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Los Angeles, California, United States

Bringing active transportation projects to fruition through planning and design through detailed analysis and exciting visualizations.

Fort Collins, Colorado, United States

Bicycle-pedestrian data collection and analysis.Development review with focus on active mobility and transit accessibility.Corridor studies and BRT implementation planning.Transit Funding Study.

Denver, Colorado, United States

Worked on a variety of projects on the Community Planning team including health assessments, corridor studies, bike lane implementation, neighborhood plans, infill/small down master planning, and parking studies.

Provided feedback and technical help for students enrolled in summer session of Visualization for Planners. The class focused on creating visually intriguing, informative, and concise graphics, maps, and renderings using Adobe Illustrator, Photoshop, Indesign, and SketchUp.

Fort Collins, Colorado Area

Worked with the growing community of insect farmers to better address their technical product needs in rearing and harvesting for human and animal consumption. We focused on small scale farmers in their need for low tech solutions, and their vital role in diversifying and expanding our knowledge and relationship with alternative proteins. Farmers we worked.

Greater Milwaukee Area

As the first in house industrial designer at Pentair I brought design research, thinking, and other elements of the design process to a company with a strong engineering background and large presence in the water filtration industry. The product I created will soon become one of the flagship multimillion dollar projects for Pentair. To start, a product.

Butler, WI

I began working as an assistant in the model shop setting up large 5 axis CNC, gluing stock, finishing large industrial patterns and helping build fiberglass molds and wave tank models for boat hulls ranging from 4 to 25 ft. This was to become familiar with the pattern making process and make use of my sculpture and model making skills. I was tasked with a.

Chicago

Expanding on what I had learned in classes for my minor in Environment and Society, I did a summer internship with the Sweet Water Foundation. A non profit based on the South side of Chicago and in Milwaukee using agriculture and aquaponics as tools for educating kids and adults of all ages about science, gardening and sustainable living. Through out the.

Syracuse, NY

Learned the process of sand casting by working with Professor John Truex in his foundry. During the internship I helped make 300 cast iron bottle openers from start to finish. I was responsible for packing molds, remixing sand and grinding/finishing openers.

Syracuse, NY

Helped teach high school juniors about design and the design process through a two week long summer program. The students built working cardboard stools and chairs that they designed and built.

Master'S Degree, City/Urban, Community And Regional Planning

Industrial And Interaction Design

Bachelor'S In Industrial And Interaction Design, Minor In Environment And Society