Résumé
Being a lifelong learner is a trait that is really important to me, and I like to think of my educational journey as one big learning experience that continuously grows with each semester of classes and work experience. With a dedication to functionality and a curiosity for what’s ahead of the curve, I keep my work organized, practical, and creative. Have a look at my past experiences, and feel free to reach out with any questions.
Education
Louisiana State University
August 2021 - May 2023
Baton Rouge, LA
Master of Science, Chemical Engineering
Minor in Computer Science
Data mining, fault detection, and knowledge discovery in industrial processes
Thesis: A Data-Driven Multivariate Process Monitoring Platform For Knowledge Discovery And Model Building In Industrial Applications
Louisiana State University
August 2016 - May 2021
Baton Rouge, LA
Bachelor of Science, Chemical Engineering
Summa cum laude
Minors in French and Business Administration
Roger Hadfield Ogden Honors College; Undergraduate Honors Thesis
CxC Distinguished Communicator
LSU in Paris
May 2017 - July 2017
Paris, France
A pillar of the Ogden Honors College, studying abroad helped me to expand my perspective in a global context as well as develop personal independence. During this study abroad program, I took several classes for my minor, covering French language, literature, culture, and service learning. I also went on multiple group excursions and even connected with some family I met in Belgium!
LSU Sur Les Deux Bayous
May 2017
Arnaudville, LA
Following my freshman year, I wanted to not only expand my worldview, but also challenge myself with immersing myself in a non-native language, specifically, Cajun French. This linguistic and cultural immersion program allowed me to meet French and Creole locals who shared their language, cuisine, traditions, and hospitality with me.
Professional History
ExxonMobil, IPA and Neo Acids Applications Engineer
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
November 2022 - present
Work closely with Operations and Technical to support the isopropyl alcohol and neo acids units.
ExxonMobil, Coordination and Product Quality Co-op
Baytown, Texas
May 2021 - August 2021
Developed a planning tool that indicates the degree of conservatism required for weekly crude slate screenings based on expected finished product specs to protect finished lubes production while reducing crude giveaway.
Collaborated with 3 business lines across 2 different companies to build a multi-month look-ahead scheduling tool for complex dock system, reducing dock utilization by >10% and demurrage by $700K/mo while also increasing dock product throughput.
Streamlined the preparation process for a U.S. black oils circuit supply update, eliminating 10 hrs/mo of work.
ExxonMobil, Operations Support Department Fuels South Co-op
Baytown, Texas
June 2020 - August 2020
Managed a $30M budget for chemical usage to ensure each unit is correctly booking all charges, detecting any mis-bookings, and identifying chemical inefficiencies in the units to optimize margin.
Investigated refinery’s steam monitoring to identify and bridge multiple year gaps, potentially resulting in a 10-15% reduction of the site’s total unaccounted-for steam (potentially reallocating up to $4.86M/year).
Led key margin improvements including creating a key margin variable to monitor reactor regeneration frequency and the lost opportunity from any regeneration delays, sharing results with NA network, and developing a plant test on amine pumps, resulting in a reduction of over-circulated amine and a 3-5% steam efficiency ($53K/year).
Led effort for key reliability and risk management planning of ~300 pieces of equipment by utilizing data visualization, Pro II models, P&IDs, hazard classifications, and pumps and drivers information.
ExxonMobil, Operations Support Department Fuels North Co-op
Baytown, Texas
August 2019 - December 2019
Drove alignment in a multidisciplinary team to plan for the chemical cleaning of a crude distillation unit desalter and designed the supporting facilities.
Developed a plant test procedure to intentionally flood a product stripper in order to determine the correct flooding baseline, improve tower monitoring, and eliminate a nuisance alarm.
Collaborated with Operations and performed daily and long-term process monitoring on a hydrotreating unit to improve energy performance, drive unit optimizations, and troubleshoot abnormal operations.
Chevron, Reservoir Engineering Intern
Bakersfield, California
July 2019 - August 2019
Matured a vertical expansion project by recommending well workovers, determining steamflood targets, forecasting production and injection, and evaluating the economics of multiple alternatives.
Received first place competing with a team in the AWS DeepRacer SJVBU championship by modeling and training an autonomous car using reinforcement learning.
Authored five Chevronpedia entries on the topics of vapor-liquid equilibrium, thermal boundary theory, log-mean temperature, polymer flooding, and reinforcement learning.
Chevron, Environmental Management Company Intern
Houston, Texas
June 2018 - August 2018
Facilitated a Lean Sigma SALSA project by streamlining well sampling techniques in Guatemala, El Salvador, and Panama sites to reduce sampling time and to accrue a total financial benefit of $45,362.
Scheduled and led conference calls with a total of 10 project managers for the Latin America portfolio of retail remediation sites and facilitated the screening questionnaire for each site.
Developed a grouping system to prioritize remediation of retail sites based on common drivers and incorporating other descriptive information about the sites, such as the stage of the remediation project.
ExxonMobil, Energy Improvement Team Co-op
Baytown, Texas
January 2018 - May 2018
Simplified process unit monitoring and impact estimation towards the site’s energy efficiency by creating 250+ virtual tag calculations that utilize real-time Solomon benchmarking data.
Improved record-keeping in a database of over 1300 heat exchangers with weekly cleaning updates to facilitate future exchanger monitoring and planning.
