Experience, like food for the soul

Generally Reverse Chronological

MAY 2023
LSU Tiger Twelve
2023 Recipient

  • Award given to recognize 12 outstanding LSU graduating seniors who have a demonstrated commitment to community, campus, and society

MAY 2023
Warren N Waggenspack Leadership Legacy Award
2023 Recipient (with 3 others)

  • Won award given by the Society of Peer Mentors to recognize service towards the organization’s goal of K-12 STEM outreach while leaving the greatest lasting impact on the organization.

Fall 2022 - Spring 2023
Capstone Design Project
Teammember, Manufacturing and Design Coordinator

  • With team of 8, designed, analyzed, manufactured, and tested a centrifugal pump mechanical seal cleaning skid system for Shell’s Norco manufacturing complex. Final product reduced pump downtime from 1 week to 1 shift, resulting in a craft-hours savings of 250 hours (equivalent to $16,000), each time it is used. In 2022 Shell Norco had to replace 177 seals. If half could be cleaned, savings could exceed $1,000,000/year.

AUG 2022
Geaux Engineering Bridge Camp
Program Leader

  • Created (with Zoe Elam) Engineering Ethics, Internships & Co-ops, and Ask-An-Upperclassman Q&A Panels, which we presented to the incoming College of Engineering Freshman.

  • Generally helped with camp organization, directed crowds at lunch times, helped judge a competition.

Summer 2022
ExxonMobil
Mechanical Engineering Internship, Fixed Equipment and Machinery (rotating equipment)
Baton Rouge Chemical Plant and Plastics Plant

  • Machinery: Troubleshot cavitation issue with 5 pumps running in parallel, explored mitigation options with utilities and other machinery engineers, and wrote a technical memorandum with my recommendations for lead machinery engineer. Compiled existing documentation for future pressure loss analysis of an extruder’s gearbox lube oil system.

  • Fixed Equipment: Evaluated retirement limits for pipes, heat exchangers, and drums that had experienced degradation and calculated new safe limits. Published these new limits in memorandums to lead mechanical engineers. Updated unit-specific pipe class to save time and prevent issues with source inspection practices.

  • Other: Wrote operations guidebook for 3D printing machinery components. Printed desktop model of a hyper-compressor cylinder for future training purposes. Received vibration monitoring trainings, interacted with vendors, received loss prevention trainings, and learned management of change system.

  • Applicable Codes and Resources: ASTM F1545, ASME B31.3, ASME Section 8 Division I, ExxonMobil Piping and Maintenance Guide, API 574, API 579/ASME FFS-1, ExxonMobil DP10D

  • Extracurricular: Went on swamp tour and held baby alligator, participated in Bayou Monte Sano cleanup through BREC, volunteered at BR Food Bank, went hiking in Tunica Falls with other interns, and more.

FEB 2022 - MAY 2023
Maker Club
Founder and President

  • Created Maker Club from ground up. Ideated initial concept and sought people to become officers. Reached out to potential advisors. Wrote organization constitution. Created website. Led soldering, LED “neon” sign, Solidworks, slicing, and 3D printing workshops.

  • See more at www.maker-club.org

Spring 2022
LSU College of Engineering
Grader for ME 4133 Machine Design I

  • Checked students’ project code to ensure it ran as described and that there was no cheating involved.

2021-2022
LCDC 2022 Planning Committee
Advertising Co-Chair

  • Created registration form for corporations, helped create poster for event, reached out to local high schools. contacted professors to present the event to their classes and then presented to their classes.

  • Created proposal for items to be given to contestants

AUG 2021
Geaux Engineering
Team Leader

  • Team leader for a group of 5 incoming engineering freshmen. Guided team during design competition, mentored on the transition from high school to college, and advised on the best actions to take to most guarantee success in the ME program.

Summer 2021
Intralox
Mechanical Engineering Internship, Logistics Material Handling Group

  • Set up equipment and made necessary modifications to said equipment for demonstration to potential customers in the LMH industry (Amazon, UPS, FedEx, USPS, etc) in New Orleans

  • Ideated, tested, and iterated conveyance solutions on the full scale demonstration conveyor

  • Implemented and tested applications engineering conveyance solutions

  • Processed Engineering Change Requests and executed necessary engineering work such as CAD modelling and updating drawings in Baltimore and later remotely from the New Orleans offices

  • Inventoried storage containers to create master inventory and master map with pivot tables to make every item in storage searchable

MAY 2021
Kat Pigott
Graphic Design

  • Created illustrations advertising local book signings for Kat Pigott’s children novels

AUG 2019 - NOV 2023
Louisiana State University Office of Testing and Evaluation Services
Student Worker

  • Created proposals with multiple avenues for increased efficiency in service

  • Created proposal for simplification of signage for increased testing flow and better student experience

  • Aided in administering the Notary Exam and provided crowd control and organization

  • Interacted with professors bringing in tests to be graded

  • Fielded questions from professors, students, and parents regarding testing services

  • Created lighting system to control pedestrian flow during busy times

AUG 2019 - MAY 2023
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College
Student

  • 3.95 GPA

  • Fall 2019, Spring 2023 President’s Honor Roll

  • Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Fall 2022 Dean’s List

  • S&B Constructors and Engineers Scholar

  • Phillips 66 Fuel for the Future Scholar

  • National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering Scholar

  • National Hispanic Scholarship Scholar

  • Sample Relevant Courses Completed: Solidworks, Thermodynamics, Simulation Methods, Dynamics, Materials of Engineering, Statics, Mechanics of Materials, Fluid Mechanics, Machine Design I, Electronics, Sophomore Design.

