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Pittsburgh, PA, US

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Explain experimentally observed effect of electrode d-band center on metal-ion charge-transfer kinetics by using density functional theory (DFT)-based metadynamics simulations to predict adsorption energy of charge transfer intermediate on various transition metal surfacesUse DFT to predict Raman spectra of vanadium-ion charge-transfer intermediates to aid.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Designed, assembled, and tested a shoebox-sized car propelled by a pneumatic motor using pressure buildup from gas-generating neutralization reactionCalibrated amounts of reactants added with pressure buildup and distance traveled by car in order to travel a given distance before stoppingManipulated amount of water added to alkaline solution and set.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Proctor and grade 30-minute in-class problems (ICPs) after each lecture and hold weekly office hours for Reaction Engineering and Design (ChE 344)

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Used molecular enhanced sampling with autoencoders (MESA), an enhanced sampling technique that runs biased MD simulations along ML-discovered collective variables to accelerate the exploration of conformational space, to study the free energy landscape of polypeptides on graphene surfaces.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Served as teaching assistant for chemical engineering thermodynamics (ChE 330)Held weekly office hours and Sunday Review sessions to explain content, go through practice problems, and answer questionsHelped monitor Piazza messaging board system and write, proctor, and grade exams

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Wrote, tested, and debugged Python programs to run on large clusters and process terabytes of network flow dataPrevented unauthorized access to data by implementing configurable security settingsMigrated database for router health monitoring to Apache Impala to streamline data pipelineDeveloped REST APIs and worked with UI team to correctly render API.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Served as study group leader for multivariable calculus by holding weekly study groups and office hours to go over course material, answer questions, and practice exam-style problems

Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States

Guided group of first-year students with research and the transition to collegePlanned and facilitated events including a coding challenge, campus tour, and Zen Meditation and Yin Yoga wellness event

Nashville Metropolitan Area

Ran molecular simulations of nanofilms under shear stress to model frictional properties as function of chemical structureCreated machine learning models in Python to identify structure-property relationships and predict properties of new systemsPublished interactive GitHub repositories allowing for hyperparameter tuning of machine learning models in Python

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Investigated impact of bridge construction on air quality by analyzing data from sensors and home resident surveysCalculated air exchange rates by fitting CO2 sensor data to exponential decay curves in Excel

Brentwood, TN

Cleaned dishes, pots, pans, silverware, and other items using commercial dishwasher and pot sinkTook out trash and unloaded delivery truckBussed and cleaned tables

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Chemical Engineering

B.S.E., Chemical Engineering, 4.00 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Engineering Honors Program, Chem-E Car Team, Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society Graduated with Honors, minor.

4.375 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Science Olympiad, Varsity Tennis Team, Chemistry Olympiad, Science Bowl, National Honor Society, Mu Alpha Theta.