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Egypt & Cyprus

Austin, Texas, United States

• Serving as the project manager for a humanitarian engineering group tasked with building a community center in rural India.
• Leading a cross-functional 6-person team of engineers and social workers to design a sustainable community center addressing local needs.
• Collaborating with local Indian organizations to implement technology solutions that align with community needs and values.
• Supporting fundraising efforts to secure $15K for construction materials and labor costs to enable project execution.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Organize and host information sessions to prepare freshman students for engineering career fairs.
• Assist freshmen engineers in coursework and career planning at weekly general meetings.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Promoted student involvement in the Cockrell School through mandated events and policies.
• Introduced 30 engineering students to consulting through organized case competitions.

Mid-Continent Business Unit, Midland, Texas, United States

• Completed four projects to enhance reliability, safety, and efficiency of natural gas compression and water management operations.
• Performed root cause analysis of gas compressor starter failures.
• Increased starter reliability by 85% and mitigated production losses by ~$160k per facility.
• Executed hydraulic modeling to size instrument air compressors for a compressor station upgrade at no additional cost.
• Investigated fan belt failure and modified acceleration behavior to mitigate ~$40k in production losses per failure.
• Sized pump skid to transport produced water to account for surge flows and achieve contracted third-party rates.

Belle Chasse, Louisiana, United States

• Completed three projects to improve the reliability, safety, and efficiency of additive filtration and waste processing.
• Analyzed de-bottlenecking alternative and redesigned waste removal system to prevent unplanned shutdowns.
• Upgraded filtration system to current specifications and automated valving to improve efficiency by 15%.
• Coordinated material upgrade of corroding methanol condenser to reduce production losses.
• Collaborated with drafting and engineering teams to develop project design and bid packages totaling $523K.
• Executed H&SE review meetings to discuss and mitigate implementation risks with project stakeholders.

Austin, Texas, United States

• Responsible for procuring sponsors to aid in design and construction of 30ft liquid bipropellant rocket
• Acquired $20K in funding, simulation software, and equipment from corporate sponsors
• Onboarded AGI and Emerson/TESCOM as lab sponsors