Resume

• 2011

  After 1.5 years in the NCSU Civil Engineering PhD program

  I started the professional chapter of my career in Houston

  TX. While at NCSU I worked on Agent-based Modeling

  Genetic Algorithms and placed 3rd in the Battle of the Water Networks II competition as a part of the NCSU team.

  Civil Engineering

  Graduate Leadership Development Series

  We are Women in Engineering

  INFORMS 2011

  Environment and Water Resources Institute World Congress 2012 and 2013

  North Carolina State University

• 2009

  Master of Science

  Thesis: Using Niched Co-Evolution Strategies to Address Non-Uniqueness in Characterizing Sources of Contamination in a Water Distribution System\n\nSelf-funded 95% of degree with non-research based assistantship

  Civil Engineering

  American Water Resources Association

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  Student Research Week

  Environment and Water Resources Institute World Congress 2011

  Texas A&M University

• 2005

  Bachelor of Science

  Civil Engineering

  American Society of Civil Engineers

  Society of Women Engineers

  Department of Civil Engineering Ambassador

  and American Water Resources Association

  Texas A&M University

  Modeling and Analysis of Environmental Systems

  Water Resources Systems Engineering

  Complex Adaptive Systems

  Water Resources Planning and Management

  High Performance Computer Modeling

  Urban Stormwater Management

  Advanced Systems Methods

  Disaster Response Planning and Management

  Surface Water Hydrology

  Georgia State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Land Surveyors

  Professional Engineer (PE)

  Texas Board of Professional Engineers

  North Carolina State Board of Examiners for Engineers and Surveyors

• Walk-in volunteer for Backpack Buddies and food organization/assembly line worker.

  Houston Food Bank

  AIA Sandcastle Competition Coordinator

  AIA Sandcastle Competition coordinator for Freese and Nichols. Manage budget for competition fees and building supplies. Organize team members for design and competition preparation tasks: design meetings

  form building dates

  competition day food and water supplies

  t-shirts

  etc. Team efforts resulted in 2017 winner in Architectural Icon category.

  Freese and Nichols

  Inc.

  Evolutionary Algorithms

  Wastewater Systems

  Hydraulics

  High Performance Computing

  Water & Wastewater Design

  College Recruiting

  Hydraulic Analysis

  Water Systems

  EPANET

  Research

  Water Resources

  Technical Writing

  Water Distribution

  Hydraulic Modeling

  Using Niched Co-Evolution Strategies to Address Non-Uniqueness in Characterizing Sources of Contamination in a Water Distribution System

  Threat management of water distribution systems is essential for protecting consumers. In a contamination event

  different strategies may be implemented to protect public health

  including flushing the system through opening hydrants or isolating the contaminant by manipulating valves. To select the most effective options for responding to a contamination threat

  the location and loading profile of the source of the contaminant should be considered. These characteristics can be identified by utilizing water quality data from sensors that have been strategically placed in a water distribution system. A simulation-optimization approach is described here to solve the inverse problem of source characterization

  by coupling an evolutionary computation-based search with a water distribution system model. The solution of this problem may reveal

  however

  that a set of non-unique sources exists

  where sources with significantly different locations and loading patterns produce similar concentration profiles at sensors. The problem of non-uniqueness should be addressed to prevent the misidentification of a contaminant source and improve response planning. This paper aims to address the problem of non-uniqueness through the use of Niched Co-Evolution Strategies (NCES). NCES is an evolutionary algorithm designed to identify a specified number of alternative solutions that are maximally different in their decision vectors

  which are source characteristics for the water distribution problem. NCES is applied to determine the extent of non-uniqueness in source characterization for a virtual city

  Mesopolis

  with a population of approximately 150

  000 residents. Results indicate that NCES successfully identifies non-uniqueness in source characterization and provides alternative sources of contamination. The solutions found by NCES assist in making decisions about response actions.

  Using Niched Co-Evolution Strategies to Address Non-Uniqueness in Characterizing Sources of Contamination in a Water Distribution System

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  10.1061/(ASCE)WR.1943-5452.0000378 (May. 18

  2013).

  The Battle of the Water Networks II (BWN-II)

  Cartwright

  PE

  Freese and Nichols

  CME Testing and Engineering

  Texas A&M University

  Schlumberger

  North Carolina State University

  - Coordinated recruitment events for the Dwight Look College of Engineering\n- Streamlined processes for preparing for recruitment events\n- Guided parents and prospective students in the college application and selection process\n- Worked with university administrators to revamp recruiting programs

  allowing current undergraduate students to have more interactions with prospective students

  Texas A&M University

  North Carolina State University

  Raleigh

  NC

  Water System Consumer Complaints\n- Developed new framework that uses consumer complaint data to identify problems in a water distribution system\n- Worked with actual consumer complaint data from the Town of Cary

  NC\nWater Network Design\n- Collaborated on the development of a new modeling framework for the design of a water distribution network expansion considering multiple objectives: cost

  water age and greenhouse gas emissions\n- 3rd Place

  Battle of the Water Networks II International Design Competition

  Graduate Research Assistant

  M.S. Thesis: Using Niched Co-Evolution Strategies to Address Non-Uniqueness in Characterizing Sources of Contamination in a Water Distribution System\n- Enhanced simulation-optimization framework to identify sources of contamination in a water distribution system\n- Applied framework to enhance water supply security for a medium-sized virtual city (150

  000 residents)

  Texas A&M University

  Freese and Nichols

  Pearland

  TX

  Water & Wastewater Master Planning

  Engineer

  Raleigh

  NC

  Water & Wastewater Master Planning

  Engineer

  Freese and Nichols

  Raleigh

  North Carolina

  (1) Hydrology and Urban Water Systems; (2) Hydraulics\n- Improved student learning by answering questions and giving constructive feedback\n- Mentored students by discussing course material and its practical and research applications\n- Invited by professor to give a lecture on course material\n- Conducted problem review classes

  Teaching Assistant

  North Carolina State University

  College Station

  TX

  - Complied concrete testing data into formal reports for clients\n- Communicated with clients via phone and mail to convey results\n- Scheduled field personnel for collecting concrete samples for testing

  Office Staff

  CME Testing and Engineering

  - Observed the installation of safety valves during the completions stage of oil and gas drilling\n- Created a troubleshooting guide for safety valve installation - “North Gulf Coast Field User’s Guide to Lockout and Troubleshooting”\n- Gained team experience working with employees of different backgrounds

  Field Engineering Intern

  Houma

  Louisiana

  Schlumberger