Aerospace was able to create a lightweight, cost-effective, environmentally friendly fiber that exceeded performance

expectations and maintained Honeywell’s competitive edge.

UOP, A Honeywell Company, Des Plaines, IL

Research and Development Chemist/Engineer (Contract) August 2013 - June 2014

UOP’s Advanced Analytical Characterization laboratories (part of the P erformance Materials and Technology (PMT) group), responsible for

analyzing organic/physical, combustion, and inorganic samples, had developed an extremely large backlog. To assist PMT in reducing their

sample inventory beyond company benchmarks I accomplished the following:

Homogenized samples for analysis by operating/maintaining grinding instrumentation and/or sample digestion using both

microwave and acid techniques, which laid the foundation for accurate and reliable results whilst maintaining integrity of samples

Developed Inductively Coupled Plasma (ICP) methods for the analysis of novel samples

Co-championed a new ICP-MS technique which quantified the concentration of Cesium in sea water in response to increasing demand

for oceanic radiation cleanup efforts

Led decision making efforts regarding various sample preparation and analytical methods by considering economic factors along with

required accuracy and precision levels (RSD 2%.) Sample result Turnaround Times (TATs) were reduced to < 24 hours

Reported analytical results to customers in order to develop key metrics regarding the operating conditions of chemical plants which

resulted in quicker TATs of technologies being delivered to market

Through demonstrating efficiency in sample analysis, I reduced PMT’s backlog by over 70%.

Oneida Total Integrated Enterprises (OTIE), Chicago, IL

Environmental Chemist December 2011 – August 2013

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) was in need of a contractor to perform environmental site investigations at

potential hazardous waste sites and possible responses to environmental incidents and disastrous situations.

With each investigation I took on additional responsibility which included:

• Generated and reviewed technical plans/reports and cost estimates, provided technical expertise for Site investigations; contractor

oversight; emergency preparedness planning

• Maintained compliance on all projects by adhering to federal environmental regulations which include: USEPA test methods for

evaluating solid waste, physical/chemical methods (SW846) and other methodologies

As a result, I obtained an extensive knowledge of sampling protocols including Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

(RCRA)/Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensa tion, and Liability Act (CERCLA.) Certifications: OSHA 40-hour Hazardous

Waste Operations and Emergency Response (HAZWOPER,) Federal Emergency Management Agency (F EMA) Incident Command System

(ICS,) and Hazardous Waste Characterization (HazCat).

Cargill, Eddyville, IA

Quality Assurance Chemist Intern June 2010 – August 2010

Cargill required assistance in their quality assurance department. I executed all of the following in a short time:

• Utilized ICP, Gas Chromatography (GC), High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC), Titrations, and pH testing techniques to

maintain a quality assurance program that outperformed competitors

• Constructed a waste water profile to monitor elements entering the waste water in treatment plant which proved new resins ins ide

ion exchangers and demineralizers to be more efficient and resilient than predecessors

• Developed and trained peers on new analytical procedure for testing an experimental line of citric products prior to determin ing the

ideal dilutions for said products to run on ICP instrumentation

Being able to absorb a lot of information in a small amount of time, allowed me to quickly adapt to the work environment and accomplish

every goal issued to me.

University of Minnesota, Department of Chemistry, Minneapolis, MN

Computational Chemistry Undergraduate Research Assistant September 2009 - May 2010

After outperforming peers in a Quantum Chemis try course, was invited to join a Computational Chemistry Research Group. As an

undergraduate researcher, I successfully completed the following:

Research which involved studying, understanding, and assessing electronic configurations and bond orders of f-element metallic

compounds using newfangled wave-function based quantum chemical methods and concepts

Collaboration with a coworker assessing organometallic systems with high bond orders between the two main group elements in the

lanthanide and actinide groups contributing to a paper on the structure, reactivity, and spectroscopy of these heavy metal co mplexes.

Estimated the active space of these chemical species using newly develope d post-CASSCF, Split-CAS, and GASSCF wave function based

methods to describe active spaces and MOLCAS: A Quantum Chemistry Software and the Minnesota Supercomputing Institute

Supercomputers to run algorithms

The results of which are useful in the search for an efficient catalyst to aid in the elimination of nuclear spent fuel, in t he interest of

discovering novel fuel sources, and in the discovery of solutions to other renewable energy issues.

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