OBJECTIVE To obtain full time employment in the environmental or water resources field upon graduation in May 2016
EDUCATION Masters of Science in Civil Engineering
Concentration in Environmental and Water Resources Engineering
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Advised by Dr. William Knocke, GPA 3.65
May 2016
Bachelors of Science in Biology
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
2009
THESIS
“The Effects of Manganese Reducing Bacteria on Desorption of Manganese from MnOx(s) Coated Media”
• Developing bench-scale and in-situ methodologies for investigating the phenomenon of manganese desorption after the cessation of free chlorine
• Completing bench-scale filtration experiments to determine manganese removal behaviors with and with out the presence of manganese reducing microorganisms
• Molecular probe development for the tracking and quantification of the mtrB gene
2014 - present
COURSE PROJECTS AND EXPERIENCE
Class projects and developed skills
• Environmental Engineering Design I; Designed a 5-stage BNR plant to meet three stepped- down effluent nitrogen concentrations using BioWin software
• Environmental Engineering Design II; Completed a conceptual design proposal for both an excess lime softening and ion exchange water treatment plant
• Unit Operations and Processes
• Calculated Rose and Kozeny models on porous water filters for bed expansion hydraulics
• Coagulation and flocculation jar testing for turbidity and MnO2 removal
• Completed uptake capacity and breakthrough curves for ion exchange resin columns
• Calculated Freundlich and Langmuir isotherms for dye removal using PAC and GAC
• Tracer studies in ideal and non-ideal reactors to determine hydraulic retention times
• GIS Applications in Civil Engineering; Map generation and analysis of feature’s attribute data
• Fluid Mechanics; Calculation of major/minor head losses in distribution systems and pump and turbine design
• AutoCAD and Civil Engineering Drawings (AutoCAD Civil 3D); Drafted designs of engineering and cross sectional drawings as well as completed a land development project to partition a large subdivision
SKILLS
• BioWin Wastewater design software
• AutoCAD Civil 3D
• Technical writing
• General Lake Model (GLM 2.0)
• Photoshop
• Public Speaking and Teaching
• JMP statistical softwa...
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