Catherine Noble
Senior Engineer

Catherine Noble's experience includes research for proposals for the Department of Defense Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program; performing a wide range of polymer lab procedures, including mixing and curing formulations as well as mechanical, thermal, electrical, and chemical testing methods; and utilizing SolidWorks/COSMOSWorks for part design and FEA modeling. She has researched topics for steel to aluminum bonding, corrosion testing of sealants, contaminated composites, blast protection, damping resin, high energy material containment, pulse drive insulation, intumescent coatings, low VOC vinyl ester shelter, masking aides, armor panels, and high temperature abrasion resistant coatings.

As a Technical Services Specialist, she performed engineering corrosion testing and test pack analyses for new aerosol products; conducted quality control investigations on a wide variety of customer complaints and concerns including leakage and filling issues; and performed failure analyses for industry leading consumer packaged goods companies.

Ms. Noble is also trained in Aerosol Technology (CFPA), Aerosol Corrosion (Pair O' Docs), CSPA Product Care, Quality Control in Aerosol Assembly and Oblong Assembly, and Continuous Improvement/5S.

She was a research assistant at Northwestern University researching superplasticity of titanium through hydrogen cycling and the creep characteristics of cobalt. She designed and executed creep experiments, performed metallography, and analyzed and modeled diffusion mechanics and phase transformations as part of her research project.