Katie Van Strander is a Senior Engineer and Slurry Team Lead in the Gas & Chemical Systems group at Samsung Austin Semiconductor. She has a total of 7 years of experience in the semiconductor industry; in her 4 years at SAS, Katie has worked with chemical and slurry distribution systems, both in sustaining operations and installation projects. Her areas of focus include equipment optimization, failure detection, and redundancy to improve equipment supply uptime.

Katie holds a BS in Chemistry from New York University and a BE in Chemical Engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.