• Collaborating across North America, through the Engineering Development Program (EDP), at an innovative and leading manufacturing company • Advancing the technical, building-product process through observational studies, field projects, and analysis• Rotating through the Safety, Raw Materials, Production, Finishing, Quality Control, Maintenance, and Controls Departments

• Selected as Process Control Intern at world's largest natural soda ash mine and production site; analyzed early trials of new Siemens industrial software; found mechanical interface issues before plant-wide implementation• Pulled PI Historian data on plant machinery, imported to Excel, and used analytics to find Siemens logic-based timing delays in both filters and evaporator; implemented necessary Sequential Function Chart (SFC) logic changes, altering the underlying code in 3 instances to reduce evaporator cavitation and extend system lifetime • Designed standardized plant-wide procedure for Acronis software backups impacting all industrial machinery across 5 production lines; developed 4-page manual that improved successful upload rate from 10% to 98%

• Assisted large laboratory team in the development, testing, and statistical analysis of microfluidic devices for hydrogel fiber production; worked extensively to learn techniques in and to problem solve epilogue laser cutters, plasma bonders, and microscopes; contributed to quality research with applications in Biochemistry

• Coordinated 15 events in K-12 schools on behalf of the College of Engineering to communicate STEM concepts and encourage students toward engineering paths; created and taught grade-appropriate lesson plans• Selected to be an advisor to 10 incoming engineering majors on their first small-scale design project

• Spent 2 summers as GenCyber Camp advisor; led 8th – 12th grade students through block coding program and data privacy exercises, guiding them through problem solving processes and giving insight on paths in STEM• Led groups of 4th – 6th grade students over 6 summers in Artful Craft of Science Camp; explored and organized practical analysis of current topics (e.g, cyanotype photography) within computer science and chemistry