NOV 2020 - MAY 2023
Tau Beta Pi Louisiana Alpha
Member
Marketing Co-Chair Spring 2021-Spring 2022 (sole Chair from DEC 2021 - Spring 2022)
Industry and Professional Liaison Spring 2022-Fall 2023

  • Created merchandising mock-ups (visible in the engineering page gallery section)

  • Created website for organization (as seen in Engineering Gallery)

  • Brought materials for and guided other in Bent polishing (Engineering Gallery)

  • Designed and created sticker for the club

JAN 2020 - May 2023
Society of Peer Mentors
Member
Fundraising Co-Chair AUG 2020 - FEB 2022 (sole Fundraising Chair from AUG 2021 - FEB 2022)
Outreach Chair FEB 2022 - May 2023

  • Headed fundraising committee, delegating tasks such as company outreach and grant research and application, organizing meetings for said committee, and reporting to the president of the organization

  • Designed merchandising mock-ups visible in engineering gallery

  • Successfully brought merchandise to market

  • Created template sponsorship document to send to prospective corporate sponsors

  • Attended leadership trainings in 2020, 2021, and 2022

  • Volunteered at outreach events such as local VEX robotics competition, First Lego League, STEM days at the Art and Science Museum, GEAUX Big volunteering, and elementary school STEM nights

  • Organized all outreach events and coordinated GEAUX BIG SPM cohort

  • Recipient of 2023 Warren N Waggenspack Leadership Legacy Award

AUG 2020 - May 2023
American Society of Mechanical Engineers LSU
Member
Event Coordinator AUG 2020-APR 2021, AUG 2022-MAY 2023

  • Organized and ran social events for organization with respect to coronavirus conditions

  • Helped initiate joint meeting with AIChE to facilitate networking

  • Designed organization website and opened avenues for online due taking and polo ordering (Engineering Gallery)

NOV 2020 - MAY 2023
Honors College Advocates
Advocate

  • Recruited incoming students to the honors college

  • Promoted the honors college

  • Peer advised fellow honors students

JAN 2020 - MAY 2023
LSU Golf Club
Member

JUL 2020
Geaux Engineering Bridge Camp
Team Leader

  • Team leader for a group of incoming engineering freshmen at this bridge camp

  • Guided team on design competition to design a lifeboat lowering device

  • Organized virtual icebreaker event for entire competition

JUN - JUL 2020
Pride Calculus Program LSU College of Engineering
Mentor

  • Mentored incoming freshmen from under-represented communities to better prepare them for the transition from high
    school to university

AUG 2019
Encounter Engineering Bridge Camp
Participant

  • Was member of a team that built a roller coaster cart using given supplies with goal of carrying the most people (wooden pegs) down the track. I came up with the general design and handled construction while other members helped or handled trades with other teams. Our cart was damaged overnight and flew off the track during the competition but we had so many people on it that we still placed second after losing more than half of them

  • Attended leadership trainings and general engineering workshops

SUMMER 2019
Colombian Vacation

  • Went to see family in Bogota, Libano, and Ibague.

  • Saw the Murillo waterfall, the Nevado del Ruiz, the Bodies exhibit, Pereira, and the hot springs in Santa Rosa

SUMMER 2019
Caribbean Cruise

  • Went to Jamaica, Grand Cayman, and Cozumel, Mexico, with friends.

FEB 2019
I See You, Green Dinosaur by Kat Pigott and Mason Sibley
Marketing

  • Created video and social media posts to promote the release of a local children's book

AUG 2018 - MAY 2019
KILLIAN FOOD BANK
Volunteer

  • Helped distribute food to people's vehicles

AUG 2018 - MAY 2019
Springfield High School
Senior Class President

  • Gave presentations to local principals and vice principals advocating for social climate initiatives

  • Helped implement Project Inspire to improve school's social climate

  • Shot and edited promotional videos for Project Inspire

  • Handled communications for leadership council

AUG 2018 - MAY 2019
Springfield Golf Team
Co-Captain

  • Served as co-captain for high school golf team

AUG 2018 - MAY 2019
TARC
Volunteer

  • Staffed fundraising booth at Hammond Barbeque and Blues

  • Staffed Special Olympics event

  • Sorted change for penny fundraiser

  • Sold pies for fundraiser

SUMMER 2018
European Cruise and Vacation

  • Stayed in Barcelona for 3 days then took cruise to Marseille (Aix-en-Provence), France; Monaco; Florence, Italy; Rome, Italy; Pompei, Italy; Sicily; Dubrovnik, Croatia; Corfu, Greece; Kotor, Montenegro; and then 3 days in Venice, Italy.