Experience

Exponent

• United States
• Business Consulting and Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate in Materials &. Corrosion Engineering

  • Jun 2020 - Feb 2022

  Menlo Park, California, United States



Stanford University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Scholar

  • Jan 2018 - May 2019

  Stanford, California Investigating the fundamental scientific unknowns of a novel small-scale single crystal casting technique using various materials characterization methods.



University of California, Berkeley

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• PhD Candidate

  • Mar 2015 - Dec 2017

  United States

• Graduate Student Researcher

  • Aug 2012 - Mar 2015

  Berkeley Material Science and Engineering Department Proposal: Fundamental Investigations of Impurity Effects in α-Titanium Publication: Q. Yu, L. Qi, T. Tsuru, R. Traylor, D. Rugg, J.W. Morris Jr., M. Asta, D.C. Chrzan & A.M. Minor. (Feb. 2015). Origin of dramatic oxygen solute strengthening effect in titanium. Science, 34(6222), 635-639. MS Thesis: Observation and Analysis of the HCP-to-FCC Phase Transformation in Titanium



GE

• United States
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Coatings Engineer Contractor

  • May 2012 - Jul 2012

  Greenville, South Carolina Area MPE Department on in the Gas Turbine Special Processes (GTSP) Team Analyzed coatings of field hardware and present findings to improve performance in land-based gas turbine engines.



Clemson University

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Researcher

  • Aug 2011 - May 2012

  Clemson University Materials Science and Engineering Department Researching the effects of vacancies and grain size on omega and alpha phase transformations and stability in the Ti-15V-3Cr-3Sn-3Al alloy.



UCSB Department of Materials Engineering

• Research Intern in Science and Engineering

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  Goleta, CA Material Science and Engineering Department Researched sustained peak low-cycle fatigue tested, single crystal nickel-based superalloys and casting processes.



Thermal Ceramics

• United Kingdom
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Cooperative Education Student

  • Jan 2009 - Aug 2010

  Augusta, Georgia Area Research and Development Department Performed lab tests, worked with thermal conductivity, and researched high emissivity coatings for refractory insulating materials.