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College Park, MD, US

• Managed a STEAM project to instill the engineering design process to 50+ high school students and inspire STEM career-readiness.
• Constructed 30+ lesson plans, activities, and handouts geared towards learning engineering and prototyping software and skills.
• Procured financial sponsors and mentors from across industry for the STEAM project.

• Launched & scaled K&S After School Tutoring, securing 10+ clients in 2 months, filling a critical gap in local education.· Led product design at WasteLess, leveraging rapid prototyping and CAD skills learned during the.

Columbia, MD, US

• Trained employees in thermal, particle size, and x-ray instrumentation for sales success and provided technical assistance across 10+ regions.
• Analyzed 50+ customer samples from various industries using thermal analysis (DTG, DTA, TMA, TGA), particle size (laser diffractometer, dynamic image analysis), and x-ray CT scanning with 3D modeling export functions.
• Coordinated marketing efforts for the Physical Measurements Product Line including email campaigns, technical presentations, and instrument commercial videos while supporting customer service, sales support, and.

· Taught 3D modeling to students, using the power of Blender software to bring their imaginations to life.· Designed engaging instructional material that empowered students, including videos, presentations, and documents.· Challenged my students to push their limits and think outside the box, leading them to create an incredible end-of-semester project: a.

Silver Spring, Maryland, US

· Led design team to prototype and test a unified hardware and software module platform with Arduino IDE and a SAMD51-based microcontroller in accordance with lean methodology.· Created a 2 year project roadmap, deliverables, work breakdown structure (WBS) and extensive iterative version plan for design of a proprietary electronic device that enables habit.

Columbia, Maryland, US

· Prepared bulk laboratory and plant trial samples for broad consumer applications through wet lab chemistry techniques including acid/base dilution, emulsification, separation, and filtration techniques to collect over 30 kg of (non)/porous spherical silica particle slurry and as-is silica particles with various particle sizes. · Analyzed silica slurry.

College Park, MD, US

· Prepared multiple pre-production silicon wafers in a cleanroom facility via systematic deposition and etching techniques (alcohol solution cleaning, mask alignment/exposure, and fluorine/chlorine reactive ion etching).

College Park, MD, US

· Synthesized and characterized monolayer flakes of a novel transition metal dichalcogenide (TMD), WSe2, on sapphire/silicon substrates under ambient pressure and high temperature growth conditions to resolve the possibility of large-area, monolayer growth via chemical vapor deposition (CVD) for gas sensor applications.

Beltsville, MD, US

· Fabricated, screen-printed, and characterized 15+ conductive and non-conductive pastes by conducting quantitative measurements (viscosity, 4 point probe, microscopic thickness/width) for solid oxide fuel cells.· Processed sample electrolyte and anode/cathode fuel cell sheet laminates with dies and uniaxial hot press and compared their long-term mass.

Gaithersburg, MD, US

· Presented effects of long term environmental effects on graphene polymers by examining 30+samples through Raman/IR spectroscopy, and comparing data values in Excel and Origin.

College Park, MD, US

· Developed and tested electrochemical and mechanical properties via electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) of anode and cathode candidate samples for solid oxide fuel cells.· Analyzed data on electrical properties (i.e. resistance, impedance) of viable candidate materials at varying environments and conditions.

· Configured software & utility configurations, server management, hardware troubleshooting, cable organization, and network setup.· Implemented various maintenance phases of education/enterprise related technology (ie. Audio/Video, Website, Hardware, Software, Servers).· Impacted organization through installation and renovation of infrastructure for.

· Mentored over 20 students of various ages and experience with FLL Lego Robotics instructions (general STEM skills, building, programming, competition).· Led students in teamwork building exercises, as well as weekly STEM Lessons.· Fostered ground up, extensive competition expertise in students for the Lego Robotics Competition.

Bachelor'S Degree, Materials Science And Engineering

Associate’S Degree, Materials Science And Engineering