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Los Angeles, California, United States

Hargeisa, Woqooyi Galbeed, Somalia

Supported project management and business development for minigrid systems in Hargeisa, Somaliland.

▪ Initiated and supported scouting efforts for novel renewable technologies. Conducted subsequent techno-economic evaluations of these technologies and the associated organizations to assess value proposition and risk.▪ Managed proof-of-concept projects for new technologies in a variety of topics including bird and batimpact mitigation for wind assets, floating solar, transmission congestion risk mitigation, automated solar construction, and agrivoltaics.▪ Guided R&D activities in collaboration with industry, startup, and academic partners.▪ Collaborated on the drafting and submission of three Department of Energy grant applications.

Houston, Texas, United States

• Increased project design speed and improved evaluation of options by developing a Python program to automate a system of solar project design tools.• Employed HST and AutoCAD to aid the development of preliminary field designs for utility-scale solar farms.• Evaluated performance and design trends in solar development using PowerBI.

Austin, Texas

▪ Provided market and technology consultation for early-stage startups in collaboration with the University of Texas at Austin.

Los Alamos, New Mexico

• Drafted essential nuclear operations and impact mitigation equipment for the Engineering Projects team.• Established configuration management of crucial engineering systems and facility equipment necessary for transuranic waste processing in a Hazard Category II Nuclear Facility.

Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

• Analyzed research papers on environmental design, presented findings to product design students. • Assisted the product design process by modeling designs with CAD programs.

Bellaire, Texas

• Collected and distributed textbooks at Bellaire High School.

Master Of Science - Ms, Electrical Engineering

Energy Systems Track

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Nuclear Engineering

Activities and Societies: Corps of Cadets, Aggie Band, American Nuclear Society, Institute of Nuclear Materials Management

Leadership & Innovation

Enel Innovagile Academy

Education record