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Pamela Morris

*** ***** ******** ******, **** City, MO. 64870

Cell: 417-***-**** Email: ******.*.******@*****.***

Education

Missouri Southern State University (MSSU) GPA-3.6

Bachelor of Science Major: Biology Minor: Chemistry 12/2006

Pittsburg State University

Master of Science Major: Chemistry

Certifications and Memberships

Six Sigma Green Belt 06/2010

Two Green Belt Projects Complete

Administrative Cost Reduction

Cycle Time Reduction

American Chemical Society Member

Courses Taken

Organic Chemistry I, II and Advanced Environmental Biology

Physics I and II Plant Pathology

Immunology Applied Statistics

Microbiology Inorganic Chemistry I and II

Biochemistry I Molecular Biology

Physical Chemistry Genetics

Plant Pathology Calculus I

Geographic Information Systems Organic Solar Cell Research

Work Experience

TAMKO Building Products, Inc. Joplin, MO 10/2009-01/2011

R & D Raw Materials Specialist

Evaluate and qualify all new raw materials via lab experiments and ensure current raw materials meet specifications.

Create, modify and develop new formulations for existing and new raw materials.

Assist manufacturing and/or purchasing to identify possible new suppliers.

Assist manufacturing with troubleshooting issues with existing raw materials.

Design experimental methods, perform calculations, and interpret data for evaluation of raw materials.

Prepare weekly presentations and reports on new developments, projects completed and new projects for the R & D Director, R & D Scientists, Purchasing, and Manufacturing.

Assist and coordinate plant trials.

Create ASTM compliant testing procedures, tooling and programming for ASTM certified products.

Assist the Senior R & D Manager with new product development and complete UL certification.

Conduct laboratory experiments on current products, trial products and experimental products/new suppliers.

Reevaluation/modification/development of new Standard Operating Procedures (SOP).

Computer data analysis via Minitab/SigmaXL.

Analyze data, compare to current specifications, qualify or disqualify and report to R & D Director.

Organization/ completion of 5S events.

Team Member for many LEAN Six Sigma Projects.

TAMKO Building Products, Inc. Joplin, MO 06/2007-10/2009

R & D Laboratory Research Technician II

Conduct laboratory experiments on current products, trial products and experimental products/new suppliers.

Evaluating and documenting data and results using Excel, Minitab, and Microsoft word. Troubleshooting and recommending resolutions of laboratory and test-related problems.

Calibrate and standardize laboratory equipment.

Compliance with all safety guidelines and recommendations.

Maintain electronic and hard copy of experiment and data.

Compliance according to ASTM, ARMA, and industry wide standards.

Instruct, assist and mentor lower level technicians.

Laboratory Skills/Equipment

Mechanical/Physical Testing – Instron, Pentrometer, Soft Point, Flash Point, Viscometer, Elemendorf Tear Tester, Pressure Aging Vessel, Opacity, Emissivity, Reflectivity

Microscope and UV Microscope

QUV Accelerated Weathering Tester and Atlas Weatherometer

QIC PIC Particle size and shape analyzer for filler, granules and fiberous material

Analytical Chemical Testing- FTIR, TGA, Desaturation Units, Microscope, DSC, GC, MS, NMR

Analytical Biological Testing- Gel Electrophoresis, Immunological Assays, Differential Counts Blood Typing, Western Blot, Bacteria Cultures, PCR, ELISA Immunoassay, Capsule and Gram Staining, Affinity Chromatography, Flow Cytometry, Western Blot

Regulatory Standards-ASTM, ARMA

Safety Regulations-Underwriter’s Laboratory (UL)

Computer Skills

Statistical Software (Minitab,Visio, SigmaXL, SPSS)

MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)

GIS software

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