2014 – 2015

Research Topic: Profiling the performance characteristics of a parallelized version of the orthogonalized linear combination of atomic orbitals (OLCAO) method.

Awarded a position in the Blue Waters – Undergraduate Petascale Internship Program. Awarded a UMKC SEARCH grant.

2012 – 2014

Team Research Topic: Construction of a 3D printer and development of software to drive the assembly of large scale 3D models of complex defect containing atomic structures.

Awarded a UMKC SEARCH grant, presented results at the SEARCH Symposium and selected to attend the Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol event in Jefferson City, Missouri.