Photo by Ravi Patel
Photo by Ravi Patel
I have earned both a Bachelors and a Masters in Chemical Engineering from Mississippi State University. I am a self-taught programmer and have taken the opportunity to learn new skills for Web Development by completing courses on Codecademy and Khan Academy.
In the midst of completing my graduate degree, I discovered the part of my project that I enjoyed most was using my coding skills to develop automated tasks in the lab. I've always been happy to to help family and friends with tech questions and am always looking for ways to leverage the use of technology in my everyday life.
My first introduction to coding was a Java course I took in high school.
Attended Mississippi State University, majoring in Chemical Engineering.
Interned at ExxonMobil Chemical in Baytown, TX in the Technology Licensing Department, assisting on an expansion project.
Interned at ExxonMobil Chemical in Baytown, TX in the Slurry Platform / Compounding / Non-wovens Polymers Product & Applications Development Department, investigating changes to additives.
Started the PhD program in Chemical Engineering at Mississippi State University, working in a soft materials research group.
Took a course in Advanced Process Computations, where the final project involved constructing a basic molecular dynamics simulation of 200 inert molecules using FORTRAN. (Project available on GitHub) This project introduced me to FORTRAN, leading to the implementation of more coding/automation in my graduate research project.
Took the course Numerical Methods for Chemical Engineering Applications, where various mathematical techniques, such as the Runge-Kutta method, were applied to different systems, such as a continuously stirred tank reactor (CSTR), using FORTRAN. (Example project on GitHub)
Automated the fabrication process for Reverse Osmosis (RO) membranes using LabView, modeled after the work by Dr. Edwin P. Chan at the National Institute of Science and Technology. (Project available on GitHub)
After fabricating the RO membranes, their perfomance is tested by forcing water through them and calculating the flow rate through the membrane. I automated this process using a scale, Excel, and VBA. (Project available on GitHub)
As part of my Research Assistanceship, I created a FORTRAN program to calculate thermodynamic properties of different molecules. After creating the program, I learned Python to translate it from FORTRAN.
During this time I realized that I needed to pursue my passion for coding. I used tools such as Khan Academy and Codecademy to learn HTML/CSS, Javascript and more.