Marianne C. “Kit” Valone Current Address Permanent Address 1399 Neil Armstrong Drive Apt 8 Cell: (865) 300-8003 1708 Waterview Trail West Lafayette, IN 47906 mvalone@purdue.edu Knoxville, Tennessee 37922 EDUCATION Purdue University; West Lafayette, Indiana Master’s of Science in Engineering; School of Materials Engineering; December 2015

• Traveled to India to visit several electronics companies and NGOs to talk about sustainability and the environment

Auburn University; Auburn, Alabama Bachelor of PFE; Polymer Option; May 2014

• GPA: 3.84/4.0 Summa Cum Laude, University Honors Scholar Honors Travel Study and Travel, Greece December 2013 Human Odyssey Study Abroad Program Summer 2011

• Developed global competence during program in Italy, France, United Kingdom RELATED WORK & EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE

SABIC Innovative Plastics, Mt. Vernon, Indiana, May 13 – August 9, 2013 Summer Technology Intern

• Worked in HPP Technology Division • Formulated 45 unique compositions at various thermoplastic loadings • Analyzed 4 epoxy resins with 0, 5, 10, and 15% TP by Brookfield viscosity analysis • Determined optimal cure conditions to prevent exotherms and provided satisfactory

parts for testing • Provided 172 specimens for milling and fracture testing • Successful completion of “White Belt” Workshop of Lean Six Sigma program • Presented Summer work at Poster Session to company’s technology members

Master’s Thesis, Fall 2014 – Present, Purdue University • Conducting DMA work on cellulose nanocrystal (CNC) films with regards to temperature and humidity

effects • Started researching on ways to make flexible polymers into fibers with different solvents and CNCs • Drawing methods for CNC + polymer + solvent dry spun fibers in the DMA

o Humidity and temperature controls being looked at “Relative Comparison of Mechanical Properties: Metals vs. Composites,” Fall 2013 – Spring 2014

• Honors Thesis/Senior Design Project • Worked with V2 Composites, Auburn, Alabama • Tested different mechanical properties of steel, aluminum, brass, carbon fiber, e-glass and Kevlar

sticks • Also created a hardhat mold off a purchased aluminum hard hat. “Crush” tested the bought aluminum

hardhat and made carbon fiber and e-glass hardhats. Undergraduate Research, Fall 2012 – Spring 2013; Fall 2013 – Spring 2014

• “Functionalized Alginate Hydrogels”; Poster Presentation at ACS Conference in Dallas, Texas on Monday, March 17, 2014

• Preliminary research on mechanical, strong, and lightweight composites; in process of creating hydrogels

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Introduction to Materials Engineering Teaching Assistant; January 2015 – May 2015 • Taught 2 50 minute recitation classes each week answering questions, giving every other week

quizzes, going over homework • Graded quizzes, homework and exams • Held 2 hours of office hours per week

Marianne C. “Kit” Valone Page 2 APPLICABLE COURSEWORK Courses Completed at Auburn Courses Fall 2015 at Purdue

MATLAB Introduction to Surface Science Fundamentals of Coloration

Structure & Properties of Polymers & Fibers Courses Completed at Purdue Polymers from Renewable Resources Design of Global Sustainability I and II Polymer Characterization Fundaments of Materials Engineering Polymer Processing Soft Materials Fiber Reinforced Materials Polymer Physics OUTREACH

Summer Access Team Leader, May 2015 – July 2015 • Worked with the Women in Engineering Program at Purdue as a Team Leader • Lead other Purdue students to different camps throughout the West Lafayette/Lafayette community to

teach K-8 students about engineering Innovation to Reality Leader, Fall 2014; Spring 2015

• Five weeks of outreach per semester where 6th-8th graders from the surrounding areas come to Purdue once a week for two hours to learn about engineering

• Fall—Engineering and Natural Disasters • Spring—Engineering and Medicine

Juniors Exploring Engineering at Purdue (JEEP) and Seniors Exploring Engineering at Purdue (SEEP), Fall 2014 – Spring 2015

• Throughout the semester girls that are juniors and seniors in high school interested in Purdue and engineering come visit campus

• Talk to them about my own experiences as a woman in engineering and show them around campus Engineering Day at Auburn, 2012 and 2013

• High school students from Alabama and surrounding states come to Auburn for the day to learn about the different disciplines of engineering offered

• Talk to students about Polymer and Fiber Engineering, lead activities, and answer questions War Eagle & Talons Days, Fall 2013 – Spring 2014

• Prospective and accepted students come for the day to learn about school at Auburn • Talk to them about Polymer and Fiber Engineering and answer any questions they have

HONORS, SCHOLARSHIPS, AND MEMBERSHIPS

Knox Fellowship (Purdue 2014 – 2015) American Chemical Society (Fall 2013 – present) Tau Beta Pi National Engineering Honor Society (Inducted November, 2012)

Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society (Inducted November, 2012) Phi Psi Professional Textile Fraternity, Lambda Chapter (Treasurer; Inducted October, 2012) Pumphrey Award (Freshman GPA 4.0), Samuel Ginn College of Engineering (2012) Pi Gamma Tau, Pre-Engineering Honorary, Samuel Ginn College of Engineering (2012) Auburn University Honors College (Fall 2010 – present) Dean’s List (GPA 3.75 or higher) (Fall 2012, Spring 2012, Fall 2011, Spring 2011, Fall 2010) Auburn University Academic Charter Scholarship (2010 – 2012) Spirit of Auburn University Scholarship (2012 – 2014) ATEF Polymer and Fiber Engineering Scholarship (2012 – 2013) John K. Hodnette College of Engineering Scholarship (2012 – 2013)) Charles E. Gavin III Polymer and Fiber Engineering Honors Scholarship (2013 – 2014) Golden Key International Honour Society (Inducted 2012) Phi Eta Sigma Academic Honor Society (Inducted 2011)

National Society of Collegiate Scholars (Inducted 2011) Alpha Lambda Delta Academic Honor Society (Inducted 2011) Delta Epsilon Iota Academic Honor Society (Inducted 2011) AHAB (Auburn High Altitude Balloon) (Outreach Chair, Science Team, Spring 2011 – Fall 2013) Society of Women Engineers (Member, since 2010)