Sarah (Katz) Schechter
Graduate Student | Research Assistant
Linkedin Profile
| Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science 3651 Watt Way, VHE-402 University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA 90089 E-Mail: sarahgka@usc.edu |
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Education:
+ B.S. in Chemical Engineering, University of Florida (2013)
Research Projects:
+ Fabrication of Out-of-Autoclave Prepreg with High Through-Thickness Permeability by Polymer Film Dewetting
Positions:
+ 2017- Present: Teaching Assistant, Mork Family Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California
+ 2015 – Present: Graduate Student Research Assistant, Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Southern California
+ 2013-2015: R&D Engineer, Substrate Packaging Technology Development, Intel Corporation
Conference Papers:
+ “Through-Thickness Permeable Prepreg For Robust Vacuum Bag Only Processing” L. K. Grunenfelder, S.Katz, T. Centea, S. Nutt, SAMPE Conference Proceedings, Society for the Advancement of Materials and Process Engineering, (2017)
Invited Speaker:
+ Women in Science and Engineering (WiSE) STEM Bytes Seminar, 2017
+ 11th Annual Mork Family Department (MFD) Symposium, Poster Presentation, 2016
Honors and Awards:
+ Achievement Rewards for College Scientists (ARCS) Scholar, 2016-2017 & 2017-2018
+ National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP), Honorable Mention, 2015-2016 & 2016-2017
+ Mork Family Doctoral Fellowship, 2015-2017
Mentorship & Outreach:
+ Board Member, Materials Research Society (MRS) USC Student Chapter
+ PhD Advisory Board Member & Undergraduate Mentor, Women in Science & Engineering (WiSE)
+ PhD Representative, Women in Engineering (WIE)
+ Mentor, Viterbi Graduate Mentorship Program
