Garret S. Keith is seeking a position in chemical engineering. He received a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in 2014. Currently, he works as a Quality Control Engineer at Elite Bio Labs, where he performs various quality control tests and maintains documentation. Prior experience includes roles in sales, cabinet installation coordination, and office management. In school, Keith completed numerous chemical engineering projects involving process design, simulation, and laboratory techniques. He also has extensive safety training and certifications in Lean Six Sigma and other technical skills.

1. Garret S. Keith
728 Mountain Pass Lane, Knoxville, TN, 37923
Garretsk1989@gmail.com
(865)696.2124
Education
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering, August 2010 – June 2014
Biomolecular Concentration
University of Tennessee; Knoxville, TN
Major GPA: 3.18
Student Chapter member of American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Professional Experience
Elite Bio Labs: Seymour, Tennessee September 2015 - Present
Quality Control Engineer
 Collect raw material samples to prepare for FTIR analysis
 Operate OMNIC software to observe and compare infrared spectrums
 Test products for the presence of bacteria using 3M Petrifilm™
 Write SOP guidelines for laboratory practices within the company
 Calculate ingredient masses needed for production
 Maintain a laboratory notebook that documents test results and observations of raw
materials and product batches
 Research methods for testing the quality of specific materials
Polo Ralph Lauren: Pigeon Forge, Tennessee November 2005 - February 2013,
Sales Associate and Lead Cashier November 2014 - Present
 Sell clothing and accessories to customers and receive satisfactory reviews from them
 Train new sales associates to become valuable assets of our customer service team
 Maintain the organization of the store by restocking and resizing clothing
 Assist in floor set adjustments in order to display new products
 Prepare bank deposits by ensuring the registers and safe have the proper balance
 Process newly arrived products to prepare them for the sales floor
Keith’s Custom Cabinets: White Pine, Tennessee May 2013 – September 2015
Office Manager/Installation Coordinator
 Answered phone and set installation and consultation appointments
 Assisted in custom cabinet design by operating Cabinet Vision software
 Lead crew to ensure quality installation
 Utilized social media to market custom cabinetry
 Operated table saws, belt sanders, drills, and other machinery to meet the desired design
specifications of cabinets

2. Major School Projects
 Conceptualized a distillation tower for separation of xylene and octane
 Designed a heat exchanger to required temperature and flow rate specifications using
Microsoft Excel spreadsheets
 Provided a method of generating the protein TNF-alpha from a biological source
 Designed a separation process of hydrodealkylation reactor products using AspenTech
HYSYS, given the reactor’s component flow rates and desired purities for exit streams
 Cost optimized and designed a hydrogen vanadium redox flow battery
 Synthesized benzilic acid from benzaldehyde through a multistep process of chemical
reactions
 Determined the chemical structure of an unknown compound by use of physical
observations and organic laboratory techniques such as: distillation, miscibilitytests, and a
variety of chemical subgroup tests
 Creation of a simple computer game using Mathworks Matlab coding language
 Researched the cause of Huntington’s disease and proposed direction for potential
treatments and cures
Additional Technical Skills and Accomplishments
 Currently earning a Six Sigma Lean Green Belt certification from Aveta Business Institute
 Extensive laboratory experience using corrosive, combustible, and toxic materials
 Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office programs
 Introduced to process controls implementation techniques
 Capable of generating relevant computer codes with Matlab software
 Ability to read and understand P&IDs (piping and instrumentation diagrams)
 Skilled in differentiation and integration techniques
 Completed the following AIChE safety courses: Runaway Reactions, Process Safety Lessons
Taught from Experience, Dust Explosion Control, Inherently Safer Design, and Risk
Assessment
 Experienced with data entry in Intuit QuickBooks