Erin Partlan Email & Phone Number

Washington, DC, US

Adelphi, Maryland, United States

Adjunct instructor in the Environmental Management degree program. Bringing success to adult learners interested in joining the environmental sector by encouraging curiosity, critical thinking, and a systems approach to problem-solving.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Scientist in the Office of Water (OGWDW). Protecting public health by ensuring safe drinking water and protecting ground water.

United States

Volunteer with the Events Team to bring informational webinars and panel presentations on topics relevant to science policy in local and state government.

Ambassador 2023-2024 - OngoingAmbassador 2022 - Organized a Hack held April 2022 focused on plastic pollution in Hawaii. Facilitator for Global Innovation Lab in Mysore, India in 2022. Coached teams in SDG 7 - Affordable and Clean EnergyOrganizer 2021 - Organized a Hack focused on household wastewater treatment in the Alabama Black BeltTalent 2020.

Alexandria, Virginia, United States

• Connect leading researchers, water utilities, and funding agencies to solve the most pressing problems facing the water industry.
• Promote accelerated technology adoption through programmatic sector evaluation
• Compete for grant funding to support topical research consortia in areas of technology and innovation
• Manage projects to ensure fiscal responsibility, timeliness, and contractual compliance.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on membrane filtration, water reuse, and trace organic contaminants (e.g. PFAS)
• Develop forward thinking multi-year research agendas in conjunction with volunteer advisory councils.

Greater Boston Area

> Built a Python webapp deployed with Dash (floodd.herokuapp.com) using spatio-temporal flood insurance claims data (FEMA) to help Floridians gauge future flood insurance value based on climatic (IPCC) and geopolitical (US Census) features.> Synthesized point and raster datasets using QGIS and trained regression models (Poisson and random forest) to.

Greater Boston Area

> Improved novel reverse osmosis membrane process designs for concentrating alcoholic beverages resulting in two patent applications.> Identified optimal system operation by generating parameteric models using features extracted from trial data. > Led a team to run client-facing trials including test plan creation, data analysis and archival, results.

San Francisco Bay Area

> Tracked global water sector startups through information gathering and database management, and modeled progress of state-of-the-art technology with logistic regression.> Analyzed technology adoption survey data using Tableau in partnership with The Water Research Foundation to discover and present insights on trends in industry drivers.> Crafted reports.

> Freelance writing on environmental science topics for web publishing

Clemson, SC

Advised by Dr. David Ladner.> Evaluated the potential of a novel carbonaceous adsorbent for the removal of micropollutants from drinking water through contact studies with radiolabeled atrazine.> Analyzed the characteristics of the in-house produced adsorbent to collect metadata and improve understanding of adsorption kinetics mechanisms.> Modeled.

Clemson, SC

> Graded for two undergraduate classes (Environmental Engineering and Water and Wastewater Treatment), one mixed level class (Hazardous Waste Management), and one graduate class (Environmental Water Chemistry). Assisted in Water and Wastewater Undergraduate Lab.

Claremont, CA

Served as team leader for Operation Hope Foundation project. Additional team member from Japan added to the project, thus leading to increased management of team communication and cooperation.

Claremont, CA

Project co-hosted by Harvey Mudd College and National University of Singapore. Worked with a team (4 HMC engineering students, 3 NUS food science students) to develop a portable vegetable processor and packager for rural Cambodian farmers. Used flexible retort packaging with steam injection and pressure cooker sterilization. Tested system with vegetables.

• Maintain OID website
• Work on major diversity projects
• Assist with cultural celebrations

Project co-hosted by Harvey Mudd College and Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. Worked on a team of seven (four at HMC, three at NTU). Designed a process for sanitizing blackwater from rural Chinese households for application as fertilizer. Project lead on physical modeling of design alternatives including testing of a solar heating unit.

• Assisted with marketing and public relations tasks
• Assisted on-site at the inaugural Circle of Women Conference

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Environmental Engineering

Activities and Societies: Clemson Chapter of American Water Works Association (AWWA), Clemson Graduate Student GovernmentPerformed.

M.S., Environmental Engineering, 3.73/4.0

Activities and Societies: Clemson Chapter of American Water Works Association (AWWA)Advisor: Dr. David A. Ladner For my Master's research.

B.S., Engineering

Activities and Societies: Society of Women Engineers, Mudd Business Association