▪ Applying continuous improvement and lean six sigma tools to improve and automate NRG business processes.▪ Projects I have led include improvement of Risk Management process, now ensuring power prices are 100% accurate before offers are placed to customers and reducing annual costs by thousands of dollars.▪ Currently leading automation project for Accounting Cash Entry process.▪ Leading process mapping sessions with subject matter experts and User Acceptance Testing with development team.

▪ Applied Lean Six Sigma to streamline processes within the NRG Customer Service Group, reducing process volume by 83%.

▪ Assisted in development of flexible surface with just 2 Pa ice adhesion, 50 times less than that of other state of the art surfaces.▪ One of 20 UH students to receive the competitive Provost Undergraduate Research Scholarship.

▪ Tutored students on the Math section of the SAT, as well as Physics and Calculus subject tests.▪ Contributed to writing STATICS section for FE-Mechanical Engineering Course Manual.▪ Worked in back office to prepare course materials for TestMaster's instructors.

Mickey Leland Energy Fellowship – Awarded a nationally competitive Energy fellowship allowing me the opportunity to intern at the U.S Department of Energy and work with researchers at the National Energy and Technology Laboratory.▪ Directly contributed to a $28 million budgetary proposal on gasification research that was accepted by Congress for 2017.▪ Designed a modular 3 MW plasma gasification power plant that cogenerates diesel fuel & power from coal, biomass, & waste.▪ Calculated EBITDA forecasts & expected income for power plant financial model, showing net earnings over $ 1.17 million/yr.

▪ Developed models for Supercritical CO2 Brayton Power Cycles that improved efficiencies in these power cycles to 57%.▪ Presented to 100+ energy researchers and industry members at technical forum in Pittsburgh, Pa.