BioCentury Research Farm
Research Assistant May 2013 present, 2014 Summer Internship
● As an employee my duties include operating, maintaining, and recording data from a
pilot sized “fluidized bed gasifier”.
● As an intern I was assigned to write a complete standard operating procedure for the
gasifier which included how to run it, how to maintain it, and explanations of the status
quo to help with future design decisions.
Iowa State Formula SAE
Body Team Engineer: August 2013 Present
● Currently codesigning a more complete aero package (front wing, belly pan, rear wing)
● Designed and tested a belly pan/diffuser using CFD
General Team Member: August 2012 Present
● Designed, manufactured, and assembled many minor components
● Fund Raising
● Repair and Maintenance
PrISUm Solar Car Team
General Team Member: August 2012 August 2013
● Designed and tested several cockpit shapes using CFD
● Manufactured carbon fiber body molds
● Manufactured battery management circuit boards
Resident Hall Cabinet Member
“What the Friley” Chairperson
● Organized weekly social events, submitted forms to earn points for events, and won first
place for our house
Community Service: Achieved the Eagle rank from Boy Scouts of America after planning,
fundraising, managing, and completing a large landscaping project for a local church
Computer Programs: SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor, ANSYS, Star CCM+, Matlab, Fortran,
LabView, Arduino (C,C++ based), DeltaV, Excel
Manufacturing:
Basic TIG and MIG welding, CNC mill operation, soldering, composite material
forming
Foreign Languages: Fluent in German, minor skills in Italian and Indonesian
| Last Resume Update | January 8, 2016 |
| Address | Cedar Rapids |
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