Coach students to translate their interests, skills, values, knowledge, and experiences into careersConduct individual consultations with students about topics related to their individual needs including research, networking, and interviewing, handling complex/challenging situations.Coach students to translate their interests, skills, values, knowledge, and experiences into careers

Faculty Adviser for Engineers Without Borders - Washington University- Project: Mekelle School for the Blind in Mekelle, EthiopiaTeach a variety of graduate and undergraduate courses, including Chemical Process Safety, Industrial Accidents & Disasters, Mass Transfer Operations, and Unit Operations. Research and design curriculum for Appropriate and Sustainable Technology for the Global CommunityResearched & designed a curriculum for a class entitled Industrial Accidents & Disasters: Case History Studies..

Certified Instructor of OSHA 10 and 30 hour Construction Safety TrainingDesigns and creates the PowerPoint presentations for comprehensive training classes in industrial safety for municipal employees.• Design and create the curriculum using a variety of learning modes including PowerPoint presentations, hands-on activity, and discussion for comprehensive training classes in for urban and rural municipal employees• Communicate with companies and organizations to access safety needs; create classes tailored to specific employer and employee needs and requirements.• Instruct workers in critical and life-saving safety precautions and techniques in a variety of areas, including Construction Safety, Personal Protection Equipment, MSDS, Work Zone Safety, Roadway Safety Fundamentals, Alcohol and Drug Awareness, Workplace Violence, and Defensive Driving.Create classes tailored to specific employer and employee needs and requirements.Communicates with companies and organizations to determine safety needs; Instructs workers in critical and possibly life-saving safety precautions and techniques in a variety of areas, including construction safety, Person Protection Equipment, MSDS, blood borne pathogens, confined space entry, trenching & shoring, lockout/tagout, and defensive driving.

• Teach undergraduate courses in Chemical Engineering in Process Operations and Design (ChemCAD)• Develop curriculum using innovative practices to ensure students developed in a challenging online environment

Led multi-year project improving the facilities at Mekelle School for the Blind, a boarding school for children K-8 in northern Ethiopia. Improved the water storage and distribution system at the Mekelle School for the Blind in Ethiopia by rebuilding a water tower and installing a water distribution piping network

• Coordinate with state and local governments, faith-based and other NGOs during disaster• Participate in and build relationships with agencies active in disaster response• Provide training to local church members for preparing for and responding to disasters

Evaluates material choices and applications for construction materials and new designs; performs calculations for storm water drainage, pump station design, and structural integrity of retaining wall design.Creates drawings using AutoCAD; designed and maintains company website.Plans and executes marketing strategies to develop new business; manages and retains existing accounts.Manages day-to-day business operations including billing, collections, and accounts payable.

• Performed computer modeling of the reaction of polyacrylonitrile (PAN) fibers into carbon fibers.• Verified results experimentally as a participant in a consortium of academia, government, and industry sponsored by ARPA.• Taught two chemical engineering laboratory classes per semester covering topics such as continuous distillation, pump characteristics, packed column, evaporation, and separation.

Worked with team on design of new ground launch missile.Evaluated the second sourcing of the Northrup air launch missile, reviewing 300+ specifications.Reviewed drawings, selected and tested product, and wrote specifications and procedures.Assessed and selected adhesives, sealants, gap fillers, coatings, and EMI shielding.Collaborated with four-person team to design and build prototype for a composite, fly-through cover.

Evaluated and chose adhesives, gap fillers, and coatings to meet design requirements.Reviewed drawings and wrote specifications.Designed or reverse-engineered new products in laboratory settings.Developed training classes to transfer new product knowledge to production workers.Coordinated tooling, capital equipment, and raw materials to guarantee achievement of milestones.

Worked in advance composites, including resin transfer molding (RTM) injection, injection molding thermoplastics, and elastomers.Characterized materials using electronic microscope and mechanical and electrical properties tests.Developed a new procedure to investigate the fiber matrix interface.