Amanda Silvera
Chair
Amanda obtained her B.S. in chemistry from the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) in 2015
and a M.S. in computer science from Johns Hopkins University in 2018. During her masters program she
continued working with Dr. John Larese (UTK) at the Joint Institute for Advanced Materials (JIAM) in
Knoxville, TN as a visiting graduate student and focused on developing specialized software for large
scale data analysis. After finishing school, she went on to work contracts with Oak Ridge National Lab
and the National Nuclear Safety Administration (NNSA) creating automated test software. Amanda is
currently a senior software engineer at Applied Materials where she works on developing and testing
software for large scale semiconductor production.
Amanda first became involved with the American Chemical Society (ACS) during undergrad when she
joined the Student Affiliates of the ACS UTK chapter. She was active member of East Tennessee Section
of the ACS (ETS-ACS) until moving in 2020 to Phoenix, AZ when she joined CAZACS. Her hobbies include
gaming, crafting, reading, spending time her dog Coco, and most recently learning American Sign
Language (ASL). She is also a member of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) and a
volunteer judge for the AZ Science and Engineer Fair (AzSEF).
