Power Plant Engineering

Location:

Hillside, NJ

Posted:

September 12, 2014

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Resume:

ELIJAH A. HERNANDEZ ? Brooklyn, New York ? 347-***-**** ?

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EDUCATION

New York University Polytechnic School of Engineering, Brooklyn, NY

. Bachelor of Science Degree in Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

May 2014

. Current GPA 3.720

Honors

. Degree Honors: Magna Cum Laude and NYU Founder's Day Award

recipient

. 2-time Who's Who in American Colleges and Universities (2013 and

2014) award recipient

. Dean's list student from Freshmen-Present

RESEARCH & RELEVANT ACADEMIC PROJECTS

NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

Chemical Engineering Design Projects

September 2013 - May 2014

. Designed a fully functional power plant with CO2 removal

. Designed a process that produces butanol as a biofuel with the ABE

fermentation process

AIChE ChemE Car Project

February 2013 - December 2013

. Participated in a team that builds a car started and stopped by a

chemical reaction.

. Used chemical reaction engineering to achieve the team goal.

Bio-Optics Laser Project

December 2013

. Determined specific characteristics of a simple laser such as

wavelength and polarity

. Used the same laser to determine the track pitch of a CD and DVD;

also determined the index of refraction of glass using the laser

. Analyzed the behavior of the laser as it was shown through

different media

Retrieval and Delivery Robot Semester-Long Design Project

February 2010 - April 2010

Designed, tested, and commissioned ahead of schedule a fully

autonomous Retrieval and Delivery robot programmed using Lego

Mindstorms NXT

EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE

NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering

General Engineering Teaching Assistant

July 2010 - May 2014

. Taught introductory engineering and computer laboratory workshops

to college freshmen as part of a team.

. Completed office work using Project 2010, PowerPoint 2010, and Word

2010 in preparation for classes.

. Graded lab reports for students of this course.

. Aided in setting up laptops and scanners for guest speakers during

lecture class.

. Worked with incoming freshmen in various ways, such as proctoring

during their assessment exams and aiding their computer science

professor in teaching them Word, Excel, and AutoCAD.

. Archived old important files, made student quizzes, managed all

presentations, checked if student manual is correct

NACME (National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering) Student

Ambassador February 2013 - January 2014

. Encouraged participation of NACME scholars in NACME's Online Resume