Education University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 2012-2013
Master of Engineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering GPA: 4.00
Concentration: Water Resources
Duke University, Durham, NC 2008-2012
Bachelor of Science, Civil and Environmental Engineering GPA: 3.33
Concentration: Environmental
Certification Engineer In Training (EIT), North Carolina May 2012
Skills • Software: ArcGIS, Microsoft Office, Python, Matlab,
Visio, OWL, AutoCAD, StormCAD, LATEX
• Languages: Fluent in English, basic knowledge of French
Professional Experience
Intern, Kafubu Water & Sewerage Company, Ndola, Zambia Summer 2011
Participated in an internship rotation program that involved water and sewerage quality control, field operations, and educational outreach
•Collected sewage effluent, raw and treated drinking water samples
•Tested samples for phosphates, ammonia, metals, total hardness, fecal and total coliforms
•Participated in peri-urban projects aimed at improving sanitation in low-income settlements
•Performed design analysis to improve a malfunctioning anaerobic degradation facility
•Gained sound knowledge in water and sewerage treatment processes
•Acquired experience in performing water quality tests, systems design analysis and team work
Intern, Coast Development Transparency Initiative, Mombasa, Kenya Summer 2010
Organized and led a community outreach project on environmental awareness
•Organized recycling training workshops targeting women and youth in high density areas
•Gave talks about environmental sustainability and the importance of recycling
•Conducted hands on training on making products from recycled materials
•Achieved 100% of the goals and under budget
Research Experience
Graduate Research Assistant, USC, Columbia SC 2012-2013
Participated in a collaborative research project funded by the NSF to improve access to data and models in the hydrologic sciences
•Investigated the application of well-defined data structures (ontology) to overcome semantic heterogeneity in integrated modeling
•Used ontology in the declarative expression of the SWAT model to facilitate externalization of knowledge about the modeled systems, and the adopted model solving procedures
•Applied the Dublin Core and other metadata standards to extend the Water Resources Component (WRC) ontology for computational model metadata
•Presented research at the University of Sou...
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