EDUCATION B.S.

Materials Science and Engineering, expected graduation May 2011 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Current Overall GPA: 3.0/4.0 Current in Major GPA: 3.3/4.0 RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE MITRE Corporation (Mclean, VA), 2010 Winter Technical Hire Tasked with researching and developing a pan tilt mount for an autonomous vehicl e surveillance system. This study considered both commercially available product s and in-house designs as viable options for implementation. MITRE Corporation (Fort Meade, MD), 2010 Summer Technical Hire Researched power space and cooling problems in the IT sector to advise field per sonnel on the most current trends and knowledge. NAVAIR (Patuxent River, MD), 2009 Materials Lab Technician Worked in metals testing lab making samples and conducted characterizations on d ifferent alloys to be used with U.S. Navy aircraft. RELATED SCHOOL EXPERIENCE Senior Design Project (Blacksburg, VA), 2010 Design Team Lead Acted as design team lead and group collaborator for an underwater unmanned vehi cle platform for the Naval Research Laboratory. This was a year-long project aim ed at optimizing an existing biomimetic jellyfish platform. SECURITY CLEARENCE Secret Clearance-Effective June 2010 SCHOOL ACTIVITIES AND ORGANIZATIONS Materials Advantage Member (2009, 2010) Virginia Tech Formula SAE Team Volunteer (2007) Teaching Assistant for MSE (2010) COMPUTER Familiar Familiar Familiar Familiar SKILLS with Matlab with Mathematica with CES Material Selection Data Pack with Microsoft Office Suite