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San Diego, CA, US

San Diego, California, United States

Developing software for electrochemical additive manufacturing

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

- Developed guidelines for improved process control and printing reliability in embedded 3D printing, a fabrication technique that is useful for soft materials ranging from biomaterials to functional materials to concrete.- Built a custom 3D printer and developed instrument control software for in-situ process monitoring- Wrote computer vision code to.

Gaithersburg, Maryland, United States

- Identified strategies for improving print quality in embedded 3D printing of polymers and gels- Built custom 3D printer, control software, and GUI for in-situ imaging of embedded 3D printing- Wrote digital image analysis code to extract key measurements of printed filaments- Used computational fluid dynamics simulations in OpenFOAM to simulate filament.

Santa Barbara, CA

- Identified strategies for controlling material properties and deposition quality in a novel 3D printing technique- Built custom 3D printer, control software, and GUI for in-situ imaging and curing of polymer matrix composites in direct ink writing with acoustophoresis- Wrote digital image analysis code to monitor print stability, fluid flows, and.

Chicago, IL

Analyzed simulations to identify strategies for improving sensitivity of biomolecule sensors

Evanston, IL

- Illuminated crystal structure and imaging quality in the mineralized eyes of mollusks- Used electron microscopy and custom code to understand how calcium carbonate crystals are arranged in chiton eyes- Simulated passage of light through chiton eyes

Berkeley, CA

- Synthesized and characterized porous organosilica low-k dielectric films for thinner microelectronics

Pullman, WA

Used Atomic Force Microscopy to characterize nucleation and growth processes in porphyrin nanorods through the NSF REU program.

Evanston, IL

Used Transmission Electron Microscopy and confocal and wide field fluorescence microscopy to characterize formation of cell walls around calcium oxalate crystals in Populus plants.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Materials

Activities and Societies: FUSE (elementary STEM outreach), Tech Savvy (Jr. High girls STEM outreach), I Heart STEM (H.S. girls STEM.

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Major: Materials Science And Engineering; Minor: Computer Science

Activities and Societies: Tau Beta Pi, Residential College Board, Northwestern University Marching BandGraduated magna cum laude with.