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Golden, Co, Us

Golden, Colorado, United States

Golden, Colorado

- Collaborate with a fantastic team to provide the highest level of service to applicants and internal customers through data management and maximizing process efficiencies.- Team lead on the rapid, 4 month initial implementation of the CRM Slate for graduate admissions, and continued implementation including integrations with Banner. Ongoing work with various campus constituents including academic departments to provide the most functional CRM experience possible.- Managed the merge of graduate and undergraduate admissions offices from the systems perspective; continue to synergize the best of both offices for the benefit of the whole.

Golden, Colorado

- Utilized myriad tools to enhance the administration's understanding of the prospective student funnel to inform robust recruitment and yield plans that allow the institution to meet its strategic enrollment goals. - Provided excellent internal customer service to campus constituents who require prospective student and applicant data.- Served as part of three-member core implementation team for Slate, the CRM for Admissions; work closely with campus IT to maintain critical data transfer processes between Slate and Banner, campus' SIS.- Developed queries to be run out of Slate and out of Banner via Cognos.- Collaborated with colleagues and external contractors to ensure seamless processing of application data and materials for the most fair and timely results to applicants.

Golden, Colorado

- Collaborated with on- and off-campus partners to enhance the student experience of more than 120 Harvey, Boettcher, Daniels Fund, and Denver Scholarship Foundation (DSF) Scholars.- Advised and mentored above Scholars in matters of personal and professional development, leadership, academics, and service, including weekly guidance of student leadership team of Harvey Scholars, Mines' flagship scholarship program.- Facilitated programmatic components of Scholar experiences such as orientation, social events, and in the case of the Harvey Scholars a monthly donor-attended luncheon, throughout each academic year.- Worked closely with the Mines Foundation to maintain faithful execution of donor intent, steward donor relations with the university and Scholars, and manage $70,000 annual operating budget.- Streamlined the Harvey Scholar supplemental grant proposal process to exceed relevant standards for fiscal accountability, travel liability, and financial aid reporting while reducing bureaucratic hurdles and improving access to funds for Scholars.- Continued to enhance the student-run Harvey Scholar application and selection process, resulting in 60 Scholars reading 950 applications, conducting 45 interviews, and recommending 16 candidates for awards to Admissions.

Golden, Co

- Materials science non-thesis M.S. with a focus on ceramics.- Case study on the effects of impurities/dopants (particularly CaO and MgO) on the microstructural development of aluminum oxide.

Littleton, Colorado

- PEM processing and electrochemistry for redox flow batteries.- Synthesis of novel solid-state Mg ion-conducting electrolytes.- Development of PEM production database

Golden, Colorado

• Studied under Prof. Ivar E. Reimanis, CCAC Director, Herman F. Coors Distinguished Prof. and Endowed Chair of Ceramics.• Conducted research towards understanding the effect of NiO on grain growth kinetics in yittria-stabilized zirconia.• Spent summer 2012 at the Indian Institute of Science in Bangalore, India as a research intern to continue the above research; served as a student and cultural ambassador, creating professional and personal contacts.• Worked in conjunction with PhD student on transparent spinel, particularly characterizing optical properties via Ramen, TEM, photospectrometer and ellipsometer analysis.• Gained hands-on exposure to powder synthesis, green-body preparation, sintering, kinetics (grain growth and diffusion), morphology, and characterization.

Golden, Colorado

• Served as Co-Peer Mentor leader of CSM 101, the mandatory one-semester freshman introductory course, which helps newstudents transition to college life and informs them of the campus facilities at their disposal.• Acted as a resource and support for freshmen during their first semester.

Master Of Science, Materials Science

Activities and Societies: Blue Key National Honor Society, Colorado School of Mines Harvey Scholars

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Metallurgical & Materials Engineering

Activities and Societies: Blue Key National Honor Society, Colorado School of Mines Material Advantage Chapter, Colorado School of Mines.