Emily Phillips
**** ** ***** **, *******, WA ****8 425-***-**** ************@*****.***
Objective
Chemical engineering graduate who held high academic achievement while working fulltime seeking employment as an Environmental Engineer. Accomplishments include internship with Tesla focused on test engineering, project management of one of the largest groups on campus, and multiple scholarships for academic achievement.
Experience
ENGINEERING INTERN PALO ALTO, CA TESLA MAY 2016-AUGUST 2016
Conducted experiments to measure individual battery cell’s charge capacity to find and isolate damaged cells within
Designed, built and implemented new hardware structure to speed the testing of individual battery cell charge capacity
Utilized acoustic emission to develop an experimental new process to create new basis for battery charge capacity measurement
Conducted over three hundred trials of acoustic emission tests and analyzed data using MATLAB and Excel to create degradation profiles of three common battery compositions to compare against accepted battery charge capacity standards.
PROJECT MANAGEMENT/GENERAL MANAGEMENT TROY, NY RPI PLAYERS MARCH 2015-MAY 2017
Facilitated a group with 250 active members, directly managed 5-15 employees and officers at any time, held weekly team meetings and month evaluations
Consolidated budgetary and publicity related affairs, articulated our goals, successes and failures to investors and former members, and computed the remaining budgetary goals on quarterly basis
Headed all hiring practices for the RPI Players, including but not limited to overhauling the hiring process, drafting all interview questions and scenarios, and arranging for background checks
Prioritized scoping of new projects, creation of feasible timelines, and development of personnel and resources to meet the needs of those projects
Generated the largest profit in the group’s history at a 274% rise of the previous year with a 173% rise in audience attendance over the past ten years
COLLEGE WORK STUDY OPPORTUNITIES TROY, NY RPI AUGUST 2013-MAY 2017
Teaching Assistant: Introduction to Engineering Analysis; Proctored exams, conducted office hours, promoted and designed plans to succeed for struggling or at-risk students
Admissions Tour Guide: conducted daily tours to groups of 20+ students, created programs to attract new students, communicated with prospective students and parents, assisted with preliminary application process
Other Work Study Opportunities: Handled Customer Service requests and inquiries, conducted inventory and stock management, planned large scale event logistics, and prepared administrative documents
Demonstrated the ability to hold three part-time jobs, totaling over 40 hours a week, while attending school full time over the entire duration of my academic career
Education
B.S. IN CHEMICAL ENGINEERING TROY, NY RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AUGUST 2013 - MAY 2017
GPA: 3.26/4.00
Honors and Accomplishments
oSemifinalist New York State Business Plan Competition – New Technology and Business Division (2014)
oSociety of Women Engineers: Dorothy M. and Earl S. Hoffman Scholarship Recipient for academic achievement (2013-2016)
oEverett Rotary Club: Anthony G. Bozich Scholarship for Scholastic Achievement in Engineering (2013-2017)
oSenior Capstone Project: Designed with Aspen and SuperPro Design the different processes to culture cheese and utilized Minitab to scope the economic feasibility of building a factory for that process
oDean’s List: Fall 2013- Spring 2016
Software Skills
Programming Languages: Python, SQL
Engineering and Statistical Modeling: Minitab and Matlab
Chemical Process Design, Simulation and Optimization: Aspen and SuperPro Designer
Test Engineering Applications: Labview and Sensorica
Other Software Applications: Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Access, Powerpoint, Publisher), Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Leadership Exposure
Managed 10 staff members and held weekly evaluations as a Junior Director for CYO Summer Camps.
Oversaw and facilitated one of the largest clubs on the college campus, and led three to four theatrical productions concurrently.
Planned and Orchestrated an event with over 600 attendees in less than 2 weeks with no budget to garner financial and material support for new and ongoing projects on the RPI campus
Other Skills
Welding Experience (beginner), lathe and mill skills
Adhesive background and experience
Construction experience; both on the field and office duties such as bids (high school)
Strong Data Analysis Background (3 years); focusing on statistical models, applying data to models, documenting the process, and writing proposals on data results.
Unpaid Work Experience
Constructed a database with SQL for the purposes of clinical supplement trials to create a double-blind test in Seattle, Washington (August 2015)
Designed the blueprints of a 3D printer for cotton to construct customized clothing (2013-2015)
Worked a minimum of six hours in lab a week as part of RPI’s undergraduate research experience during my 3rd and 4th years at RPI (2016-2017)
Social Media
Linkedin: in/emiphillips