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Using remote sensing to detect changes in water quality and quantity

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Baltimore, Maryland, United States

• Guided, provided feedback on, and assessed students’ designs for novel, sustainable technologies in fields of energy, water and sanitation, education, infrastructure, and public health
• Led weekly 15-person discussion sessions on assigned readings and strategies in engineering for sustainable development
• Assisted with scheduling and organizing speakers from the World Bank, World Health Organization, USAID, and JHU

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Prepared and conducted Phase I Environmental Site Assessments and Spill Prevention, Control, and Countermeasure Plans at commercial and industrial facilities in Maryland, Connecticut, and Puerto Rico
• Evaluated radiological remedial action work plans, prepared final status survey reports, and calculated derived concentration guidelines levels in accordance with MARSSIM guidelines
• Participated in litigation support through large-scale environmental document and database reviews
• Conducted site visits and field experiments, including slug testing and well monitoring

Baltimore, Maryland Area

• Supervised students performing laboratory experiments each week in Introductory Chemistry I and II courses taken by over 500 undergraduates
• Communicated with instructors regarding student progress and performance in class
• Graded assignments, proctored exams, tutored students, and held office hours

Dübendorf, Switzerland

• Chemically and physically characterized blackwater properties, including COD, electric conductivity, total nitrogen, TS, TSS, VS, VSS, pH, and ammonium concentration
• Evaluated polymer conditioners' abilities to facilitate blackwater dewatering and assessed the feasibility of converting wastewater into a usable energy supply
• Developed standard operating procedure for Aquatron solid-liquid separator and analyzed efficiency in culminating report

• Conducted experiments to fabricate anisotropic, biomimetic nanoparticles using erythrocyte cloaking
• Executed advanced lab protocols and employed techniques in immunoengineering to study and improve targeted gene delivery

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Researched the molecular function of MFSD12 in melanocytes through knockout and knockdown experiments
• Employed a variety of cellular biology techniques, ranging from bacterial transformation, plasmid purification, and transfection to genomic engineering with CRISPR/Cas9
• Designed and developed laboratory website using MODX website design platform

Greater Philadelphia Area

• Designed and tested independent research project analyzing the effects of dietary supplements on the fertility, development, behaviors, and growth of cancer in Drosophila melanogaster
• Collaborated with current research scientists to execute project using basic lab techniques and novel assays

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Activities and Societies: Engineers Without Borders (President and Project Lead), Environmental Health and Engineering Student Group.

Education record

Activities and Societies: National Honor Society (Treasurer), Model United Nations (President), International Students Club (President).