Laura Shi

Experience

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  Staples

  Mar 2016 - Aug 2017

  Print and Marketing Associate

  Certified Print Professional. Highly competent in digital publishing including Adobe Photoshop and Microsoft Publisher to design, edit digital images.Skilled in operating commercial copy machines, scanners and fax machines.Listened to customer’s individual needs, providing them with the most efficient and appropriate solution. Worked under rigid deadlines and ensured mistake-free order processing.

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  United States Senate

  Aug 2017 - Sept 2017

  Constituent Services Representative

  Summer intern in Boston, MA office of U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA).Served as a liaison between constituents and Senator Warren.Processed incoming constituent communications. Listened closelyto constituents’ needs to provide them with appropriate and attainable solutions.

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  Protonex

  Oct 2017 - Jun 2018

  Engineering Intern

  Drafted cables and edited mechanical parts using Microsoft Visio and Solidworks.Ordered, maintained inventory of parts including capacitors, resistors, inductors, and ICs.

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  Virgin Pulse

  Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Engineering, Devices and Manufacturing Intern

  Conducted regression tests on Bluetooth enabled fitness-tracking devices. Worked closely with the mobile app development team on a software, firmware, and hardware level.

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  UC Berkeley Basic Needs Center

  Sept 2018 - May 2022

  Spearheaded educational workshops, outreach programs, and advocacy campaigns at UC Berkeley and throughout the University of California system.Managed the 100+ person internship and volunteer program for the Basic Needs Center and Food Pantry teams. Led two teams of 4-8 interns to plan week-long campaign to raise awareness of resources for food and housing insecurity.Engaged with administrators, faculty, staff, and community members to develop innovative and effective community-centered solutions to best serve a variety of cohorts on the Berkeley campus.

  • Special Projects Consultant

    Aug 2021 - May 2022

  • Programs Coordinator

    Apr 2020 - Aug 2021

  • Community Organizing Lead

    Sept 2018 - Apr 2020
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  University of California, Berkeley

  Nov 2018 - Sept 2019

  Thermal Hydraulics Laboratory Undergraduate Researcher

  Machine shop trained; worked on the construction and design of an experimental loop to model the behavior of radioactive holdup in an aqueous reprocessing facility.Developed and conducted model-based fault detection experiments using probabilistic risk analysis techniques for reprocessing facilities and advanced reactor control rooms applications.

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  Berkeley Lab

  Nov 2019 - Jul 2022

  Research Affiliate

  Performed on data analysis and software development in support of 238U inelastic scattering cross section measurements conducted at the 88-Inch Cyclotron at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) using the ROOT C++ framework developed by CERN.Worked on the development of a web-based software framework that uses natural language processing techniques and transformer models in Python to automatically retrieve, categorize, and recommend nuclear science papers for U.S. Nuclear Data Program applications.Selected to present work at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science sponsored conferences in June 2021, September 2021, April 2022, and June 2022 Show less

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  TerraPower

  Jun 2020 - Aug 2020

  Mechanical Design Intern

  TerraPower is a nuclear start-up company founded by Bill Gates and a group of like-minded visionaries that decided the private sector needed to take action in developing advanced nuclear energy to meet growing electricity needs, mitigate climate change and lift billions out of poverty.As a summer intern, I analyzed a database of 2,000+ print reports, technical drawings, piping and instrumentation diagrams to create 700+ robust SolidWorks parts and assemblies of historical model reactors to increase efficiency and reduce costs of ongoing Sodium Fast Reactor plant design work. Show less

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  Guidehouse

  Jun 2021 - Aug 2021

  Energy, Sustainability, and Infrastructure Consulting Intern
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  UC Berkeley Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences (EECS)

  Jan 2022 - Jun 2022

  Teaching Assistant

  Teaching Assistant for Electrical Engineering 134- Fundamentals of Photovoltaic Devices

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  Guidehouse

  Jul 2022 - Apr 2024

  Key technical member of the power market modeling team specializing in North American wholesale electricity markets and renewable energy infrastructure.

  • Energy, Sustainability, & Infrastructure Consultant II

    Feb 2024 - Apr 2024

  • Energy, Sustainability, & Infrastructure Consultant I

    Jul 2022 - Feb 2024
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  Energy and Environmental Economics, Inc.

  May 2024 - now

  Consultant