What I Do I am currently the Textile process owner, which is the first step in a carbon/carbon airplane brake manufacturing process. I started at Collins Aerospace as a Furnace Deck engineer where I was tasked with monitoring the chemical vapor deposition process for brake manufacturing. I then moved to Furnace Deck Engineering manager before becoming the Textile process owner. Before coming to Collins, I worked as a rotational engineer for a small chemical company and as a process development/design engineer for a small start up company that made pollution control systems for the utility industry.
Why Engineering? I wanted to be a chemical engineer from the time I was in middle school. My elementary school did a mentorship program with local professions. When I was younger, I had wanted to be a teacher, but my first mentorship was with a chemistry professor at the United State Air Force Academy. The mentorship that year was what really sparked my love of chemistry. Once I got older and started learning more about physics, I decided that I wanted to engineer. Not wanting to miss out on chemistry, I decided I was going to engineer chemicals and thought I made up chemical engineering. Turns out it's real!
School Days I earned my bachelors in chemical engineering from University of Delaware. I earned my masters in chemical engineering from Villanova University and masters in business administration (MBA) from Temple University while working.
Hobbies I love skiing, hiking and generally anything that gets me outside. I also love to cook and experiment with new recipes.