Objective

A challenging summer position in chemical engineering or World Wide Web design.

Education

Candidate for Bachelor of Science in Engineering degree in Chemical Engineering and Minor in Chemistry, June 1998. Relevant courses include: Integrated Chemical Engineering, Microelectronics Processing Technology, Chemical Engineering Projects Laboratory, Transport Processes, Process Design, Organic Chemistry I and II, Inorganic Chemistry I. GPA 4.6/5.0.

Graduated valedictorian in class of 523. GPA 4.7/4.0.

Experience

May 1997-August 1997
As part of Computer-Aided Process Engineering group, designed Visual Basic interface for heat exchanger optimization program, conducted several ASPEN+ simulations on distillation towers, created World Wide Web sites for software repository and physical properties handbook.

Teaching Assistant
September 1997-December 1997

Taught recitation section of 20 students twice a week for Principles of Chemical Science.

Laboratory for Atmospheric Chemistry, Center for Global Change Science
May 1996-December 1996

Operated gas chromatograph to calibrate instruments and test water and air samples. Assessed variability of gas chromatograph by performing runs on standard gas samples. Designed experiments to quantify error factors.

Electronic Texts Project
February 1995-May 1995, February 1996-August 1996

Developed a World Wide Web page for a required class in chemical engineering thermodynamics. Site is an interactive text, with step-by-step examples, calculators, self-quizzes, and graphical demonstrations of chemical phenomena.

GUI Programmer
February 1995-May 1995

Used Tcl language and Tk to program graphical user interfaces. Experimented and designed various interfaces for a rapid thermal processing simulation.

Editor in Chief, The Tech
January 1997-present

Determine direction of newspaper by assigning news stories and coordinating efforts of several departments. Written over 70 articles. The Tech is MIT's largest student newspaper with a readership of 15,000. In 1994, The Tech was awarded the Compton Prize, MIT's highest honor.

President, New House 4
May 1996-present

Plan, direct house activities and policies in order to improve dormitory life for 40 residents.

Created an online periodic table of elements in January 1996. The data, provided through professors at University of Wisconsin-Madison and Illinois Institute of Technology, was arranged into HTML format through Perl scripts. Web site receives about 4,000 users a month and has received several awards.

Honors

National Merit Scholarship, Robert C. Byrd Scholarship, 1994 Junior Engineering and Technical Society Contest state champion in Chemistry, 1994 Illinois Math League Contest state champion, senior captain of Naperville North 1994 ICTM state champion math team, selected for Chicago All-Star Math Team (A-level), Who's Who Among American High School Students (1993, 1994).