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Megan Froats

South Surrey

Summary

Adaptable Process Engineer ready to tackle diverse projects and variable production realities. Carefully manages internal personnel and third-party contractors to produce cohesive and optimized final project results. Committed to reducing completion times, budgetary impacts and success rates.

Overview

2
2
years of professional experience

Work History

Process Engineer Co-op Student

Kruger
05.2023 - Current
  • Provided assistance to process engineer team when issues arose.
  • Reviewed processes, identifying procedure for improvements.
  • Participated in project reviews to enable ongoing status tracking and reporting.

Chemical Engineering Intern

National Institute for Materials Science
01.2023 - Current
  • The application of a new aerogel onto PET recycled fibers for clothing apparel.

Junior Researcher

AGEIAS
08.2022 - 12.2022
  • Research on optimization of psilocybin production for a commercialization company.
  • Assisting with microbiology: cell bank, petri-dish and sample bag transfers, and inoculations of reactors
  • Optimizing the reactors growth media, harvesting, extraction and purification process.

Lab Technician

UBC Bioremediation Research
05.2021 - 09.2021
  • NSERC-funded research on biofouling on microporous reverse osmosis membrane
  • Studied how a commercial anti-scalant caused accelerated unknown species growth on reverse osmosis membranes
  • Identified and researched the top 10 microorganisms that were growing on the RO membrane.
  • Researched the use of biochar from pulp mills as a filter for wastewater treatment systems. Searched for the most beneficial size of biochar, to achieve optimal absorbance of nutrients.

Education

Bachelor of Applied Science - Chemical And Biological Engineering

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, BC
06.2024

Skills

Software

  • SolidWorks and AutoCAD
  • Basic PI and ParcView

Languages

  • French - B2 certified (French immersion K-12)
  • Japanese - Basic (K-7)

Programming Languages

  • C and C
  • Python

Certification

  • BC Class 5 Driver's License
  • Serving it right, Food Safety (Level 1)

Laboratory equipment

  • Flash Chromatography
  • High Performance Liquid Chromatography
  • Basic Lab equipment
  • Olympus BX53 high luminosity LED microscope
  • Qiime2 DNA sequencer (program) and ATP testing

Affiliations

American Institute of Chemical Engineers

NSERC Undergraduate Student Research Award

Timeline

Process Engineer Co-op Student

Kruger
05.2023 - Current

Chemical Engineering Intern

National Institute for Materials Science
01.2023 - Current

Junior Researcher

AGEIAS
08.2022 - 12.2022

Lab Technician

UBC Bioremediation Research
05.2021 - 09.2021

Bachelor of Applied Science - Chemical And Biological Engineering

University of British Columbia

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