Kyle Conner

Supported manufacturing as an engineering process owner. This included process troubleshooting, investigating failures, implementing corrective actions and providing technical guidance. Continuously improved the process through use of statistical process control, capability metrics, and quality metrics. Learn from failures and improve the process to eliminate failure modes and prevent repeat occurrences. Support New Product Introduction (NPI) through Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Cost (DFC) input on new products. Effectively communicated the status and results of projects to HTI managers and executives regularly through verbal and written communication.

Research Advisor: Dr. Seth N. Brown Synthesized and characterized several organic and inorganic compounds under inert atmosphere to examine their propensity for hydrogen atom transfer reactions Devised several kinetic experiments, including kinetic isotope effect experiments and proton inventory experiments, to probe whether palladium and platinum bis(iminosemiquinone) complexes engaged in the stepwise hydrogen atom transfer of two hydrogen atoms, or whether the transfer occurred in concert (2H+/2e- transfer) Examined in detail the bonding of group 10 bis(iminosemiquinone) complexes through various techniques including variable temperature NMR, and redox titrations monitored by UV-Vis-NIR spectroscopy

General Chemistry I Lecture - "Introduction to Chemical Principles" General Chemistry I Lab - "Introduction to Chemical Principles Lab" General Chemistry I Lecture for Chemistry Majors - "Introduction to Chemical Principles" General Chemistry II Lab - "Chemistry Across the Periodic Table" Organic Chemistry I Lecture - "Organic Structure and Reactivity" Organic Chemistry I Lab - "Organic Structure and Reactivity Lab" Led three tutorial sessions of 30 students each for general chemistry courses discussing relevant problems from lecture, and facilitated office hours for general and organic chemistry courses Supervised general, organic, and inorganic chemistry laboratory courses, instructing students on proper laboratory technique and maintaining a safe working environment

Research Advisor: Dr. Kenton R. Rodgers Probed the dissociation kinetics of the heme dimer molecule using UV-Vis Spectroscopy, along with the heme monomer association kinetics via stop-flow technique Conducted heterologous expression and purification of the heme trafficking protein PhuS in E. coli allowing for further kinetic investigation by other colleagues Presented updates in my research and recently published journal articles to my peers resulting in improved interpersonal communication skills