JENNIFER HILL

MGA Research Corporation, Troy, MI                                                                                            2004 to Present

Materials Testing Laboratory group leader, and assistant Quality Assurance Manager of the Michigan Laboratories. Responsible for all material testing, laboratory improvements, calibration, marketing, and customer relations. As assistant Quality Assurance Manager, provides quality assistance to a diverse staff of engineers and technicians, calibration verification, internal and external audits for testing accreditation bodies, training matrices for staff, consumable verification, and other attributes to the quality system.
 
Areas of expertise include:

Laboratory Development

  • Developed MGA’s material testing laboratory by establishing a temperature-controlled room, calibrated and established new and used equipment, developed objective evidence for testing accreditation for all testing, trained staff of engineers and technicians, developed procedures to conduct testing.

Laboratory Accreditation

  • Four years of technical experience in ISO/IEC 17025 certification and A2LA accreditation including multi-assessor audits, submitting objective evidence reports, and updating MGA-Michigan’s Scope of Accreditation.

Material Testing

  • Experienced in FMVSS 302 horizontal flammability testing along with vertical and 45° flammability testing.
  • Experienced in various types of abrasion testing such as Martindale, taber, pilling, Wyzenbeek, and hexagon bar. Also experienced in visual evaluations and determining variations of wear.

Universal Testing Machine

  • Experienced with tension, compression, adhesive peel, and flexural testing on Universal Testing Machines (UTM). Involved with various projects with fabricating and fixturing various test set-ups.
Environmental Exposure Testing
  • Experienced in temperature chamber conditioning, colorfastness (Xenon, Carbon Arc, florescent, and Natural Weathering), dust exposure, and salt fog exposure. Expert in color evaluation, tested to XRite FM 100 Hue test for color evaluation determination. Expert in color eye and gloss meter evaluations.

Education

Central Michigan University                                                                                   B.S. - Mechanical Engineering