AUSTIN G. SMITH

** **** ******** ****** ***. ***-B Akron, OH 44308 ● 330-***-**** (c) ● act168@r.postjobfree.com

EDUCATION

The University of Akron – Akron, Ohio

Master of Business Administration - Supply Chain Management Concentration GPA: 3.43 05/2013 – 05/2016*

Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering GPA: 3.02 08/2008 – 05/2013

o2nd Major in Applied Mathematics, Minor in Chemistry, Polymers Specialization

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Materials Researcher – The University of Akron – Akron, OH 08/2014 – 05/2015

Evaluated metal tensiles & panel surfaces with JEOL SEM/EDAX

Operated Instron mechanical testing equipment with use of Bluehill 2 Software

Experienced with military & ASTM physical testing standards and Mikronite processing

Associate Research Engineer (Internship) – US Air Force Research Labs – WPAFB/Dayton, OH 05/2014 – 07/2014

Project Lead – SOP for Keyence Microscope VHX-2000 to be available future research projects

Co-Analyst – Determining environmental effects on C-5 aircraft assemblies from physical exposure

Corrosion Materials Analyst – The University of Akron – Akron, OH 05/2013 – 05/2014

Project - Characterization and Quantification of Early Stages for Organic Coatings Applied

on AA2024/AA7075 by Correlating Frequency Domain Approach in Real Time

oProject Lead - Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy (EIS) on military-grade coated metal panels

oOperated Atomic Force & Infinite Focus Microscopes (AFM, IFM) along with analyzing results

oCompared experimental EIS data and model results through Equivalent Circuit Modeling

Galvanic Corrosion Modeler – The University of Akron – Akron, OH 05/2012 – 05/2013

Project - One Dimensional Approach to Modeling Damage Evolution of Galvanic Corrosion

of a Concentric Cylindrical Geometry (led to group publication)

oDesign lead for creation of a MATLAB-driven galvanic corrosion simulation program

oDeveloped 500+ lines of code to focus a full-factorial design to highlight situations

oFocused on systems of PDEs, material data, IR drop approach, and an asymptotic procedure

Lab Assistant – The University of Akron – Akron, OH 08/2008 – 08/2011

Expedited computer server imaging process and itemized surplus materials

Created reports and spreadsheets to track lab rental equipment & material cost using MS Excel

Promoted to Neuromarketing Lab Research Assistant to help with data analysis / analytics

ADDITIONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCES

College Lecturer – Intermediate Algebra, The University of Akron – Akron, OH 08/2012 – 05/2013

Conference – Early stage analysis by time domain approach for non-hex chrome coatings and

AA2024/AA7075 substrate, Research in Progress, NACE Conference 2014 – San Antonio, TX

Publication - One-dimensional approach to modeling damage evolution in galvanic corrosion,

A. Stenta, S. Basco, A. Smith, et. al., Corrosion Science 88 (2014) 36-48.

Distillation Column Operation Project for the Separation of Methanol and Water (team) (2012)

oProcess operation, gas chromatography (GC), P&IDs, error analysis, troubleshooting, Minitab

AWARDS

Featured in CorrDefense, a DoD Online News Magazine (Winter 2014, Vol. 10, No. 3)

“Young Researchers Credit their Career Advancement to DoD’s Technical Corrosion Collaboration”

Chemical Engineering Project Management & Teamwork Application Project

oHaitian Clean Water Filter Post Earthquake – Outstanding Freshman Award (2008)

COMPUTER SKILLS

Software – MS Office, MATLAB, Fortran, CHEMCAD, AutoCAD, Minitab, Bluehill2, SolidWorks, VBA

Operating Systems – Windows 98, XP, Vista, Windows 7, Windows 10

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