Mia S. Powell

New Brunswick, NJ Cell: 973-***-**** ac772i@r.postjobfree.com

Education

RUTGERS UNIVERSITY, NEW BRUNSWICK BACHELORS OF SCIENCE Expected Graduation: May 2019 Major: Chemical Engineering Minor: Food Science MEMBER OF DOUGLASS RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE

Research Experience

FOOD SCIENCE RESEARCH ASSISTANT RUTGERS UNIVERSITY MAR. 2018 – CURRENT

• Working under Dr. P. Takhistov with 3D food printing applications

• Research focus related to rheology, extrusion, and heterogenous mixtures

• Facilitating a project for analyzing the effect of syringe height, speed, and diameter on output shape

• REHS Lab Safety Certified

Work Experience

LEAD TEACHER ENGINEERING FOR KIDS EDISON JAN. 2017 - JAN. 2018

• Taught STEM based curriculum to about 15 different classes of elementary school students

• Worked with the LEGO Mindstorm robotics system as well as game design with Clickteam Fusion

• Used public relation skills to increase company’s social media attention on Facebook OFFICE OF STUDENT SERVICES DESK CLERK RUTGERS UNIVERSITY MAR. - SEPT. 2016

• Organized Excel spreadsheets with large amounts of data for office invoices

• Provided front desk customer service

T.A.R.G.E.T. PROGRAM COUNSELOR RUTGERS UNIVERSITY JUN. - JUL. 2015

• Worked with a team of 5 counselors to teach over 120 middle school and high school girls

• Taught the engineering design process and how to apply it in small scale projects

• Created and presented educational presentations in a classroom setting Leadership Experience

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF BLACK ENGINEERS NSBE

• Region One Executive Board (2017-18)

o Acted as the New Jersey Zone Chair and oversaw the chapter presidents of NJ universities o Planned and budgeted a one-day conference, New Jersey Zone Conference o Acted as the Public Relation Chair and oversaw the Region’s social media attention as well as individual chapter PR chairs.

• Minority Engineering Educational Task, Rutgers Chapter (2015-18) o Stood as Cultural Awareness Chair and planned the Semi-Annual High School Outreach Program where 15-20 select high school student are taught about engineering and the college experience for a 3-day weekend

o Stood as Academic Excellence Chair and held a weekly study night to encourage chapter members to achieve academic excellence.

Skills

Microsoft Word, Microsoft PPT, Microsoft Excel, MATLAB, Aspen, Public Speaking, Event Planning