Overseeing all landscape and grounds maintenance

• Maintain and clean building • Keep building up to fire code• Maintain grass, trees and flower pots• Manage volunteers • Recognize issues and find the correct contractors to solve the problem• Fix minor issues with building (leaks, chips, cracks or installing minor projects)

Collecting prairie flower seeds in central united states. The seeds will be reserved for 50 years in 2 herbaria. During that time, researchers will be able to write proposals in order to retrieve and analyze seeds.

Packaging and shipping custom wood flooring and paneling. Skills also include running a tenoner machine and paying close attention to detail during the sanding, staining and quality check processes.

• Co-designed an up to date museum, relevant to the current geology department• Designed and constructed stream table• Organized, labeled (with specimen number) and placed specimens in their proper place

• An analysis of the Le Sueur River in Mankato, MN. Monitoring and calculating the sediment concentration of four ravines that flow into the Le Sueur River. • Use technical instruments: Sigma MAX 900® automated sampler, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometer and Microtrack® particle size analyzer• Used Microsoft Excel to run data analysis programs

- Planned programs for first year and upper class dorms- Resource for students on campus- Watched over residential halls throughout the week after hours

• An in-depth study of the Platte River in Nebraska. Analyzing silica sequestration in areas that have been overcome by invasive riparian species. • Wrote and conducted new scientific methods for analyzing organic and inorganic materials • Used technical instruments: inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometer, particle size analyzer and geological rock grinder• Small group work with individual research• Published abstract and presented research at the American Geophysical Union Conference in San Francisco, CA (below)o http://abstractsearch.agu.org/meetings/2013/FM/sections/EP/sessions/EP43A/abstracts/EP43A-0834.html

• Ran and maintained CNC machines• Deburred metal parts from the machines in order to make sure that no customer would be injured on our pieces