Experience

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  Hippo Harvest

  • Pescadero, California, United States

  • Robotics Intern

    • May 2023 - Dec 2023
    • Pescadero, California, United States

    Designed and installed an automatically monitored and circulating liquid fertilizer distribution system for greenhouse. Replicated and improved a fertilizer concentrate mixing station made primarily with PVC and components such as peristaltic pumps, turbine flow sensors, photoelectric sensors, and valves.

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  Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing, Inc.

  • Dickinson, North Dakota, United States

  • Engineering Intern

    • May 2021 - Aug 2021
    • Dickinson, North Dakota, United States

    Responsibilities include:-The writing, updating and maintenance of technical documents for the wire cutting department of KMM.-The use of AutoCAD to reverse engineer and 3D print replacement parts for wire cutting machines. -The training of new wire cutting operators to use various wire cutting and laser marking machines.

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  Our Daily Bread Bakery & Bistro

  • Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

  • Waitress

    • Nov 2017 - Jun 2020
    • Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

    Worked both full-time during the summer and part time during the school year as a high school student. Worked as a waitress, cashier, barista and delivery driver and occasionally catered weddings and dinner parties. I learned customer service, time management, and communication skills.

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  International Standard School

  • Phnom Penh, Cambodia

  • Foreign English Teacher

    • Jul 2019 - Dec 2019
    • Phnom Penh, Cambodia

    Taught English, math, and reading curriculums to grades 2-8 while living in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and living with a native host family during my gap year after high school. I created original lesson plans, helped organize and execute the annual spelling bee and graduation ceremony. I learned collaboration and advanced communication skills while having to deal with language barriers.

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  Virginia Tech

  • Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

  • Robotics Algorithms & Autonomous Systems Lab Intern

    • May 2018 - Aug 2018
    • Blacksburg, Virginia, United States

    Assisted graduate students in the Robotics Algorithms & Autonomous Systems Lab under Professor Tokekar. My responsibilities included programming flight patterns and performing necessary calculations for drone flight and compiling 2D images/video footage to render a 3D model using Agisoft PhotoScan for use in CAD software.