Undergraduate Research Assistant
Current• Selected for highly competitive Undergraduate Research Scholars program requiring a 10 hours per week commitment to the research project• Awarded 3rd place in session at university undergraduate poster competition• Conducting literature review of safety concerns and risk analysis relevant to offshore energy production• Developed protocol for dissolution of post-reaction waste polyethylene cracked with zeolite catalyst• Analyzed polymers and post-reaction solids using gel permeation chromatography (GPC)• Synthesized ZSM-12 zeolite catalyst and organic precursor compounds on benchtop