Summary
Chemical and Materials engineering student at the Master’s level with a thorough understanding of materials processing, testing, and characterization. Completed advanced education, training, and research in the fabrication and characterization of refractory composites for application in the nuclear energy industry, through collaboration with national laboratory scientists. Developed strong communication skills through regularly writing technical reports and presenting results at major industry conferences.
Education
University of California, Santa Barbara College of Engineering
Master of Science in Materials
September 2015 (Expected)
Cumulative GPA: 3.58 / 4.0
University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering
May 2012
Summa cum laude
One of three incoming engineering students to be awarded the Jack Welch Scholarship (2008)
Technical Experience
Graduate Student Researcher, Materials Department
University of California, Santa Barbara
Sep. 2012-Present
Advisor: Prof. G. Robert Odette
Designed, fabricated, characterized, and tested ductile-phase-toughened tungsten composites considering application in high-heat flux components of future nuclear fusion reactors.
Laboratory experience includes metallographic preparation up to EBSD-quality finish, optical microscopy / SEM / EDS, tensile / hardness / fracture testing, spark plasma sintering, vacuum hot pressing, electroplating, and wet etching. Completed coursework and training on TEM.
Taught self to program in Mathematica and developed a model based on group’s previous work to predict fracture resistance and load-displacement curves for ductile-phase-toughened composites. Worked on group projects apart from thesis work in Visual Basic.
Presented results in annual departmental seminars, in semi-annual and annual progress reports to the US DOE Office of Fusion Sciences, and at professional conferences.
Undergraduate Researcher, Materials Research Science and Engineering Center
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Jun. 2010-May 2012
Advisors: Prof. Thomas Russell and Prof. Narayanan Menon
Designed, constructed, and performed independent experiments under guidance of advisors and mentors to observe the dynamics of thin film wrinkling.
Prepared polymer solutions, used spincasting to create films, us...
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