KRISTIN MILLER, Process/Environmental Engineer

 

EDUCATION

 

Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics, University of Toledo, 1986

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

2007 to Present – Engineering Group of the Southeast, Dothan, Alabama – Process/Environmental Engineer      

1996 to 2006 – Georgia Pacific, Cedar Springs, Georgia – Senior Process Engineer

1990 to 1996 – Georgia Pacific, Cedar Springs, Georgia – Process Engineer                                                                                                          

1989 to 1990 – Nekoosa Packaging, Technical Development Center, Maumee, Ohio – Lab Technician

1988 to 1989 – Crown Store Equipment Company, Holland, Ohio – Drafting Technician

1986 to 1988 – Owens-Illinois Forest Products, Perrysburg, Ohio – Lab Technician                                                                                                                               

 

TYPICAL PROJECTS

·         Wastewater and Air Emissions monitoring – lab and field testing

·         Pulp Mill Seal Water Study

·         Turpentine System Relief Sizing

·         Powerhouse Tank & Pressure Vessel Evaluations

·         ClO2 Relief Sizing

·         Set up Paper Testing Lab and trained Technicians

·         Developed, wrote and implemented ISO-9002 Quality System at integrated pulp and paper mill

·         Paper Machine Cull Reduction Team – Reduced Culls through scheduling to optimize grade changes (gradually increase/decrease basis weight where possible)

·         Soap Quality Optimization Team – Improve evaporator performance and optimize liquor solids for soap production

·         Chip Quality Improvement Team – Review chipper operation and maintenance to reduce fines & overs generation

·         Variability Reduction in the Pulp Mill Team – Assisted in implementation & evaluation of digester sequencing procedure designed to minimize held digesters

·         Involved in pilot team of lean manufacturing effort at pulp and paper mill

·         Managed sludge press operation for 1.5 years

·         Developed waste characterizations of all waste streams in mill

·         Helped submit modifications to NPDES permit

·         Managed the bioremediation program, conducted dissolved oxygen surveys and total carbon testing of wastewater samples in Aeration basin

 

SPECIALIZED TRAINING

 

·         TAPPI  Introduction to Papermaking Course

·         TAPPI Wet End Operations Course

·         PCA By-Products Recovery Course

·         TAPPI Kraft Recovery Course

·         TAPPI Chip Quality Course

·         Georgia Pacific Environmental Training – Solid Waste Management

·         TEI Asbestos Inspector Course

·         Training in Stormwater, SPCC and radiation