Nisaa Pender Email & Phone Number

Boston, MA, US

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

• Designed and implemented a ETL data pipeline architecture in Azure for a client aiming to refresh and store a product inventory
• Developed UX-centered web pages with interactive features
• Wired up a serverless framework on the back-end to trigger database calls and actions.
• Documented and summarized cloud and full-stack architecture for both a technical and non-technical audience

Boston, Massachusetts, United States

• Evaluated the efficacy of Northeastern’s Summer Bridge scholar program via data analysis to improve marginalized COE student retention
• Launched novel academic initiatives to enhance student access to the COE’s academic resources
• Supervised the first-year COE tutors to strategically plan how to engage students in more methodical learning practices

Watertown, Massachusetts, United States

• Engineered multiple polymer formulations via hot-melt extrusion (HME) -Key Process Knowledge: Sieving, feeding, temperature setpoint & monitoring, pelletizing
• Joined together polymer formulations through novel plastics welding technology
• Characterized polymer matrices via modulated differential scanning calorimetry and custom mechanical testing methods on Instron
• Designed and executed experiments independently to understand polymer responses to simulated gastric environments

United States

• Computational Biophysics Lab, Dr. Paul Whitford Boston, MA Research Assistant June 2019 – August 2019
• Performed in-depth analysis of 3D ribosomal structures to detect transformations during protein synthesis
• Designed script in Perl to web-scrape a protein data bank for information about published ribosome structures
• Analyzed accuracy of Euler angle rotation measurements to check for bugs within the main codeEnvironmental Ecosystems Lab, Dr. Ameet Pinto Boston, MA Research Assistant September 2018 – August 2019
• Explored nitrification potential of CMX bacteria for drinking and wastewater
• Tracked nitrogen species with HACH ‘Test ‘N Tube’ vials for NH3, NO2-, and NO3- to measure activity of bacterial cultures

Orlando, Florida Area

This project began as a volunteering pursuit to rethink the high school experience via innovative approaches to the learning process. After winning a million dollar grant via the XQ Super Schools Competition, this volunteering position transitioned to a paid position in materializing our hypothetical school into fruition.

Brooklyn College

Within a 6 week time frame, I assisted with research mapping the flooding in Gowanus Canal in Brooklyn, 2009-2010. I utilized software systems like ArcGIS in order to understand the water depth of different flooding points