Geotechnical Engineering Intern
Sierra Basin Geotechnical · Reno, NV
May, 2026 · Present
Logged 40+ hollow-stem auger borings to depths of 50 ft on 12 residential, commercial and roadway sites, recording SPT blow counts and groundwater observations
Classified 300+ soil samples per ASTM D2487 (USCS) and ASTM D2488 visual-manual procedures, cutting senior engineer review time by roughly 25%
Performed Atterberg limits, sieve/hydrometer and standard and modified Proctor tests on 120+ samples to support foundation and pavement recommendations
Built and QC'd 60+ boring logs in gINT, standardizing templates that reduced report drafting turnaround from 5 days to 3
Conducted nuclear-gauge compaction testing on a 140-lot subdivision grading project, flagging 18 failing lifts for rework before inspection
Assisted project engineers with SLOPE/W limit-equilibrium analyses on 4 cut slopes, preparing cross-sections and strength parameters from lab data
Materials Testing Technician Intern
Truckee Meadows Materials Lab · Sparks, NV
Jun, 2025 · Aug, 2025
Cast, cured and broke 450+ concrete cylinders per ASTM C31/C39, maintaining 100% chain-of-custody accuracy across 30 commercial projects
Ran slump, air content, unit weight and temperature tests on 80+ concrete placements as an ACI Grade I field technician
Performed 200+ nuclear density gauge tests on backfill, subgrade and aggregate base, following Troxler safety and NDOT procedures
Wrote daily field reports and photo logs for 25+ site visits, delivering same-day results to contractors and inspectors
Helped calibrate lab ovens, scales and sieve shakers, supporting a clean AASHTO re:source assessment
Undergraduate Research Assistant
UNR Geomechanics Lab · Reno, NV
Sep, 2024 · May, 2025
Ran 35 consolidated-undrained triaxial and collapse-potential tests on Great Basin collapsible silts under faculty supervision
Wrote MATLAB scripts to process stress-strain and pore-pressure data, cutting per-test analysis time from 3 hours to 40 minutes
Co-authored a poster on wetting-induced collapse presented at the UNR Engineering Research Symposium (120+ attendees)