President of Purdue Student Pugwash for 2 yearsMember of Omega Chi Epsilon Honor SocietyUniversity Honors ProgramMember of Purdue Night Train (swing dancing) for 2 yearsConducted research with Dr. Jong Hyun Choi in Mechanical Engineering on functionalized nanomaterials, particularly on their optical and electronic properties. From this research, coauthored 2 papers:Optical Nanosensor Architecture for Cell-signalling Molecules using DNA Aptamer-coated Carbon Nanotubes; ACS Nano, May 2011Light Harvesting Single Wall Carbon Nanotube Hybrids, 18th Biennial University/Government/Industry Micro-Nano Symposium Proceedings, June 2010This research was conducted in the summer of 2009 under the SURF (Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship) program, and in the summer of 2010 under the DURI (Discovery Park Undergraduate Research Internship) program.Research was conducted spring and fall 2010 and spring and fall 2011 for course credit

Established a new computerized maintenance system using iPAC software.Assisted in hands-on maintenance projects such as changing filter press filters, installing motors, and calibrating instruments