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Hawthorne, California, Us

Hawthorne, California, Us

Hypersonic analysis to inform spacecraft design and thermal protection. Plume modeling for ascent, control, shielding, and landing ops. Thermal analysis for TPS systems.Analysis work for Starship, Falcon, and Dragon vehicles.

Sailing the world's oceans to raise money and awareness for coral reef conservation in partnership with the Coral Reef Alliance (CORAL).http://www.theadventuresoftarka.comwww.coral.org

Santa Clara, California, Us

Developed and deployed tools to enable Moore's law through computational lithography.Machine learning with convolution neural networksExperience ML frameworks (Keras, CAFFE, MxNet, Tensor Flow).Large-scale code development (versioning with testing infrastructure)Work and development for massively-distributed systems.Code profiling and debugging.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

PhD Research under the advisement of Yong L. Joo at Cornell University.Developed and applied simulation techniques to span nano-to macro length scales.Understanding rheological properties of complicated fluid systems.Leveraging High Performance Computing (HPC) to perform state-of-the-art simulations of very large systems.

Ithaca, Ny, Us

Was responsible for training and developing workshops for all incoming Cornell's Engineering graduate and undergraduate teaching assistants. These workshops included:- Interactive and Dynamic Teaching- Understanding Learning Styles- Presentation Skills- Classroom Presence

Ithaca, Ny, Us

TA-ed and co-taught upper division chemical engineering course -- separation processes. Lectured, lead recitation and office hours, and managed team of TAs. Faculty/Student voted graduate TA of the year.

Leading and facilitating team-building activities at Cornell's Hoffman Challenge Course. Running and debriefing high-rope (including belaying) and "low" activities.

Ludwigshafen, De

Used the Discrete Element Method (DEM) to understand drying processes in industrial mixers.Simulations included rotating geometries, external forces, and heat transfer models. Created stereolithography (STL) models for use in the DEM simulations. Wrote extensive MATLAB code for post-analyses.

Tempe, Az, Us

Undergraduate research with Ariel. D. Anbar's group.Investigated the fractionation of heavy metal isotopes (molybdenum) during the adsorption to oxide minerals. Application to understanding the emergence of oxygen on earth (paleoredox proxy).Extensive use of high-precision inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (HP-ICP-MS).Extensive experience using metal-clean room facilities and general wet chemistry skills.

Dortmund, Nordrhein-Westfalen, De

Determined the effectiveness of ionic liquids as replacement for organic solvents in the liquid-liquid extraction of butanol.Designed and performed extraction experiments.Analyzed samples using high-precision liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Chemical Engineering

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Chemical Engineering