Kathleen Cox Amiott

Metallurgist/Material Quality Engineer

ka65e6f6@westpost.net
Profile
Enthusiastic, Innovative, Professional Engineer with extensive industry experien
ce in quality assurance and reliability, failure analysis, statistical evaluatio
n, and material characterization in a diversity of manufacturing/industrial posi
tions including aerospace, automotive and machine tool.
* Failure Analysis of aircraft engine components and industry
component failures.
* Reliability Engineering air conditioning and refrigeration
compressors
* Metallurgical Laboratory material characterization and qualification
* Material testing and evaluation
* Statistical Analysis of Testing Results
* Internal/External audit preparation and support
* Written Procedure/Specification development and documentation
* New employee training/Manual development
Work History
Materials Engineer (1 year)
Cincinnati Machine Hebron, Kentucky - Responsible for Metallographic evaluation,
Product Quality Assurance, Failure Analysis, Material and Process Selection, Up
dating and writing material specifications and procedures, Consulting with peers
and customers regarding product development, field issues, heat treatments and
repairs. Supported company-wide cost reduction efforts.
* Performed metallurgical evaluations to support field issues, cost
reductions, and product development.
* Updated material specifications for global applications.
* Inspected incoming material for print conformance.
* Recommended materials and processes.
* Performed Failure Analysis.
* Conducted material property testing including tensile and
hardness testing, and chemical characterization.
* Identified/Specified/Purchased required equipment for
Metallurgical laboratory upgrade to digital imaging and image
analysis.
* Upgraded metallographic preparation equipment.
Principal Metallurgist (4 years)
Team Industrial Services Cincinnati, Ohio - Responsible for Metallographic evalu
ation, Quality Assurance, Failure Analysis, Creep Life Estimation, Updating and
writing laboratory procedures and techniques, company wide consultant for custom
er metallurgical issues, field heat treatments and repairs. Responsible for tra
ining new technicians.
* Consolidated, rewrote, updated Metallurgical Laboratory
Procedures and Techniques
* Participated in the preparation and completion of three successful
industry audits
* Performed complete metallurgical evaluation for vendor/supplier
qualification requirements, for primarily aircraft/aerospace
materials
* Completed power plant life estimation based on non-destructive
creep replication of critical locations..
* Performed Failure Analysis of a wide range of industry components
including but not limited to shafts, housings, weld joints, fast
eners
and blades.
* Supported evaluation of anomalies and defects identified during
 non destructive evaluation
* Performed non-destructive metallurgical replication evaluation of
superalloy and titanium aerospace materials.
* Upgraded Metallurgical laboratory to digital imaging and image
analysis system
Senior Project Engineer - Reliability (10 years)
Copeland Corporation, Sidney, Ohio - Assuring the reliability/quality of current
and new scroll compressor products through product development, cost reduction
and audit programs. Primary contributor to International Compressor Reliability
Training Manual. Trained new engineers in testing and analysis techniques for
scroll compressors.
* Developed test programs, managed testing process, Analyzed test
data and compressor hardware, Performed failure analysis.
Documented results.
* Served as in-house expert in scroll compressor tribology and
failure analysis of bearing surfaces.
* Trained new engineers in testing and analysis techniques for scroll
compressors.
* Major contributor to procedure/ process handbook for Reliability
Engineering training.
* Successfully qualified domestic and global facilities in Ireland,
China, and Thailand.
* Trained in geometric and dimensional tolerancing.
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Failure Analysis Engineer (6 years)
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio - Evaluated and identified c
ause of aircraft engine failures. Completed more than two hundred investigation
s, with documentation. Served as consultant for bearing hardware failure and co
ndition monitoring evaluations. Trained other engineers in bearing evaluation t
echniques.
* Served as consultant for bearing hardware failure and condition
monitoring evaluations. Trained other engineers in bearing
evaluation techniques.
* Initiated independent study of grinding and finishing processes in
support of identified hard particle contamination problems in
bearing hardware. Significantly reduced contamination induced
bearing failures
* Completed welding quality investigation which led to 20%
reduction on non-conforming field hardware.
Materials Behavior and Evaluation Engineer (5 years)
General Electric Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, Ohio - Evaluated metallographic a
nd mechanical materials data to develop crack growth and fatigue life curves for
the establishment of aircraft engine component life. Utilized statistical meth
ods to establish 3 sigma and 95/99 life criteria.
* Analyzed and interpreted fracture mechanics data for aircraft
engine material in support of the Air Force F110 program.
* Managed program to characterize the effects of sustained peak
loading and environment on the cyclic crack growth behavior of
fracture critical engine components to determine life limits in
single engine applications.
* Identified the relationship of forging processes to low cycle fatigue
behavior variation.
Materials Engineer (Summer Coop)
Kaiser Aluminum, Newark, Ohio - Assisted primary engineer in remelt, rod, bar, a
nd wire facilities. Acquired and evaluated data necessary to correct major qual
ity issue on horizontal billet continuous casting unit.
Education
B.S., Metallurgical Engineering
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. GPA: 3.76. Cum Laude
* Mars G. Fontana Award - Top Metallurgical Engineering Graduate
* ASM Scholar (one of twenty-five nationally)
* National Merit Finalist
* 2008 Leadership Training/Management Coaching
Professional
* Professional Engineer License
* Ohio Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) service award
* President OSPE State Student Council
* President OSU-OSPE Chapter
* Order of Engineer