Directed walks throughout process units to identify steam leaks and revised the safety procedures to allow clearer communication as well as easier and faster identification of steam leaks.
Skills and Industry Experience
Industry Experience
ArcGIS; Aspen HYSYS; Aspen Plus; Avizo; COMSOL Multiphysics; Lean Six Sigma White Belt Training; Lowis; MATLAB; Microsoft Office Suite; PEEP; Pegasys#; Power BI; Pro II; Python; RAView; Uniformance PHD; Visio; Visual Basic
Languages
French - advanced written and spoken skills
Japanese - currently teaching self
Sign Language - currently teaching self
Extracurriculars and Leadership
Tau Beta Pi, Louisiana Alpha chapter
President (2020 - 2021)
Recording Secretary (2019 - 2020)
Member (2019 - present)
Tau Beta Pi is the only honor society representing all engineering disciplines and the second-oldest honor society in the nation. The Louisiana Alpha chapter was founded at LSU in 1936 and has promoted integrity and excellence in engineering since.
This position alone may have helped me grow the most out of all my extracurriculars and I owe a lot to this learning experience! Serving as the Recording Secretary, I became familiar with the chapters' reporting requirements and deadlines, and helped foster communications in the group while initiating a move to increased organization and simplicity. Elected as President in Spring 2020, I had plenty of great ideas to tackle some of our chapter's biggest struggles. COVID-19 restrictions brought an end to our immediate ideas for the semester, which I will admit was quite disheartening and difficult to manage. Since then, I have realized it offered a unique opportunity to step back and develop a new "mission statement" and strategic plan for how the chapter will achieve our goals moving forward. This position has been a lot of work, but it is incredibly motivating to see it begin to pay off already!
Omega Chi Epsilon
Member (2019 - present)
Omega Chi Epsilon, or OXE, is an American honor society for chemical engineering students. The Alpha Omega chapter was founded at LSU in 1988. OXE promotes high scholarship, encourages meaningful student-faculty dialogue within the department and recognizes the valuable traits of character, integrity, and leadership. As a member of OXE at LSU, I am able to tutor younger students in chemical engineering classes.
American Institute of Chemical Engineers
Member (2016 - present)
AIChE is a professional organization for chemical engineers that was established in 1908 in order to distinguish chemical engineers as a profession independent of chemists and mechanical engineers. Becoming a member of AIChE during my first year of chemical engineering classes was a great decision that allowed me to become more involved and connected to my major. Through my involvement with AIChE, I have been able to connect with and hear great advice from different companies that employ chemical engineers, as well as foster relationships with other students in my classes.
Order of the Engineer
Member (2021 - present)
The Order of the Engineer was initiated in the United States to foster a spirit of pride and responsibility in the engineering profession. The Order fosters a unity of purpose and the honoring of one’s pledge lifelong. I wear the Order of the Engineer ring on my little finger so that it will drag across any surface on which I write, providing a constant reminder of the engineer's oath.
I am an Engineer. In my profession, I take deep pride. To it, I owe solemn obligations. As an engineer, I pledge to practice integrity and fair dealing, tolerance and respect, and to uphold devotion to the standards and dignity of my profession. I will always be conscious that my skill carries with it the obligation to serve humanity by making the best use of the Earth's precious wealth. As an engineer, I shall participate in none but honest enterprises. When needed, my skill and knowledge shall be given, without reservation, for the public good. In the performance of duty, and in fidelity to my profession, I shall give my utmost.
— Obligation of an Engineer
Encounter at LSU
Founding Member (2017 - 2021)
Treasurer (2017 - 2018)
I believe that the homeless population deserves love, compassion, respect, and dignity, things fundamental to human life that these people are too often not given. In order to combat this disservice to our community members in Baton Rouge, some friends and I founded Encounter in 2017. Encounter is a club designed to raise awareness for Louisiana’s homeless by providing outreach to our peers, education to the community, and service beyond our college campus. Serving the homeless through Encounter, I strive to raise awareness for a situation that affects so many people in our communities and to reverse the stereotype that surrounds those without a home, one encounter at a time.
Chi Omega, Phi Gamma chapter
Alumna (2021 - present)
Active Member (2016 - 2021)
I joined the Phi Gamma chapter of Chi Omega during my freshman year of college in order to surround myself with a sisterhood that shared the same ideals that I do of service to others, high achievement, personal integrity, and meaningful friendships. I have been able to participate in our annual philanthropy benefitting Make-A-Wish foundation as well as countless other opportunities to serve the Baton Rouge community. To share some of my favorite lines of our symphony, that I pride myself on living by, "To live constantly above snobbery of word or deed; to place scholarship before social obligations and character before appearances; to be in the best sense, democratic rather than 'exclusive', and lovable rather than 'popular'; to work earnestly, to speak kindly, to act sincerely, to choose thoughtfully that course which occasion and conscience demand; to be womanly always; to be discouraged never..."
Order of Omega
Member (2020 - present)
The Order of Omega is an Greek honor society created to recognize "fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in inter-fraternity activities." Based on my involvement in Chi Omega as well as my other campus leadership positions, illustrating my exemplary character, scholarship, service, and leadership, I have recently been accepted into the Order of Omega chapter at LSU.