Ryan Young

President at University of Pittsburgh Student Government Board
  • Claim this Profile
Contact Information
us****@****om
(386) 825-5501
Location
Newtown, Pennsylvania, United States, US

Topline Score

Topline score feature will be out soon.

Bio

Generated by
Topline AI

You need to have a working account to view this content.
You need to have a working account to view this content.

Experience

    • United States
    • Government Administration
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • President
      • Apr 2023 - Present

      Served as the chief advocate of the student body representing issues and concerns of 20,000 undergraduates to Pitt faculty, staff, administration, other universities, and local, state, and federal government. Lead 8 board members, 9 committees, task forces, and staff members. Oversaw allocations of $3.5 million budget to support 600+ student organizations. Lobbied for sexual misconduct prevention legislation in DC as part of ACC Advocacy Days. Represented the board to various University committees including the Board of Trustees. Show less

    • Vice President for Governance
      • Feb 2023 - Apr 2023

      Work to advance the Assembly, a representative body of student leaders from across campus. Attended University Senate Council and voted on new University policies.

    • Board Member
      • Sep 2022 - Feb 2023

      Advocated for students as one of the 9 representative positions in Pitt's undergraduate student government. Chartered the Student Against Sexual Misconduct Ad-hoc Committee, which worked with University offices like Title IX and outside organizations like It's On Us to identify areas for growth in the ways the University of Pittsburgh combats sexual misconduct and supports survivors.

    • Webmaster
      • May 2022 - Sep 2022

      Rebuilt the SGB website, which had not been updated correctly in several years. Maintained the website with up to date information including minutes, contact information, and committee information.

    • NASA Space Grant Eclipse Research Project Undergraduate Researcher
      • Oct 2021 - Present

      Advised by Dr. David Turnshek and Dr. Russell Clark on a weather balloon project to measure shadow banding in the upper atmosphere right before and after totality during upcoming solar eclipses. Built a computational model to predict the trajectory of weather balloons using NOAA forecasting models to predict the location of scientific payloads during eclipse totality and to inform launch location selection and worked on a device to model shadow banding to test instruments built to measure them on the payload. Show less

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • The CyberWater Project Undergraduate Researcher
      • Aug 2021 - Present

      Working with Professor Xu Liang's research group on the CyberWater project, with a focus on hydrological model coupling and model optimization. Created an approximately 100-page user manual, developed several data agents for easy data integration, integrated GIS software, and refactored VIC+2.0 20+ year old C/FORTRAN codebase.

    • National Science Foundation REU Intern
      • May 2021 - Aug 2021

      Worked with Professor Xu Liang's research group on the development and testing of the CyberWater project, a software system that enables easy and incremental integration of diverse data sources and models for knowledge discovery and interdisciplinary team-work, reproducible computing, and seamless, on-demand access to various HPC resources.

    • United States
    • Higher Education
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Lead Resident Assistant
      • May 2022 - Apr 2023

      Supervised 15 other Resident Assistants and oversaw the administration of a building of 740 students. Scheduled and lead the on-call capacity of Sutherland Hall, managing crisis situations and conflicts. I co-lead weekly staff meetings to engage Resident Assistants, communicated important information, organized building wide programming, and answer questions on expectations within the role.

    • Resident Assistant
      • Jul 2021 - May 2022

      Worked in the Freshman Honors Living Leaning Community to support residents, organize programming, and collaborate with other RAs. Mentored 92 students and facilitated 158 individual meetings on academic and personal development.

    • United States
    • Research
    • 1 - 100 Employee
    • Mascaro Center for Sustainable Innovation Intern
      • May 2022 - Aug 2022

      Selected as a Mascaro Center Frank and Daphna Lederman Scholar for summer 2022 to continue work with Dr. Xu Liang's research group with a focus on the cyber infrastructure involved in understanding sustainable hydrology. Selected as a Mascaro Center Frank and Daphna Lederman Scholar for summer 2022 to continue work with Dr. Xu Liang's research group with a focus on the cyber infrastructure involved in understanding sustainable hydrology.

    • United States
    • Retail
    • 100 - 200 Employee
    • Customer Service Associate
      • Dec 2018 - Aug 2021

      Worked in the cash office producing sales reports, counting money, and auditing drawers and safes. Closed the store, managed cashiers, ran customer service, and facilitated a smooth front end. Worked in the cash office producing sales reports, counting money, and auditing drawers and safes. Closed the store, managed cashiers, ran customer service, and facilitated a smooth front end.

Education

  • University of Pittsburgh
    Bachelor of Science - BS, Mathematics and Physics & Astronomy
    2020 - 2024
  • Council Rock High School North
    High School Diploma, 4.31; Distinguished Honor Roll (2016-2020), Distinguished Scholar
    2016 - 2020

Community

You need to have a working account to view this content. Click here to join now