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University Of Florida, Gainesville Fl

• Instruct Midshipmen in Naval Engineering (NSC 2121) topics including thermodynamics, nuclear theory, and ship construction and design.

San Diego, California, United States

• Oversaw mission planning and execution in a multi-domain environment as part of a carrier strike group deployment.• Worked with a team of professionals from multiple communities to conduct mission planning involving air, surface, and sub-surface naval vessels.

Bremerton, Washington, United States

• Quality Assurance Officer: Planned and reviewed over 300 maintenance work packages for Navy and contractor personnel, resulting in the safe completion of all maintenance. Ensured all Quality Assurance maintenance was properly complete, resulting in the successful execution of four submarine underways. Planned and maintained a comprehensive audit and surveillance program to verify proper maintenance procedures and practice. • Test Director: Planned and executed six ship-wide at sea operational safety tests to validate life saving equipment while overseeing maintenance teams of 20 personnel.• Damage Control Assistant: Led a division of 15 personnel through four underways and five maintenance refits, ensuring the operability of a range of nuclear and non-nuclear systems in accordance with proper technical procedures and manuals.

Charleston, South Carolina, United States

• As the primary supervisor for shutdown reactor plant operations, prepared and led watchteams of 30 people in the execution of rarely performed mechanical and electrical maintenance and test procedures.• Trained Officer and Enlisted students on S5W reactor plant operations under normal and complex casualty situations.

College Park, Maryland, United States

• Worked as an undergraduate research at the University of Maryland, Chemistry Department. I led a research team of two other undergraduates. Our research focused on the quantum state resolved energy transfer dynamics of methane and ammonia with highly vibrationally excited bath molecules. Roles included system operation of a IR based spectrometer, data collection, data analysis, and technical writing. • 2014 Undergraduate Beckman Scholar

Master Of Science - Ms, Industrial And Systems Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Biochemistry