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Hillsboro, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon, United States

Portland, Oregon

Portland, Maine Area

Project Engineer. Duties include computer-aided design and engineering of manufactured stormwater treatment devices. Interactions and coordination with engineers, contractors, and customers throughout the lifecycle of a project. Focused on projects in stormwater and industrial stormwater treatment applications. Currently the lead industrial stormwater technical support engineer responsible for designing Hydro products into industrial stormwater treatment applications in accordance with the ISWGP and NPDES primarily in CA, OR, and WA. Experienced with TAPE testing protocol and site management of port projects. Scaled column testing for filter products with site specific stormwater samples from industrial and municipal applications.

University Of Maine, Orono, Me

Duties include equipment maintenance, supplies/materials ordering, hazardous materials safety and coordination.; Research involves looking at the microbial communities in groundwater contaminated by uranium, radon, and arsenic in wells dug into granite and other bedrocks. In field testing includes geochemical analysis of nitrate, nitrite, DO, hydrogen sulfide, ammonia, iron, and sulfur present in groundwater samples. Lab testing includes geochemical analysis of nitrogen and phosphorus and data processing of infield results.

University Of Maine, Orono, Me

Worked for a graduate student researcher. Duties include site investigation in Falmouth, ME. Lab testing for site samples including index testing: water content, organic content, specific gravity, Atterberg limits, and grain-size distribution; and constant rate of strain consolidation tests.

University Of Maine, Orono, Me

Worked for a graduate student and Dr. Melissa Maynard. Research includes index testing and constant rate of strain consolidation testing on Kaolin which were used for a comparison study of the effects of back pressure vs. no back pressure in CRS consolidation testing.

University Of Maine, Orono, Me

Worked for a graduate student. Research includes site investigation at the Monhegan Island offshore site for the floating wind turbines, lab testing for site samples including index testing, constant rate of strain consolidation tests, and thixotropy studies.

University Of Maine, Orono, Me

Gained experience in engineering design processes, fundraising, grant writing, and networking. Gaining a better understanding of engineering as a helping profession and trying to create more opportunities for other students to experience engineering a little differently then how we are taught in school. Traveled to Honduras in March 2011 with professional mentor Kyle Coolidge from Woodard and Curran; helped design the piping system and helped run construction of the trench system for the pipes through surveying and hydraulic profile calculations.

Master Of Engineering - Meng, Civil And Environmental Engineering

Focus in Water Resource Engineering

Bachelor'S Degree, Civil Engineering

Architecture

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: Swim Team, Math Team