Rachael Temple **** Bastille Place, Severn, MD ***44

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Education University of Maryland, College Park, MD

B.S., Geotechnical Civil Engineering Expected May 2022

Dean’s List, Fall 2018

Technical Montgomery County Department of Transportation Gaithersburg, MD

Experience Transportation Intern July-Sept 2021

Collaborated with traffic engineers to conceptualize safe routes to schools prioritizing pedestrian safety.

Evaluated the effectiveness of community outreach programs and analyzed crash data in high-traffic corridors to realize ways to improve road conditions.

UMD Civil Engineering Department College Park, MD

Undergraduate Researcher Oct.-Dec. 2019

•Accompanied Dr. Allison Reilly and a graduate student for a project exploring disaster declaration equity and impacts of federal disaster aid on community infrastructure.

•Catalogued sea tide data in Excel, programmed charts in Matlab, assessed results, and performed forecasts.

UMD Mechanics Competition – First Place College Park, MD Truss Assembly Project Jan.-May 2019

Attained highest award for truss with highest strength-to-weight ratio, exceeding designs of other peers.

Conceptualized most efficient design using 3D CAD software and collaborated with team of 4 students on truss assembly.

Performed shear force calculations to optimize model's strength.

UMD Engineering Design Project College Park, MD

Over Sand Vehicle Project Jan.-May 2019

Collaborated on a team of 8 students to design, construct, and program an enhanced autonomous vehicle.

Installed an enhanced lightweight chassis, wheels, and drivetrain, and created component blueprints in Inventor Professional.

Affiliations ASCE University of Maryland Chapter May 2020-Present

Leadership President of Longboarding Club at UMD Mar. 2020-Present

KEYS to Empowering Youth STEM Volunteer Mar. 2019

Skills Software: MicroStation, Creo, SketchUp, MATLAB, Word, Excel, PowerPoint

Languages: French, Russian, Korean (conversational), Italian (conversational)

Websites Women in Engineering website

linkedin.com/in/rachael-temple