Education
MSc Materials Science and Engineering | Cornell University
2019 - 2021
Thesis: Hybrid Green Composites Utilizing Lignocellulosic Fibers to Reinforce Soy-based Resins [view]
BSc Nuclear Engineering | Pennsylvania State University
2010 - 2013
Capstone Project: Design and Simulation of Nuclear Reactor Core Process in Collaboration with Westinghouse Electric
Work Experience
Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research
Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Program
VENUX VENDING CO.
Sustainable feminine care product vending taskforce
2021 - present
Part-time Engineer
Research Associate
Research Assistant
2018 - present
2015 - 2018
Cornell University
College of Human Ecology
Graduate Research Assistant
Graduate Research Assistant
Summer 2021
Summer 2020
University of South Florida
Functional Materials and Manufacturing Institute
Summer 2017
Visiting Research Scholar
Research Skills
Software
OriginPro; MATLAB; LaTeX (including \chemfig package); MarvinSketch; Affinity Designer; Adobe Photoshop; Microsoft Office Suite
Material Preparation/Processing
Thermoset resins (polymerization, crosslinking, plasticizing); CVD; reactive ball milling; e- beam PVD; Plasma Sputtering; Sol-gel; fiber chemical treatment and conditioning
Characterization and Analysis Techniques
Statistics (data analysis, hypothesis testing, probabilities, etc…); Python; Mechanical testing (uniaxial tensile, flexural, fiber pull-out, DMA); DSC; TGA; ATR-FTIR; SEM; XRD; Contact Angle; UV-vis; AFM; PV parametric analyzer; Solar simulator; Pressure-Composition-Temperature gas sorption