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Denver, Colorado, United States

Laramie County, Wyoming, United States

-Communicate effectively and collaborate with students to lead laboratory sections with up to 50 students-Develop laboratory procedures for a better student experience and understanding-Attention to detail to grade reports and homework assignments effectively and fairly-Mentor students to carry out projects where each student's responsibilities are broken into scope specific smaller projects

Englewood, Colorado, United States

-Collaborate effectively in estimating, modeling, and project management departments-Field and manufacturing experience including operating heavy machinery and installing curtain wall panels-Support development of design of curtain wall panel systems in Revit Autodesk including component design-Develop design improvements for curtain wall panel system to reduce cost and risk and optimize performance

Laramie County, Wyoming, United States

Efficiently manage engineering related outreach events of up to 2000 students with engineering design challenges. Redesign outreach techniques and activities to increase student participation

Idaho Falls, Idaho, United States

-Efficiently design an Engineered Geothermal System (EGS) in MOOSE modeling software-Perform sensitivity studies on an EGS analytical model built in Python to find ideal operating parameters to improve performance and reliability-Work with diverse groups of professional and present new research findings in a group environment-Perform system integration and sensitivity studies to ensure the design of EGS is optimized and pumping costs are reduced while maintaining desired pressure drop across the system-Conducted independent research in thermal energy system by testing total energy storage with different design parameters-Developed a deep understanding of thermal systems, heat transfer and thermodynamics from the modeling process-Build C++ program files for small subroutines in MOOSE-Model from this internship resulted in a first authorship of a conference paper in the 2023

Chugwater, Wyoming, United States

-Help construct prototype turbopump that runs on hydrogen peroxide for NASA-Participate in team-based collaborations to design thermal management system and model parts of turbopump-Ensure all design of thermal management system satisfies overall sub-system requirements.-Perform system integration and optimize the design for reduced cost and risk-Finding the medium between reducing cost and improving system performance and reliability

Master Of Science - Ms, Mechanical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Mechanical Engineering