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Vanessa Kung is a Manufacturing Engineer at Epson Portland Inc., where responsibilities include managing the installation and validation of automated assembly lines and leading productivity improvement initiatives, resulting in significant yield increases and reductions in changeover time. Prior experience includes a role as a Senior Manufacturing Technician at Intel Corporation, focusing on tool recoveries and quality issue resolution. Vanessa's career began with a Process Engineering Internship at Ecnow Tech, where research on biodegradable plastics was conducted. Academic contributions include mentoring at the College of Engineering at Oregon State University and research assistance at both Oregon State University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the latter resulting in a published paper on multiblock copolymers. Vanessa holds a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering from Portland State University and a Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering from Oregon State University.