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Shell Whittington
Shell is a fifth-generation native-born Oregonian, although she spent her formative years in California. She has a BS in chemistry from Oregon State University and an ME in chemical engineering from the University of Detroit (Michigan). Shell spent seven years working in the automotive industry, mostly as a research assistant in the General Motors Research Labs, improving the effectiveness of the material in the catalytic converter. She holds a patent for some of her work there. Shell returned to Corvallis in 1984 to join Hewlett-Packard’s fledgling Inkjet Operation. There she scaled up the first photo-definable ink channel process for manufacturing, adapted the plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition passivating process to 6-inch from 4-inch silicon wafers, and increased the reliability of the laser ablation process used to make ink droplet exit holes. After 21 years at HP, Shell took advantage of one of the generous buy-out packages to ‘reinvent’ herself. She is now applying her affinity for details, making arrangements for other people and playing with spreadsheets to the business office environment at the Institute for Applied Ecology. For fun, Shell acts and directs in local community theater, travels, plays with her cats and enjoys life with her husband Jeff.
