| Description | Engineering knowledge management throughout the product life cycle
Marvi Matos Rodriguez, Director of Engineering - Design Practices, The Boeing Company
Tuesday, Dec 8, 2020 @ 3:30pm
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Abstract: A Path that Leads to the Start - From research and technology development to manufacturing, this talk will focus on the career path of a Chemical Engineer in the world of aerospace. Dr. Matos's work-roles have been stepping stones that have led to her focus on engineering requirements, product-lifecycle and the importance of knowledge management. Today, she leads Design Practices at the Boeing Company, a central system covering engineering knowledge and requirements for all Engineering Disciplines and Product Families.Bio: Dr. Marvi Matos works as Director of Engineering - Design Practices at The Boeing Company. Marvi is a Chemical Engineer with a B.S. from the University of Puerto Rico and Ph.D. from Carnegie Mellon University. She worked as postdoc at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under a fellowship from the National Research Council. She served as Lecturer in Chemical Engineering and later as a Senior Research Scientist in Bioengineering at the University of Washington. She also worked as independent consultant in the field of engineering innovations and intellectual property development prior to working in the aerospace industry. Marvi transitioned to Boeing as Scientist and Engineer. While at Boeing she served as lead of a Thin Films research team, as Manufacturing Engineering manager, as Research and Technology manager in special assignment in Australia and as director of Chemical Technologies, Metals and Ceramics. Marvi worked at Blue Origin, where she led the newly formed Materials and Processes group for the company and later served as director for the Crew Capsule team in the New Shepard Program and as the director for Mechanical Engineering leading the New Shepard functional design teams of structures, mechanical systems, fluids systems, technical design and materials and processes. In her capacity as scientist, manager and director, Marvi has led teams in the development of novel super alloy and thermal protection system materials and the qualification of manufacturing technologies in aerospace. Marvi is married and is the mother of two. She balances her life exercising frequently, eating healthy food, formulating products such as soap and wine at home and presenting on STEM outreach activities. * This seminar is part of the BARC Seminar Series and the ME Graduate Seminar Series (ME520) |
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