Product Development Engineer, Vacuum Depositing Inc.

Louisville, KY

Fall 2023 - Present

• Supervised the development of trials through the plant, from customer specifications to testing and validation of finished products
• Analyzed data for testing and characterization of products and presented that data to team members and customers
• Maintained a collaborative working relationship with research engineers at the Micro/Nano Technology Center at the University of Louisville and utilized resources at the MNTC including training and state of the art testing equipment
• Assisted in the development and operation of new metallization processes such as Electron Beam Deposition
• Built parts and inventory within ERP Systems and developed strategies for migrating existing parts and procedures to new ERP frameworks
• Communicated with customers regarding potential new trial products and also with the testing and detailed status of existing trials
• Garnered extensive experience with in-house testing capabilities including Profilometry, Reflectometry and Spectrophotometry, and with external resources including Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Spectroscopy at the MNTC
• Assisted in day-to-day operations of the plant and inventory management of raw materials

Computer Science Teacher, Floyd Central High School

Floyds Knobs, IN

Fall 2018 - Fall 2023

• Licensed to teach Physics, Mathematics, and Computer Science in Indiana
• Spearheaded the Computer Science program in 2022 and expanded class sizes and course offerings, including the development of new classes such as CSIII--Software Development
• Taught numerous subjects across three departments and all grades levels, including Honors Mathematics, Advanced Placement Computer Science, and Physics
• Led the FC Robotics Club which competed at Vex V5 tournaments from 2021 to 2023

Programmer, J.B. Speed School of Engineering

Louisville, KY

Summer 2023

• Collaborated with a research team as part of a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) at the University of Louisville Department of Industrial Engineering and was the lead programmer to develop an online simulation for manufacturing and supply chain decision making
• Designed and executed a front-end and back-end code to support instructor-led, team-based multiplayer simulation
• Researched best practices for pedagogically effective simulations in industry and manufacturing
• Presented code and research results at the 2023 National Science Foundation RET Virtual Poster Session

Substitute Teacher, Kelly Educational Staffing

New Albany, IN

Winter 2017 - Fall 2017

• Assisted as a permanent substitute teacher for Floyd Central while in graduate school to become a certified teacher
• Administered classwork and communicated with students and parents for teachers on temporary leave

Teaching Assistant, University of Illinois

Urbana, IL

Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

• Led discussion sections for Astronomy 121 under Professor Emily Hardegree-Ullman
• Administered and graded assignments and tests and held office hours for students

Research Assistant, National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Charlottesville, VA

Summer 2015

• Collaborated with Dr. Adam Leroy and Dr. Jennifer Donovan Meyer on a research project to analyze low brightness signal in astronomical data
• Built python code to generalize and improve a stacking technique for data analysis
• Presented research results at the 225^th American Astronomical Society (AAS) Meeting in Seattle, WA and the 2014 Indiana University Undergraduate Research Conference (IUURC)

Research Assistant, Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

Fall 2011 - Spring 2015

• Collaborated with Dr. Liese van Zee and other team members on a research project to survey dark matter in low mass galaxies
• Assembled, processed, analyzed, and visualized archival astronomical data
• Presented research results at the 222^nd AAS meeting, the 2013 IUURC, and the 2012 Hutton Honors College Research Symposium at Indiana University

Indiana University Southeast

Summer 2017 - Spring 2018

Graduate Certificate for the Advance to Teaching program for Indiana Teaching Licensure, awarded Spring 2018

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Fall 2015 - Spring 2016

Completed 20 graduate credit hours toward PhD in Astrophysics, including Data Science, Cosmology and Physics

Indiana University Bloomington

Fall 2011 - Spring 2015

• Bachelor of Science in Astronomy/Astrophysics, awarded May 2015
• Bachelor of Science in Physics, awarded May 2015
• Departmental Honors in Astronomy
• Hutton Honors College Member
• Cox Research Scholar

Dr. Rob Malay

• Director of Applications
• Intellivation
• rmalay1@gmail.com
• (607) 296-9145
   

Dr. Malay was my manager on the Technical Team at VDI. I reported directly to him as Product Development Engineer and he was a mentor as I learned about thin film deposition and vacuum technology.

Dr. Rob Willman

• Principal
• Silver Creek High School
• RWillman@scsc.school
• (812) 987-1705
   

Dr. Willman was Principal at Floyd Central High School for five years while I worked there as a teacher. He hired me in 2018 and was my evaluator multiple times, including in 2023 when I earned the "highly effective" designation for Indiana teachers.

Dr. Faisal Aqlan

• Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering
• J.B. Speed School of Engineering, University of Louisville
• faisal.aqlan@louisville.edu
• (502) 852-1697
   

Dr. Aqlan was my employer and the supervisor for the Research Experience for Teachers (RET) program at the University of Louisville, under which I was the lead programmer for an online simulation research project.