Phoebe Father

A driven and self-motivated graduate industrial engineering student whose passion is building an environmentally sustainable future within the manufacturing industry. Possessing experience in; Level 2 vehicle automation, simulation modeling, data analytics and forecasting, climate policy, manufacturing processes, and the fashion industry.

• Institute of Industrial & Systems Engineers
• Society of Women Engineers
• Vice President/Co-Founder of UMass Fashion Organization [2019-2021]
• Peer Mentor for Freshmen Engineers at UMass [2019-2020]

Capstone Project: Evaluating Energy Storage to Enhance to Value of Offshore Wind, Team Lead

• Spearheaded a team of 3 other students and worked closely with professors to build a network model in Stella Architect to analyze the economic cost of wind energy grid storage solutions
• Mapped simulation logic for price efficient battery strategies and CO2 offset data

Research Project: Lego Manufacturing Optimization

• Led a group of two other students on a research project of how to best manufacture Lego's by re-evaluating the current manufacturing process
• The main aspects that were researched were; ABS for the Lego material, injection molding for mass production, laser probe technology for part measurement in quality control and chemical strip tests to assess part degradation

Research Project: Consumer Susceptibility to Different Greenwashing Tactics: Can a Self-Proclaimed Green Shopper Tell When They Are Being Greenwashed?

• Conducted an individual research project on consumer perception of green marketing tactics using product ranking surveys distributed among UMass students via email
• I found there is a correlation between self-assessment of green shopping habits and greenwashed products in the false claims on packaging category and regardless of self-assessment, many are susceptible to greenwashing by green-association

Research Project: Analysis of Temperature Forcing Targets and its Effects on the U.S. Passenger Transportation Economy

• Analyzed the technology portfolio change in the transportation sector based on 1.5-, 2-, and 3-degree Celsius forcing targets to predict electric vehicle market penetration based on future economic policy using the economic simulation modeling software GCAM
• Results showed extreme temperature forcing targets such as 1.5 and 2 degrees Celsius did not result in significant electric vehicle market penetration because of the impossibility of capping temperatures in a short time span