Chemical Engineering Manager
Resume:
Wade Adam Alexander
Phone: 304-***-****
actke0@r.postjobfree.com
Motivated, proactive, and adaptable professional with experience in multiple engineering fields managing both people and projects. Possesses proficient communication skills, international experiences, a willingness to travel, and enjoys undertaking and learning from new challenges.
EDUCATION
Marshall University – Huntington, WV August 2012 – May 2015 Master of Science, Environmental Engineering Cumulative GPA: 4.00 Master of Science, Engineering Management Cumulative GPA: 4.00 West Virginia University – Morgantown, WV August 2002 – May 2006 Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering Cumulative GPA: 3.41 WORK EXPERIENCE
Stockroom Manager / Interim Lab Manager December 2014 – Present Marshall University, Chemistry Department – Huntington, WV
Managed chemical inventory, waste disposal, and safety programs.
Assisted faculty with various classroom and research projects and supervised work-study students.
Updated lab preparation manuals including writing new protocols that reduce hazardous waste generation.
Performed preventative maintenance and wrote protocols for creating new experiments and routine operation for the NMR.
Reduced cost of liquid nitrogen and compressed gases by researching and implementing a new supplier. Technical Development Engineer August 2006 – June 2007 AFG Industries – Bridgeport, WV
Optimized production parameters by controlling temperatures, melts, and batch consistency of the furnace, glass flow and atmosphere in the tin bath, and the annealing process of the lehr.
Increased energy efficiency of the natural gas and oxygen burners within the furnace by measuring O2 and CO2 concentrations and monitoring gas usage.
Coordinated across corporate structure to mitigate risk of NiS problems including touring Thai Asahi Glass to assess their inspection system for use at AFG and auditing raw material supplier procedures and specifications.
Identified and documented production loss from breakage during annealing, packaging, and trimming.
Supervised operators while they adjusted equipment for size changes during production. Summer Research Intern June 2006 – August 2006
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Food Science and Technology Department – Blacksburg, VA
Researched the use of cyclodextrins on antioxidants to sustain a controlled release of product.
Presented research findings by both written and oral reports to fellow interns, faculty, and graduate students.
Attended Macromolecules and Interfaces Institute short courses including technical writing, chemistry, engineering, biology, and intellectual property.
Summer Intern June 2005 – August 2005
West Virginia University, Chemical Engineering Department – Morgantown, WV
Produced a variety of documents including grants for future research funding and quarterly reports for the National Energy Technology Laboratory of the Department of Energy.
Assisted various graduate research projects focusing on topics such as direct carbon fuel cells, activated carbon, and carbon foams.
Prepared raw materials for Syn Pitch production. Summer Intern June 2004 – August 2004
GE Silicones, Polymers II Department – Friendly, WV
Performed a preliminary audit of risk assessments, FMEA’s, PM’s, SOP’s, etc. to prepare the department for a corporate audit.
Maintained an action item timeline so that projects were completed by set deadlines.
Collaborated with Summers Rubber in order to maintain quality and catalogue hoses.
Investigated production efficiency with respect to lack of manpower. HONORS AND ACTIVITIES
Eagle Scout, West Virginia University Presidential scholar, cum laude graduate, Promise scholar, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, Omega Chi Epsilon, WVU Chemical Engineering Car Team Member, Vigil Honor Member of the Order of the Arrow, Golden Key, Phi Kappa Phi
COMPUTER EXPERIENCE
Microsoft Windows, MS Office, Excel, PowerPoint, Access, Project, Works, Word Perfect, C++, BASIC, HTML, MathCad, Polymath, ChemCad, MatLab
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