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Kigali, Kigali City, RW

Greater Seattle Area

- Using a variety of tools including dynamic transmission modeling to estimate health impact of vaccines, drugs, and diagnostics for neglected tropical diseases.- Developing and promoting the use of program indicators for HIV PrEP reporting systems. - Streamlining modeling tools for HIV policy planning.

Seattle, Washington, United States

• Performed conceptual and detailed design of hand wash station for clinics and schools in rural, low-resource settings.
• Developed data collection tools for key informant interviews and observational studies to generate design inputs.
• Fabricated prototypes for design verification and testing.

San Diego, California, United States

• Led modeling and testing for $2.3M NIH/NIAID grant optimizing harm reduction intervention strategies for people who inject drugs.
• Developed and maintained transmission models to forecast hospital resource needs and intervention scenarios for COVID-19 outbreaks.
• Calibrated model parameters through Bayesian methods in cluster computing environments.

Greater San Diego Area

• Instructed teams of 5-15 undergraduates in project-based humanitarian design program. Set objectives, facilitated discussions, created assignments.
• Supervised undergraduate instructional assistants. Led weekly meetings to communicate program objectives and monitor team progress.
• Helped students develop competency in problem framing, ideation, prototyping, testing, and documentation.

Greater Seattle Area

• Developed rapid prototyping techniques for vaccine cold chain equipment.
• Performed thermodynamic testing and analysis to improve cold chain handling procedures and to troubleshoot equipment performance.
• Created a framework for evaluating data transmission technologies for use in LMICs.
• Built empirical model to predict thermal behavior of coolant-packs. Shared results with WHO to improve handling guidelines.
• Organized events to promote information sharing between teams.

Everett, WA

- Led commissioning of over $1M of manufacturing equipment.- Coordinated with suppliers and internal stakeholders to organize tests and training sessions. Created operating procedures and maintenance plans.- Tracked and reported daily KPI summaries that were used in senior leadership meetings.

Charleston, South Carolina

· Selected for the Engineering Accelerated Hiring Initiative, a competitive new-hire program.· Designed a tool to rapidly clean potting injectors. Interviewed mechanics to understand their needs and develop tooling design criteria. Built several prototypes to validate design stages.· Analyzed material properties of interior aircraft panels with Instron.

Seattle, WA

· Designed a beverage holding tray to serve up to 20 cups with an ergonomic release mechanism. Design was featured on homepage of client website.· Authored small-run manufacturing assembly procedure for a VR gaming device. Client is now an industry-leader in VR gaming hardware.· Worked on-site with clients to develop test and assembly fixtures.

Seattle, WA

Worked with a capstone team to design a system to extract oil from algae. Personal focus on dewatering algae and settling organic matter. Tasks included energy usage calculations, fluid dynamics, cost-effectiveness analysis, and hardware research.

Seattle, WA

Built and tested dye-sensitized solar cells for the materials science and engineering department. Tasks included researching photovoltaic process, glass cutting and drilling, and preparation of dye solutions.

Master Of Science - Ms, Aerospace, Aeronautical And Astronautical Engineering

Specialization: Dynamic systems and control theory, mathematical epidemiology. Thesis: Modeling reactive case detection for control and.

Bachelor’S Degree, Mechanical Engineering

Mechatronics specialization. Study Abroad Southeast Asia: • Studied globalization, international commerce, regional history, and Thai.

Education record

• International Baccalaureate Program • Guitarist in Jazz Ensemble • Cellist in Chamber Orchestra