Resume & CV

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Education:       

University of California, Berkeley                                          
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, 2013  
Berkeley, CA, USA  
                                                                                                    
University of California, Berkeley
M.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2008
Engineering and Business for Sustainability Certificate, 2008 
Berkeley, CA, USA

Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical University                 
B.S., Mechanical Engineering, 2006                  
Normal, AL, USA          
                                                      
Professional Experience

United States Agency for International Development (USAID)
Foreign Service Engineering Officer
Washington, DC; Haiti, South Africa
September 2013 - Current 

Millennium Challenge Corporation – Arizona State University 
MCC-ASU Science, Technology, & Innovation Fellow
Washington, DC
January 2013 - July 2013 

National Academy of Engineering (NAE) 
J. Herbert Hollomon and Christine Mirzayan Science & Technology Policy Fellow
Washington, DC 
August 2012 - January 2013

University of California, Berkeley
Graduate Student Researcher and Instructor   
Berkeley, CA, USA
August 2006 - August 2012              

Intel Corporation                   
Fab Sort Manufacturing Graduate Intern Technical   
Hillsboro, OR, USA     
June 2009 - August 2009                                           
                         
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory      
Technology Resources Engineering Division Intern
Livermore, CA, USA     
May 2007 - June 2008                                     

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory                             
New Technologies Engineering Division Intern
Livermore, CA, USA     
June 2006 - August 2006 
 
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory                             
Manufacturing & Materials Engineering Division Intern
Livermore, CA, USA     
May 2005 - August 2005 

University of Michigan NSF Engineering Research Center
Summer Research Opportunity Program Researcher
Ann Arbor, MI, USA
June 2004 - July 2004
                      
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Safety and Mission Assurance Intern
Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, USA
May 2003 - July 2003


Teaching Experience:         

University of California, Berkeley
E 10: Introduction to Design and Analysis (Mechanical Eng. Module)
Graduate Student Instructor 
Spring 2008, Spring 2009 (Professor: Alice Agogino)     
Fall 2010 (Professor: Lisa Pruitt)
Spring 2011 (Professor: Lisa Pruitt)

University of California, Berkeley
ME 135: Design of Microprocessor-Based Mechanical Systems
Graduate Student Instructor
Spring 2010 (Professor: George Anwar)
                               
University of California, Berkeley
E 39F: CARES (Community Assessment of Renewable Energy and Sustainability) Freshmen/Sophomore Seminar       
Graduate Student Instructor
Fall 2010 (Professor: Alice Agogino)