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Sugar Land, Tx, Us

Lead and coordinate asset management support and plnning activities across the organization.

Houston, Tx, Us

Manage, Design, and Implement Pilot Scale Water Treatment System from Industrial Systems including reject and cooling tower wastewater.

Cedar Rapids, Ia, Us

Austin, Texas, Us

• Prepared final engineering design reports required by state regulators for water and wastewater treatment facilities construction projects in Central Texas.• Reviewed construction drawings and specifications, manufacturer shop drawings and submittals. • Prepared domestic wastewater TPDES discharge permit applications and closure plans. • Designed lift stations for on-site treatment facilities and small collection systems in Central Texas. • Prepared hydraulic profile calculations for wastewater treatment facility.• Produced field orders, meeting minutes, and attended construction phase progress meetings. • Investigated unusual copper levels in a district collection system; including providing field service alternative treatment solutions, jar testing, and implementing pilot study of the best treatment solution.

College Station, Tx, Us

Master’s thesis: Developed approaches to convert biomass into biofuel in batch systems: Lipid production from cellulose and lignocellulosic biomass: ionic liquid pretreatment and improved bacterial strain.-Managed laboratory expenses and inventory in spreadsheets and Quartzy. -Laboratory safety liaison in charge of lab safety training and BSL1 certification, EHS inspection, and instrument training. -Conducted strategies to convert biomass to biodiesel using ionic liquid chemical treatment and bacterial catalysts in batch systems. -Developed ionic liquid tolerant bacteria strain Rhodococcus opacus strain PD630 using adaptive/selective evolution approach. -Aided investigation in the biodegradation of emerging contaminants fluoride, 1,2,3-trichloropropane, and BTEX.-Experience in groundwater aquifer sampling and field work including environmental risk/impact assessmentUndergraduate Research Participation: High Efficiency Solar Energy System Project, Department of Electrical Engineering

College Station, Tx, Us

Part of university team challenge to create innovative project: designing low-cost energy solarconcentrator system to present at a challenge competition showcase.* Worked with a team of other student researchers to design and build solar panel arrays, providingenough energy to power a series of small appliances.

WEAT Design Competition for Texas Water Conference 2014 for Wastewater Treatment; Placed 3rd in the WEAT Design Competition to design wastewater treatment plant in Decatur,Texas to accompany the city’s predicted population growth under TCEQ regulations

Master'S Of Science, Environmental Engineering, Environmental Engineering

Bs Civil Engineering, Civl Engineering - Focusing On Environmental Engineering