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Austin, Tx, Us

Bozeman, Montana, United States

Enhanced and assessed neuronal exosome miRNA isolation protocols from Zymo and Qiagen kits by incorporating a Chloroform purification step; quantified extracted material using RT-qPCR and Nanodrop technologyConducted a comparative analysis of RNA sequencing data from Okadaic Acid-treated cells and examined its correlation with significant biomarkers associated with Alzheimer's disease progression

Anacortes, Washington, United States

Performed hydraulic and heat exchange analysis for reuse of CGS side draw exchangers; resulted in fuel gas and electricity savings of ~$371k/yr Determined mathematical relationship between a wet gas compressor's chemical injection line's flow rate and injection dosage based off local pressure gauges and manual globe valves; created flow rate calculator that allows operators to ensure injection line is operating at refinery standards Redesigned a lean caustic cooling exchanger from a finned tube to shell-and-tube configuration to minimize Alky TAR labor costs by ~$280k Developed calculator that determines liquid and gas flow rates based off Cv curves, specific gravity, and pressure drop; used to rework a vacuum flasher's fuel gas flow calculation for increased GHG emission accuracy from the refinery by 1117 SCFH Created hydraulic model of the CR stabilizer in HYSYS to resize the current overhead piping's rate-limiting control valve

Seattle, Washington, United States

Developed fireworthiness requirements for pressurized compartments on all non-certified FAA Boeing Experimental Flights and ecoDemonstrator ProgramsAnalyzed, collected, and calculated fire and smoke rates for each Boeing airplane model using recorded COSP pressurized compartment/cargo fire data against Boeing worldwide flight hours

Los Angeles, California, United States

Monitored, controlled, and financially quantified saturated toluene's lost octane value in LAR's Carbon 6/Carbon 7 swing cut; determined points of action to improve sampling practices and drive future projects to prevent ~1.5 MM/year in product lossOversaw two hydrotreater's mass balances to ensure the predictive tools used to optimize refinery targets were not directly impacted; increased closure rates by ~24%Transitioned manually-updated UHM reports to an automated monthly reporting software, SeeQ, that increased efficiency amongst unit engineers and streamlined report formatting across the refinery

Bozeman, Montana

Supported a 12-month community-based participatory research project regarding childhood obesity prevention within Montana and South Dakota Native reservationsDeveloped expense management reports and research grant budgets for Montana State faculty through Chromeriver and Banner 9

Gainesville, Florida, United States

Designed and developed phantom that allows for reproducible fluorescent imaging of superparamagnetic iron oxide nanoparticles' magnetophoretic trajectoriesGained experience with COMSOL Multiphysics, Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI), cell culturing of CD8 T-cells, CAD software, Formlabs 3D Printing software, and the Keyence Epi-Fluorescence Microscope

Ms/Phd, Environmental Engineering

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Chemical Engineering

Activities and Societies: Highest Honors Graduate (awarded to those with a graduating GPA between 3.8-4.0) Senior Design Project.

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