Ella Carter Email & Phone Number

St Louis, Missouri, United States

Facilitate computer science classes in prisons

Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill Area

- Document savings from the LED by 2023 campaign across the prisons by working with on site personell to get data on the 30,000+ lights spread across 50+ sites in the prison system- Figure out logistics and coordinate the adoption of electric vehicles across the prison system

Charlotte, North Carolina, United States

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

- Mentored 60 students in designing and building projects using CAD software and the 3D printers in UNC’s makerspace.- Instructed students to program Arduinos with Python- Coordinated with 5 other TAs to host office hours, ensuring widespread availability.

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

- Conducted 12 hours of surveys on Hurricane Dorian Survivors identifying how their physical, mental, and financial wellbeing had been affected by the natural disaster. - Maintained data for over 100 surveys in a proprietary database. - Followed IRB guidelines to ensure the privacy and confidentiality of the participants’ data.

Henderson, North Carolina, United States

Warrenton, North Carolina, United States

- Wrote a literature review on how climate change will impact agriculture in NC- Wrote a presentation for other food hubs in NC on how climate change will impact their work, and how they can adapt their programming to take climate change into account. Food hubs are facilities that facilitate the distribution of locally grown produce. -Troubleshooted any IT issues that came up at Working Landscapes

Denver, Colorado, United States

- Succesfully hosted the model of a blockchain based energy grid along with HELICS, an experimental software package designed to enable time synchronization in models, on a virtual machine. - Used minimega scripts to link the virtual machine to CEEP - an experimental software platform for modeling energy grids- Curated and presented my findings.

Roanoke Rapids, North Carolina, United States

• Developed and delivered a report and presentation on racial equity in the solar industry.• Created flyer, judging criteria, and instructions for new student competition where students develop small microgrids.• Researched and wrote script and delivered narration for a video on climate change in NC.• Packed activity kits to send to students around the US for C4EE's virtual summer camp.

Chapel Hill

• Solve 20+ technical issues per week within 24 hours of them being reported as part of a team of 52 IT staff serving 9,500 students• Monitor and maintenance the televisions, printers, and projectors in Craige North and Hardin dorms• Teach UNC community about 3D printing, what software is available to them, digital literacy, and personal cyber security at 14 annual tech fairs

Greater Grand Rapids, Michigan Area

- Designed and developed tool in SAP ABAP for copying and editing bills of material in collaboration with users- Programmed searchable audit of paper tests in factories in SQL- Developed Tabu search algorithm for allocating office space in C# and integrated it into .Net web app - Researched and wrote report on infeasability of proposed blockchain project for verifying employee skills

Portland, Oregon Area

• Wrote scripts, recorded narration, edited, and organized interviews with seven local professionals to create two videos on the cultural history, environmental policy, and geology of Mt. Hood National Forest. • Inventoried and digitized 1000+ historical documents about Mt. Hood National Forest to be sent to the National Archives• Facilitated the creation of partnerships between local nonprofits who engage youth and outfitters and guides operating on Mt. Hood National Forest in order to get more youth into the forest. • Used SUDS software to issue special use permits on the forest. • Monitored film and other special use permits on Mt. Hood National Forest to ensure permittees were abiding by the terms of their permit.

Saint Louis, Mo

•Developed and facilitated multiple educational programs at the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, which contains the Gateway Arch and Old Courthouse where the Dred Scott case took place. • Developed and lead tours of the Old Courthouse and Gateway Arch to groups ranging between 2 to 12 people• Ran interactive exhibits and educated visitors about the site's history while manning the info desk at the Gateway Arch• Gathered visitor reflections on their experience in the park and made a collage of them which was displayed in the Old Courthouse

Halifax County, North Carolina

• Organized educational community activities about renewable energy, including a solar eclipse watch party containing a workshop about the science of the eclipse taught by the former director of NOAA• Collaborated with four local teachers to design, run, and teach two summer camps for middle school students about renewable energy• Started and managed the social media pages for C4EE. Posted on C4EE's Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Snapchat, and Instagram accounts 3+ times per week with updates about community events and the construction of C4EE• Compiled a list of 300+ community leaders, then created and sent each of them invitations to C4EE's grand opening in October of 2017.

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

• Wrote two successful grants totalling $2,500 and organized the construction for a garden and cistern system to catch and filter polluted runoff from campus roofs• Wrote a successful $2,800 grant to industrialize the composting system at NCSSM. Oversaw the system’s daily management and communication between the cafeteria, school administration, and the composting company.• Wrote a successful $477 grant and organized 10+ volunteers to construct a giant chess set on campus

Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina Area

Designed and synthesized two new cyclodextrin polymers crosslinked with organic chelating agents. The new polymers were designed to absorb organic and heavy metal pollutants from wastewater. Won the Community Innovation Award from the Society for Science and the Public for my research.

Bachelor'S Degree, Computer Science And Environmental Science, 3.4 Gpa

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: President of Accept the Greener Challenge (sustainability club), Brain Game team member (televised trivia.

2013 - 2015

Activities and Societies: Co-founded Students Helping Students, the 501(c)(3) food pantry on campus. Was the groundskeeper for the school.