Engineer Project Manager

MELANIE BOWSER

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7060

OBJECTIVE

Obtain a challenging position with a company that will utilize my

materials engineering expertise in energy efficiency, manufacturing

support, project management, process, quality, and production

engineering.

SUMMARY

Twenty years engineering experience in the Energy, Chemicals and

Polymer Composites Industries. Provided diverse engineering support

resulting in energy conservation, increased production, lower

operating costs, quality improvements, and heightened customer

satisfaction

EXPERIENCE PROFILE

2011 to Current Columbus, Ohio

DNV GL Energy Efficiency Engineer

DNV GL was retained by American Electric Power, Inc. (AEP Ohio) to

implement its energy efficiency programs for business customers

eligible for technical and financial support to make their facilities

more energy efficient.

Duties include evaluating energy savings on facility's energy

conservation projects. Submit customer data for Public Utilities

Commission filings. Provide technical support to customers regarding

program requirements. Working knowledge of the Consortium for Energy

Efficiency (CEE), the Energy Star Program, and the Design Lights

Consortium (DLC). Emphasis on energy efficient lighting solutions.

2007 to 2010 Kettering, Ohio

NATIONAL COMPOSITE CENTER Composite/NanoComposite Engineer;

Project Manager

NanoComposite Engineer

Key role in growing the National Composite Center's (NCC)

nanotechnology lab working with Carbon Nanotubes (CNTs) which led to

the first commercial production of continuous BuckyPaper, and a spin

off of a new company, Buckeye Composites.

Collaborated with others in the nanotechnology field to assist in

developing innovative nanocomposites and new technologies using a

variety of CNTs. Some partners include GrafTech (thermal management),

NanoTechLabs (aircraft lightning strike), Nanotek (nanographene

platelets) and Applied Sciences Inc. (nanofibers).

Provided NIOSH with performance and data to establish new safety

standards for working with CNTs.

Project Manager

Managed all facets of the OSU/CMPND RCP (Ohio State University/Center

for Multifunctional Polymer Nanomaterials & Devices) Research

Commercialization Program. This covered a variety of projects, some

of which are the following:

Supervised a project with BAE Systems for an armored vehicle design

project, which helped protect US soldiers who use armored vehicles.

Shared this project with one of the NCC's spin off companies,

Composite Advantage.

Coordinated Quickstep (autoclave alternative) projects, including the

production of the thickest composite panel using Quickstep ever

produced to date (4.5 inches thick). Other Quickstep projects

included Huntsman and Lockheed Martin.

Composite Engineer

Assisted in the Sheet Molding Compound Biolite program to produce

green composites using agricultural fillers.

NOTE: Worked at the NCC first six months as contract engineer through

Think Resources 8/07-2/08.

2004 to 2007 Columbus, Ohio

GARDEN CITY GROUP Research Associate

Team Leader for marketing research project; created and maintained

database of nationwide case law, attorneys and law firms. This

included the use of Lexis Nexis software.

2003 to 2004 Columbus, Ohio Automobile

Industry Services

SPEK VANTAGE INC. Quality Inspector

Performed professional Sort & Containment Services to Honda

Automobiles and automobile suppliers.

2000 to 2002 Lancaster, Ohio

HEXCEL COMPOSITES Quality Engineer; Environmental

Engineer Quality Engineer

Responsible for all plant quality functions and laboratory management.

Investigated customer concerns and provided appropriate corrective

action in a timely manner.

Implemented, developed and maintained the plant quality system in

compliance with the ISO-9002 standard. This entailed all quality

management responsibilities, corrective and preventative action,

document control, inspection and test status, control of nonconforming

materials, control of quality records, and internal auditing.

Environmental Engineer

Responsible for plant compliance of all environmental regulations and

safe practices.

Managed plant Environmental Management System (EMS), including annual

auditing.

Assured compliance with all federal, state, and local EPA, OSHA, and

DOT regulations and guidelines, including submission of required

reporting. Handled the facility's filing of required permits.

Completed certification and annual training for Hazardous/Toxic Waste

Management, and Sara Title III Form R Reporting.

1993 to 1999 Heath, Ohio

EQUISTAR CHEMICAL Quality/Process/Production Engineer

& Project Manager Quality Engineer

Responsible for implementing quality functions, laboratory management

and ISO 9000 Coordinator.

Served as interim laboratory superintendent for nine months during

reorganization. Investigated customer concerns and provided

appropriate corrective action in a timely manner.

Project Manager

In charge of a $2.8 million project to add a new compounding line.

This was the largest project for this plant in over a decade.

Successful start up on schedule and under budget.

Process Engineer

Responsible for meeting plant productivity. Duties included project

engineering, production expansion, vendor approval, and company wide

best practices.

Appointed to team member on the Polymer Finishing Technology Center, a

company wide task group to institute best practices for polymer

finishing, increasing operation efficiency.

Team member on a company wide task force to create a new policy for

raw material supplier's systematic approval process. Resulted in

reducing material costs by $80,000/yr. Responsible for training nine

other plants on the new procedures.

Provided technical input to ensure the best-cost benefit value of

operations. Evaluated test runs for new products and existing product

improvements. Implemented all aspects of capital projects for

production equipment upgrades. Assisted in SAP implementation. SAP is

a business integrated software system.

Production Engineer

Responsible for production engineering, product development support,

and quality enhancement.

Developed and maintained database for defining optimum process

efficiency.

Team Leader on Dispersion Task Force responsible for providing

solutions for products consistently failing dispersion requirements.

Solutions developed decreased failure rate by 95%.

EDUCATION

University of Cincinnati, Ohio Bachelor of Science 1993

Materials Science Engineering

ORGANIZATIONS /ACTIVITIES

Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering;

Society of Women Engineers; Material Science & Engineering Group;

Equistar/University of Cincinnati Mentor Program; Community Outreach

Program for Par Excellence Elementary Schools. Conducted workshops

teaching college freshman how to succeed.

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