Honors Scholarship, University of Maryland, 1987 and 1988
Maryland State Senatorial Scholarship, 1988
Academic Honors, University of Maryland, Spring 1990, Spring 1989, Fall 1988
President, National Mathematics Honor Society, University of Maryland, 1988
Illinois State Scholarship, 1985
Honors Scholarship, Augustana College, 1985
Graduate Teaching Assistant in Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, 9/93 to 12/98
Instructor, Lakeview Learning Center, Truman College, Chicago IL, 1/93 to 8/94
Between 2/93 and 10/96, I privately tutored the following classes for undergraduate students at Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Loyola University, as well as graduate students at Kellogg Graduate School of Management and Medill Graduate School of Journalism: (Class descriptions are based on actual or equivalent classes at Northwestern University)
Graduate Research Assistant in Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 6/94 to 4/99. Visiting Scholar in Biomedical Engineering, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 4/99 to present.
Graduate Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston IL 9/93 to 12/94
Undergraduate Research Assistant in Mechanical Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 9/89 to 12/90
Amoco Pipeline Company, Oakbrook Terrace, IL 2/91 to 10/92
Ampsko Metalworks, Washington, DC 5/89 to 9/89
The Graduate Student Association at Northwestern University, President, 1996 to 1997; Secretary, 1995; Social Activities Director, 1994. New chapter opened 1994; between 1994 and 1997 we initiated a new graduate student orientation, direct-deposit for funded graduate students, teaching symposium for new teaching assistants, and spring tax sessions for domestic and international graduate students.
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Student Member
The Society of Women Engineers, Student Member
The Society of Automotive Engineers, Treasurer, 1990. Participated in a special team to design and build the University of Maryland Solarcar which placed third in the 1990 national competition.
The National Mathematics Honor Society, University of Maryland Chapter, President, 1988.
Languages: C, Pascal, Fortran, Basic, Matlab.
Computational Methods: Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) for spectral analysis, statistical analysis, computational fluid dynamics (CFD)
Software: Wordperfect, MS Word, QuattroPro, Lotus 1-2-3, Sigmaplot, Sigmascan.
Drawing Methods: CAD, Adobe Photoshop, MS Paint, Corel Presentations
Media Conversion: Adobe Premier, Fusion Recorder, Canvas