
Ray Parker
Fähigkeiten und Kenntnisse
Werdegang
Berufserfahrung von Ray Parker
- Bis heute 11 Jahre und 7 Monate, seit Dez. 2013
Inventor
The Inventor's Guild
• The Inventor’s Guild is a think tank and consulting firm which promotes entrepreneurial innovation by helping students earn both course credit and payment to either start their own companies or consult for early-stage start-ups. The Guild has won over three dozen awards both nationally and internationally, and performed consultation and contracting services for a dozen start-ups. The Guild currently consists of 15 students from RPI, Harvard, Texas A&M, Georgia Tech, and the University of Pennsylvania.
- Bis heute 12 Jahre und 10 Monate, seit Sep. 2012
Project Leader
Engineers for a Sustainable World
• Leading five members to build a full scale biodiesel production facility at RPI to be used for sustainable/academic purposes. Currently, proposing, researching and designing Rensselaer’s first full-scale biodiesel/biofuel production facility, using used-vegetable oil and other food oils. The production plant will be used as a learning and experimentation tool for future students and faculty.
- 5 Monate, Aug. 2014 - Dez. 2014
Testing and Evaluation Engineering Intern
Orbital Sciences Corporation (Orbital ATK)
• Working on NASA’s Sounding Rocket Contract (NSROC II) to put ten different sounding rockets through balance, vibration, bend, centrifugal, payload deployment and MOI (moment of inertia) testing to ensure rocket and hardware durability during flight.
- 2 Monate, Juli 2014 - Aug. 2014
Teaching Resident Assistant
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Worked as an overnight teaching resident assistant on ExxonMobil’s Bernard Harris Summer Camp and RPI’s PREFACE Program.
- 7 Monate, Jan. 2014 - Juli 2014
Biologics Process Development - Downstream Co-op
Bristol-Myers Squibb
• Worked in Process Development (PD) Downstream team to develop novel separation technologies and gain understanding of the current protein purification and drug development platform. Focused on process condition optimization and characterization. • Used cation (CEX) and anion (AEX) exchange, hydrophobic interaction and Protein-A affinity chromatography resins to effectively increase impurity removal and product yield.
- 6 Monate, Okt. 2013 - März 2014
Intern
Cornell University
• Led and developed an engineering curriculum for middle school students in Troy, as part of an after school program to teach about science and engineering. Helped develop their use of the scientific method, critical thinking and problem solving skills.
- 1 Jahr und 1 Monat, Jan. 2013 - Jan. 2014
Undergraduate Researcher
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• Worked in the Chemical Engineering Department in Professor Koffas’ laboratory investigating the possibilities of metabolically engineering E. coli to produce fatty acids and adding xylose utilizing cells in a co-culture with previously engineered glucose utilizing cells to produce even higher fatty acid yields. Experience with agar gels, PCR protocol, cloning, and making cell cultures.
- 3 Monate, Juni 2013 - Aug. 2013
Engineering Research Intern
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
• Worked in the Applied Physics/Chemistry Lab on the RESOLVE (Regolith & Environment Science & Oxygen & Lunar Volatile Extraction) Moon Rover, a Mission to Mars and ISRU (In-situ resource utilization) project which was designed to characterize lunar gas volatiles on the surface of the moon, with a focus on the Lunar Advanced Volatile Analysis Subsystem, comprised of a manifold, gas chromatograph, mass spectrometer, and Water Droplet Unit.
Ausbildung von Ray Parker
- 3 Jahre und 10 Monate, Aug. 2012 - Mai 2016
Chemical Engineering
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Biophysics, Biochemistry
- 3 Jahre und 10 Monate, Sep. 2008 - Juni 2012
High School Diploma
Everett Community College/Henry M. Jackson High School
Sprachen
Englisch
Fließend
Japanisch
Muttersprache
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