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Help write National Science Foundation Research Traineeship and Innovations in Graduate Education grants to support and expand UCR's Science to Policy training program.

I researched how natural and synthetic polymers (plastics) are made and processed, and how that affects their applications, properties, and performance. My specific focuses were spider silk, carbon fiber, and biocompatible/biodegradable polymers.

Falmouth, MA And Chattanooga, TN

As a startup co-founder, my duties included product design, user and market research, business plan development, prototyping, finance, bookkeeping, and legal concerns.

The OMT program focused on the FranklinCovey classes 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and The Speed of Trust, and understanding Shaw's product lines and processes. After the training program, I assisted production and technical engineers on various projects at a fiber extrusion plant.

As part of a five-person team, I worked for Orica Mining Services to develop an automated process for detecting boreholes and implement it in a scale prototype. We designed and built a scale robotic system capable of using stereo vision to identify holes and position an arm over the hole's center. The system was demonstrated on an indoor test field built.

Needham, MA

I was a TA for the courses Foundations of Business and Entrepreneurship, Differential Equations, and for 3 Intro Materials Science courses. I advised student projects, helped with and graded assignments, and taught students how to operate lab equipment and supervised their activities in the lab. During their project work, I helped them develop project.

Savannah, GA

I wrote a qualification report on a new composite material ensuring that it met manufacturing and design standards. I also revised a report to include characterization of an existing material, among other tasks.

Newark, Delaware

I created a test procedure to simulate the application of a new aerospace product and compare it to competitors, along with multiple characterization procedures to evaluate the material and its performance. I researched the materials theory of the application to give Gore an understanding of how the product worked.

Elkton, MD

I developed a procedure to test the mix ratio and percent conversion of an epoxy-amine material using Raman spectroscopy and evaluated the feasibility of automating it and incorporating it into a manufacturing process.

Science To Policy Certificate

Activities and Societies: UCR Science to Policy Program, student group committee chair, July 2020-presentI learned details of how the.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Materials Science And Engineering

In my dissertation research, I studied polymers from cradle to grave to optimize processing parameters and understand their effects on.

A Bachelor Of Science, Materials Science

Activities and Societies: Wellesley College Mock Trial Team: Vice President, Student Government: Intercollegiate Ambassador, Co-founder of.

Exchange Student Program, Masters Level Coursework

Activities and Societies: Erasmus Student UnionI spent a semester, January-May, abroad from in Denmark where I studied chemical.

High School Diploma