Summary: Chemical/environmental engineer with advanced degree and full-time work experience involving technical communication for results dissemination/educational purposes, simultaneous management of diverse activities, and training future engineers/junior researchers. Experience with field and laboratory-based research settings and work done in collaboration with state and local government entities. Proven ability to meet external deadlines and satisfy project objectives with minimal supervision and experience with assigning tasks to/evaluating work of others.

Work Experience:

Term Teaching Assistant Professor, Chemical Engineering (8/12-5/13)

University of Minnesota Duluth

* Evaluated written/oral reports from senior engineering undergraduate students on technical merit, communication effectiveness, and proper experimental recordkeeping as part of instructional responsibilities for semi-independent chemical unit operations laboratory course

* Prepared 3 hours/week of new course materials for 15-week introductory course on applied engineering statistics, design of experiments (DOE), and statistical process control (SPC)

* Planned concurrent sets of activities for and assessed submitted materials from multiple unrelated groups of up to 35 future engineers/scientists

* Served on hiring committee for replacement staff laboratory manager and assisted with tours/outreach activities for prospective/current students and local community

Research/Teaching Associate (1/12-6/12)

University of Missouri – Columbia

* Supervised graduate laboratory teaching assistant while introducing students to key environmental engineering/science topics in fundamentals of environmental engineering course

* Maintained GC/MS with purge-and-trap system and GC/ECD for analysis of regulated halogenated organic disinfection byproducts in drinking water

* Trained/supervised graduate students on sample preparation and use of equipment for water sample chemical analysis, including standard QA/QC procedures

Research Assistant (8/06-12/11)

University of Missouri – Columbia

* Determined physicochemical treatment effectiveness under typical operation patterns/environmental variability by comparing routine data collected during small municipal drinking water treatment plant operations with results of chemical analyses (e.g. disinfection byproducts, organic carbon)

* Trained and supervised undergraduate students responsible for weekly collection of water samples from municipal water treatment facility and distribution system over 2-year period

* Consulted with water treatment staff to gain understanding of difficulties in actual process operation and current operational objectives to meet state/federal regulatory requirements

Research Assistant (1/04-7/06)

University of Missouri – Rolla

* Evaluated hydrogel sorbent for aqueous metal ions using flame atomic absorption (AA) spectroscopy

* Measured natural convective flow patterns in proposed water treatment process using Doppler velocimetry

* Assembled equipment and developed standard operating procedures for new cold-vapor atomic fluorescence spectrophotometer (CVAFS) for mercury analysis

Clean-Room Engineering Technician (7/03-12/03)

Brewer Science, Inc., Rolla, MO

* Studied scale-up potential of polymer coating for application in outside client’s manufacturing process

* Improved data set on polymeric release layer’s behavior under varying manufacturing conditions by performing testing in Class-100 and Class-1000 clean rooms

Professional Credentials/Affiliations:

Engineer Intern (Missouri)

American Water Works Association (AWWA)

Society of Women Engineers (SWE)

Education:

Ph.D. Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering emphasis (12/11)

University of Missouri – Columbia

Dissertation: “Management of Disinfection Byproduct Production in Small Drinking Water Systems”

M.S. Environmental Engineering (7/06)

University of Missouri – Rolla

GPA: 3.9/4.0

B.S. Chemical Engineering (12/03)

University of Missouri – Rolla

GPA: 3.9/4.0

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