High School Engineering

SAMANTHA BARTON

*** **** ****** ******@*******.*** RR2 Box 323A

Apartment 4D 570-***-**** Athens, PA

Ithaca, NY 148**-*****

EDUCATION Cornell University, College of Engineering, Ithaca, NY 05/2011

Candidate for B.S. in Chemical and Biomolecular

Engineering, GPA 3.31, Merit Scholar

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, College of Engineering, 08/2007

Troy, NY -05/200

Candidate for B.S. in Chemical Engineering, GPA 3.95, 8

Dean's List

RELEVANT COURSES Organic Chemistry I & II . Honors Physical Chemistry I &

II . Genetics (High School) ( Anatomy & Physiology

(College Credit) ( Microeconomics ( Principles of Drug

Delivery (Fall 2010) ( Business Law (Fall 2010) (

Managing New Business Development (Fall 2010)

RELEVANT WORK Lehigh University Research Student for Dr. Bryan Berger, 05/2010

EXPERIENCE Bethlehem, PA -08/201

Studied membrane proteins using fluorescent tagging. 0

Assisted graduate students' research projects

additionally.

Cornell University Content Developer for Mass & Energy 05/2009

Balances, Ithaca, NY -12/200

Created learning tutorials for the class, critiqued and 9

supplied content for demonstration video of Sulfur

Dioxide project, and developed questions for quizzes.

LAB EXPERIENCE Lehigh University (Summer Research), Bethlehem, PA 05/2010

Gel electrophoresis ( Gel Extractions ( PCR ( Protein -08/201

Gels ( Gene Transformations ( Restriction Enzyme Digests 0

( DNA Extractions ( Bacterial Cultures ( Petri Dish

Plating ( Ligations ( Plasmid MiniPrep & Purification (

Spectroscopy ( Micro- and buret pipetting skills ( Cell

Harvesting ( Centrifugation ( Protein Purification (

Primer Design

Athens Area High School, Athens, PA 08/2003

Experience with Drosophila and Nestonia ( Genetic -06/200

Transformations (with PGlo) ( Micro- and buret pipetting 7

skills ( Dissections (cat, pig)

ADDITIONAL WORK Shepard Hills Country Club Beverage Cart Attendant & 06/2009

EXPERIENCE Bartender, Waverly, NY -

Served food & drink on the course, and bartended in the 08/2009

restaurant. Organized paperwork in spare time.

Kingswood Golf Course Cart Attendant & Pro-Shop Employee, 06/2006

Hudson Falls, NY -08/200

Cleaned and distributed carts to customers, filled in at 6

the pro shop, maintained gardens, and ensured customer

satisfaction overall.

Red Cross of America Lifeguard and Swim Instructor, 01/2006

Waverly, NY -05/200

Instructed levels 2, 3, and 4 lessons, and lifeguarded; 6

made children feel comfortable in the water.

PROJECT EXPERIENCE Analysis of Sulfur Dioxide Removal from Electric Plant's Fall

Stack Gas 2008

Established flow chart for plant. Determined

compositions of streams throughout plant, given coal

composition.

Design for Solar Powered Alternate Energy using Rankine Fall

Cycle 2009

Optimized fluid, temperature, and pressure to maximize

efficiency of solar-powered Rankine cycle.

COMPUTER SKILLS Microsoft Word, Works, PowerPoint, and Excel; Matlab,

Java, Mathematica, Maple 11, WordPerfect; Adobe

Photoshop, Acrobat, Illustrator

ACTIVITIES Society of Women Engineers member (2008-present) (

Science Olympiad (2004-2007) ( Future Business Leaders of

America (2004-2007) ( National Honor Society (2004-2007)

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