A position in the field of Chemical Engineering related to Industrial Process Control, Process Engineering, or Biochemical Engineering Research.
Candidate for Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering, June, 1997. Relevant Courses taken include: Integrated Chemical Engineering, Biochemical Separations, Chemical Kinetics and Reactor Design, Separation Processes, Transport Processes, Introduction to Computers and Engineering Problem Solving, Engineering Thermodynamics, Kinetics, Organic Chemistry, Fluid Mechanics, Chemistry Laboratory, Differential Equations, and Process Design.
Co-Valedictorian. Aug. '89-May '93. Rank 1/40, GPA: 4.333/4.0; Student Council President and Treasurer.
Design Engineer. July '97-Present. Duties include design, production and implementation of a new automatic "post-processing" program which will statistically analyze recording head wafer engineering test data. This program will also be used to help avoid and troubleshoot problems with the manufacturing process of these recording head wafers in a "real-time" manner.
Power Systems Development Facility (PSDF) Temporary Engineer. June '96-Aug. '96. Project involved designing a coal ash cake permeability device for use by the PSDF to evaluate new technologies for power plant design. Additionally worked on computer support development for process control and data analysis using Intelligent Automation systems developed by The Foxboro Company.
Department of Chemical Engineering UROP (Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program).June '95-June '97. Ran fermentations and developed systems to interface a mass spectrophotometer and mass flow meter with a batch fermenter unit. In addition, work is being conducted to evaluate a prototype glucose probe for "on-line" feedback into the fermentation system.
Technical Consultant. Aug. '96-June '97. Duties include installation and maintenance of network related programs on the Chemical Engineering Network, as well as providing training of Department Staff in the use of these programs. Further support is offered to faculty who would like to perform various task using computers, such as simulations with aspen, or complex calculations.
UROP. Feb. '94-June '95. Redesigned an "on-line" HPLC system to include a feedback mechanism for glucose concentration support of fermentation growth, and operated the HPLC systems in the lab for analytical results of fermenter products.
Academic Computing Systems at MIT Athena On-Line Consultant, Network Services Help Desk Consultant, and MIT Reengineering Pilot Help Desk Consultant. Mar. '94-June '97. Each job focused on providing customer support for the MIT network. Platforms supported included Unix, Macintosh and Microsoft Windows systems.
Machine experience with BASIC, C, FORTRAN, PASCAL, PERL, Visual Basic, Visual C++, and other programming, scripting, and macro languages; DOS, MacOS, Windows 95, Windows NT and UNIX operating systems; LOTUS 1-2-3, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Access, WordPerfect and various other word processing, database, and data analysis tools; various forms of networking software and hardware on operating systems above; and various advanced laboratory equipment for scientific research projects. Certified CPR Instructor, BSA Lifeguard, and DIS Defense Contractor Security Clearance - Secret 1994, Debriefed January 1995.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge,MA Aug. '93-June '96. Project Links Teacher Assistant Volunteer in science and math with Harrington Elementary School; R/O Counselor for class of '98, '99, and 2000; Baker House - Country Kitchen Manager; Sigma Nu Fraternity, Inc. - Chapter Founder, Community Service Chair, Secretary, Alumni Chair, and Steward; Alpha Phi Omega (Community Service Fraternity) member. June '93-Present. Boy Scouts of America Troop 93 - Assistant Scout Master, Eagle Scout with gold palm; Olympic Torch Bearer - Birmingham, AL - June 29, 1996.