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Greater Boston Area

• Taught Grade 8 students daily science lessons in alignment with state education standards
• Responsible for effective planning and assessment of curriculum and instruction
• Meets and instructs 150 students over 6 classes, including English Learners and students with special needs
• Plans a program of study that, as much as possible, meets the individual needs, interests, and abilities of the students
• Establishes and maintains open lines of communication with students… Show more
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Greater Boston Area

• Earned Master of Arts in Teaching (Science Education)
• Awarded US Department of Education’s Robert Noyce Fellowship
• Fully responsible for teaching, assessing, and managing 3 classes of 10th grade high school chemistry (totaling 81 students) at a local public high school
• Planned chemical laboratory experiments and enforced proper lab safety
• Self-developed new teaching methods translating select college-level chemistry concepts to appropriate secondary level standards

Greater Seattle Area

• Created shipping manifests for containers carrying 20,000 pounds of medical humanitarian aid
• Checked thousands of line items for compliance with US and international customs regulations
• Coordinated and scheduled medical supply deliveries totaling over $100,000 USD from hospitals and clinics
• Organized a team to pick up and transport a single $85,000 shipment from donor facility to warehouse
• Performed numerous administrative duties: answer phones, respond to emails, log… Show more
• Performed numerous administrative duties: answer phones, respond to emails, log volunteer hours, track donations

Shanghai, China

• Taught English to Chinese students averaging 15 classes per week
• Managed and led several team projects developing cross-cultural communication skills in China, resulting in improved collaboration between foreign western teachers and local Chinese teachers
• Led training sessions for new teachers leading to quicker onboarding and less stress on senior staff
• Mentored new teachers one-on-one for personalized feedback and thus significantly increasing new teacher confidence and job… Show more
• Mentored new teachers one-on-one for personalized feedback and thus significantly increasing new teacher confidence and job satisfaction, resulting in higher retention rates
• Maintained school’s computer, Wi-Fi network, classroom projectors, iPads, and other technology for proper function, increasing team productivity and minimizing classroom disruptions

Houston, TX

• Employed advanced subterranean instruments into drilled wells to locate hydrocarbon reservoirs
• Interpreted data logs from downhole instruments utilizing radioactive, conductive, and sonic measurements
• Supervised crew throughout duration of wellsite job while remaining calm under tense circumstances
• Managed projects from start to finish (scheduling, execution, billing)
• Successful job completion netted revenues of ~$10,000 / job
• Trained to safely handle radioactive… Show more

Seattle, WA

• Researched and developed conductive and anticorrosive coatings incorporating Polypyrrole and PEDOT polymers
• Developed conductive polymer coating additives to replace metal meshes in composite airframes (e.g. Boeing 787), reducing weight by 2.5% and saving up to $5 million in lifetime fuel costs
• Iteratively designed and improved synthesis process to meet specifications, improve quality standards, and streamline manufacturing process, reducing solvent waste by 20-50%
• Prepared… Show more
• Prepared weekly presentations to update research group on project developments
• Wrote step-by-step standard operating procedures (SOP) for preparing Polypyrrole and PEDOT conductive and anticorrosive polymers from anionic surfactants with metal chlorides

Seattle, WA

• Engineered chemical synthesis pathways for organosilane (organic silicon) injection fluids for power cable jacket rejuvenation, extending life by 20 - 30 years
• Coded chemical reaction simulations in MATLAB to examine organosilane synthesis; the resulting process kinetics insight could be used to negotiate cost reductions with supplier
• Statistically determined injection targets to more accurately predict volume of rejuvenation fluid required, allowing sales department to bid quotes… Show more
• Statistically determined injection targets to more accurately predict volume of rejuvenation fluid required, allowing sales department to bid quotes up to 20% less (~$100,000) per job
• Constructed mock-up prototype gas ventilation safety system designed to prevent buildup of combustible gases in underground power utility vaults, thereby preventing explosive events
• Developed models, data bases, and spreadsheets to analyze and present data to engineering team (e.g. statistics, operations, engineering economics)

Seattle, WA

• Worked in teams to design pharmaceutical antibody production facility
• Projects required multidisciplinary skills, effective communication, task flexibility, dependability
• Individually designed a water ultra-purification system; included vapor compression distillation, ion exchange, reverse osmosis, as well as equipment costing and optimization

Seattle, WA

• Field: Spray-coatable, electrically conductive coatings
• Determined appropriate quantities of epoxy resin, curing agent, conductive polymer, and organic solvent to adjust viscosity for optimal spray-coating
• Provided quarterly presentations to update research group on progress gains
• Advanced project goals of developing conductive coating to dissipate static charge accumulation on composite aircraft
• Composed graphs, charts, and tables using mathematical calculations in… Show more Field: Spray-coatable, electrically conductive coatings
• Composed graphs, charts, and tables using mathematical calculations in Excel

Auburn, WA

• Personally selected by chemistry professor to TA general chemistry
• Graded homework and laboratory write-ups
• Accurately followed professor’s rubric and gave feedback on student performance

Bachelor Of Science, Chemical Engineering, 3.6

Activities and Societies: • American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AIChE UW student chapter) • Dean's List (Spring 2012) • Language.

Associate Of Science, Chemical Pre-Engineering, 3.9

Activities and Societies: • Sharp and Connelly Family Transfer Merit Scholarship; 2009 - 2010 • Ed Fohn Memorial Merit Scholarship; 2008.