Gabrielle String Email & Phone Number

Bethlehem, PA, US

Joint appointment in Civil and Environmental Engineering (P.C. Rossin College of Engineering) and Community and Population Health (College of Health).

• Operational Research on Water Safety Plans for UNICEF (Feb 2015 - May 2017)
• Conducting evaluation of WSP implementations in India, DRC, Fiji, and Vanuatu
• Developing lessons learned for rural supplies under differing environmental factors
• Interfacing with government and NGO partners
• Creating workshops for partner trainingsInvestigations of the Pore Network Morphology of Ceramic Water Filters (Sept 2013 - Aug 2017)
• Imaging locally manufactured filters via… Show more Operational Research on Water Safety Plans for UNICEF (Feb 2015 - May 2017)

Medford, MA

• Undergraduate courses: Fluid Mechanics (ES008) and Heat Transfer (ME016)Graduate courses: Thermal Fluid Transport I - Fluids (ME111) and Thermal Fluid Transport II - Heat Transfer (ME112)
• Held weekly office hours for student drop-in as well as private one-on-one tutoring
• Organized fluid demonstrations with a fellow TA for ES008
• Graded weekly homework assignments as well as exams and finals
• Managed course materials and class gradebook on online software

Medford, MA

• Metallography of Space Flight Materials, Tufts U. & NASA Marshall
• Research assistant in Douglas Matson’s group on joint NASA-ESA ELFSTONE program
• Evaluate dendritic proto-structure of electrostatically levitated metals for solidification studies
• Coordinated SEM and metallography analysis of samples with Failure Analysis Lab at MSFC

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Conducting research on the efficacy of various surface disinfection protocols recommended for use during the COVID-19 pandemic in low-resource households, community settings, and healthcare facilities in humanitarian response. Responsible for day-to-day management of the lab and supervision of interns and their research projects.

Arlington, Massachusetts, United States

Developed reporting tools for 20 years of monthly water quality data by cleaning/restructuring existing databases and developing statistical models in R for both internal reporting and communications to donors. Collected water quality samples throughout the watershed for regular monitoring, US EPA compliance monitoring, and emergency response to algal.

Potsdam, NY

• Conducted two lab groups each semester and guided teams through course material
• Assembled capstone challenge sessions with other mentors

Potsdam, NY

• Founded coaching program and traveled weekly to area high schools to work with students
• In charge of writing and organizing Write It/Do It, Picture This, and Egg-o-naut competitions
• Use of Draw An Engineer Test to assess impact of STEM programs on local high schools

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania Area

• Interned in Coin Machine Division constructing, implementing, and servicing machines
• Installed and trained 23 banks on operation, maintenance, and 3% Program
• Developed and coordinated pick-up/delivery schedule and routes for a fleet of trucks

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

Activities and Societies: Co-President of the Mechanical Engineering Graduate Student Organization (MEGSO), Graduate Student.

Master Of Science (Ms), Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Water: Systems, Science, and Societies Program, Tufts Engineers Without Borders - Ecuador, Tufts Outreach to.

Bachelor'S Of Science, Mechanical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Honors Program, Engineers Without Borders, Circle K, Science Olympiad High School Coaching Minor in Mathematics