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Nashville, Tn, Us

Sidney, Oh, Us

- Developing new product formulations for automotive TPO compounds by design of experiments at laboratory and commercial scale.- Collaborating with manufacturing team to increase output rate for finished goods.- Validating next generation products from raw material suppliers.- Implemented Gage R&R study to assess sources of variability during lab-scale extrusion, injection, and testing.

Knoxville, Tn, Us

- Optimized media for C. thermocellum cell growth and isobutanol production by varying nitrogen sources in media for thermophilic clostridia using Box-Behnken design of experiments for senior capstone research to be published in university research archive.- Evaluated chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) enzymes derived from a range of bacterial strains hosted in thermophiles for thermostable ester production; earned co-authorship on project.- Performed techniques including SDS-PAGE, HPLC, GC-MS, his-tag purification, and anaerobic chamber operation.

Oak Ridge, Tn, Us

- Investigated the effects of scale up on experimental measurements of ventricular catheter performance.- Developed a scaled-up apparatus for better visualization of flow patterns and measured the change in catheter performance when obstructed.

Knoxville, Tennessee, Us

- Management and interpretation of closed-circuit television inspection data for wastewater systems- Filing permits for new water distribution systems to proposed building sites and new KUB clients- Field work included working on KUB’s engineering leak detection initiative to resolve losses throughout clean water distribution lines

Memphis, Tn, Us

- Document management for quarterly reports of Tennessee Department of Transportation facility inspections- Completed senior capstone research regarding the porous asphalt project on the Interstate-275 North Knoxville corridor- Awarded as an Outstanding Senior Thesis in Engineering by L&N STEM Academy