Postdoctoral Researcher
University of Nevada Reno
Service and Outreach
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others."
--Mahatma Gandhi
Reviewer, Environments and International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2017
​
Recruiter, Nevada Bound and ASUN Majors and Research Fair, University of Nevada Reno, 2016-2017
​
Scholarship Review Panel, President’s Undergraduate Research Award, Georgia Tech, 2015
​
Recruiter, Georgia Tech Center for Engineering and Education Diversity, 2014-2015
​
Reviewer, Journal of the Air and Waste Management Association, 2014
​
​
Hands on Future Tech, April 2014
Volunteered to assist during a half-day event for minority middle school girls for exposure to hands-on STEM activities. Facilitated registration activities, guided groups of students to their scheduled activities, and served lunch.
​
National Society of Black Engineers 40th Annual Meeting, March 2014
Served as a student recruiter for the Georgia Tech Graduate School Exhibit Table. Organized and hosted evening hospitality suites for networking and entertainment. Engaged and enlighted prospective students about Georgia Tech graduate programs during Career Fair.
Georgia Tech 4th Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service, MLK Day 2014
Worked with elementary schools students at the Create Your Dreams (CYD) after school center. Helped students create tiles for an MLK Day-themed quilt and write Valentine's Day letters for the Troups.
Hosea Feed the Hungry, January 2014
Sorted clothing donations for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
Poster Judge, Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS), November 2013
Judged eight posters for environmentally-related research projects in analytical chemistry.
Georgia Tech 3rd Annual Martin Luther King Day of Service, MLK Day 2013
Sorted donations for Wellspring Living, an upscale resale shop whose proceeds benefit women and children that are or have been victims of physical violence and sexual abuse and crime.
CEISMC Mentor, Spring 2012
Supported two high school seniors in preparing for college, finding scholarships, and completing class work and projects.
Mindset Program, Centennial Place Elementary School, December 2011
Visited Centennial Place Elementary School for an engineering workshop. Worked with third grade students to construct catapults from Popsicle sticks. Refereed the culminating competition for best design.
Discovery Program, Thomasville Heights Elementary School, October 2011
One-day service activity that involved assisting second grade students with reading comprehension, mathematics, and grammar enrichment exercises.
GT/Engineers Without Borders Case Competition (3rd Place), September-October 2011
Team competition to design a water distribution system for a refugee camp with no electricity and limited access to infrastructure-building materials.