EMPLOYMENT HISTORY:
Temporary Environmental Field Technician
Period: 5/11/15 — 9/28/15; 4/4/16 — Present
Employer: Fibertec Industrial Hygiene Services
1914 Holloway Dr., Holt, Michigan 48842
Salary: $12/hour, 40 hours/week
Supervisor: Phil Peterson, (517) 256-4208, ppeterson@fibertecihs.com, may be contacted.
I supervised abatement teams and conducted representative exposure, work area perimeter and final clearance air sampling for asbestos abatement projects across the mid-Michigan area. Under my direction abatement teams removed asbestos containing material in accordance with federal, state and local regulations. I conducted field laboratory analysis of all phase contrast microscopy (PCM) air samples according to the NIOSH 7400 Method, Issue #2 for determining the concentration of airborne asbestos fibers. I kept a field notebook of daily operations and completed air-monitoring reports for each project using Microsoft Office 2013 software.
Teaching Assistant for GLG304 Physical and Biological History of Earth
Period: 1/16 — 5/16
Employer: Michigan State University (MSU)
Natural Science Bldg., 288 Farm Lane, Rm. 207, East Lansing, MI 48824
Salary: $800/bi-weekly, 20 hours/week
Supervisor: Dr. Danita Brandt (517) 755-6543, brandt@msu.edu, may be contacted.
Led and supervised two sections comprised of 28 students. Presented on geological methods including identifying minerals, rocks and fossils; understanding formational or depositional environments associated with those samples; using tools such as topographic and geologic maps, stratigraphic columns and cross sections to understand Earth history. I chaperoned the course field trip to Grand Ledge, Michigan.
Teaching Assistant for GLG401 Global Tectonics and Earth Structure
Period: 9/15 — 12/15
Employer: Michigan State University (MSU)
Natural Science Bldg., 288 Farm Lane, Rm. 207, East Lansing, MI 48824
Salary: $800/bi-weekly, 20 hours/week
Supervisor: Dr. Kazuya Fujita (517) 927-9798, fujita@msu.edu, may be contacted.
Led and supervised two sections comprised of 30 students. Presented on structural geology, geological and geophysical methods of studying the structure and dynamics of the Earth. Topics included plate kinematics and global geodynamic processes, marine geology, plate margin processes and evolution. I chaperoned the course field trip to Marquette, Michigan.
Teaching Assistant for ISP203 Geology of the Human Environment
Period: 1/15 — 5/15
Employer: Michigan State University (MSU)
Natural Science Bldg., 288 Farm Lane, Rm. 207, East Lansing, MI 48824
Salary: $800/bi-weekly, 20 hours/week
Supervisor: Dr. Osvaldo Hernandez (517) 410-1907, herna106@msu.edu, may be contacted.
Led and supervised three sections comprised of 64 students. Presented on exercises in the scientific method applied to earth materials and their impact on society.