I am currently working as a Civil Engineering Technician for Applied Research Associates (ARA). Named the 91st largest employee-owned company in the country, a top 200 federal contractor in Bloomberg Government's BGOV 200 report, and a top 50 mid-size Aerospace and Defense company by Forbes. I have worked in my current role for a little over a year now and throughout my time my duties have varied significantly. My main duties include operating, calibrating, and maintaining truck and trailer mounted data collection systems for pavement testing, pavement engineering, and other infrastructure projects. When I am not traveling around the country collecting pavement data, you can find me in the office analyzing, comparing, and processing the field data collected. In turn, this data gets used for assessment of roadways, management of pavement systems, and future applications. Occasionally, I will work with multiple local, state, and federal agencies on research projects pertaining to different topics of interest. For example, check out the Illinois Center for Transportation's research on Chip Seal Quality Assurance Using Percent Embedment, (https://apps.ict.illinois.edu/projects/getfile.asp?id=10789) which I played a role in.