Elliot Alexander

Experience

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  SUNY-ESF

  Jan 2013 - May 2014

  Undergraduate Research Assistant

  • Programed data loggers to record semi-continuous measurement of soil temperature and soil matric potential.• Designed solar radiations shields to monitor temperature and relative humidity fluxuations on top of a green roof.• Conducted green roof soil characteristic tests including: sieve analysis, hydrometer analysis, infiltration, and soil respiration test.• Monitored a network of tensiometers on top of a green roof to quantify the variation of matric potential throughout the green roof media. Show less

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  Parsons

  May 2014 - Jun 2015

  Associate Engineer

  • Managed a team of operators to conduct construction quality control monitoring on an urban lake remediation site.• Surveyed on-water and shoreline terrain to assist construction activities using a Trimble GPS. • Drafted Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plans.• Planned daily earthen material deliveries and managed the onsite stockpiles.

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  University of Colorado Boulder

  Aug 2015 - Aug 2016

  • Provided training assistance to the Simulation Modeling class using a river and reservoir modeling software called RiverWare for the Center for Advanced Decision Support for Water and Environmental Systems. • Developed pivot tables and interactive plots in Excel to visualize water quality data at multiple stream gage locations. • Facilitated weekly hydraulic engineering lab sessions. • Led pipe network demonstration and training for students using EPANET software.

  • Graduate Research Assistant

    Jan 2016 - Aug 2016

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2015 - Jan 2016
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  Bureau of Reclamation

  Aug 2016 - Sept 2022

  Hydrologic Engineer

  • Built a modeling framework to enhance decision making processes in the Colorado River Basin. This framework couples a simulation model with a multi-objective evolutionary algorithm (MOEA) to generate and evaluate thousands of new Lake Mead operating policies.• Analyzed the performance of hundreds of reservoir operating policies using Tableau interactive data visualization software.• Presented decision science research at the 2017 & 2018 American Geophysical Union Fall Meetings and the 2018 Environmental & Water Resources Institute conferences.• Worked on a team of private, state and federal engineers to build and calibrate a daily water operation and planning model in the San Juan River Basin.• Conducted hydrologic and water quality modeling for an Environmental Impact Study in Western Colorado. • Presented water operations modeling updates to a diverse group of stakeholders in the Colorado River Basin.• Performed annual reviews of Upper Colorado River Basin Consumptive Use reports and underlying data.• Worked with a group of Software Engineers to test a software widget that connects to a SQLite database. This widget enables the user to create and visualize new future water demand scenarios in the Colorado River Basin. Show less

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  North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality

  Sept 2022 - Feb 2024

  Data Analyst

  • Developed Power BI dashboards to interactively visualize federal funding data for hundreds of North Carolina local governments.• Processed and analyzed a variety of datasets including environmental emissions, financial, and geospatial datasets to support data-driven decision making at NCDEQ.• Applied data modeling using Power Automate, Power Query and Power BI to assist multiple NCDEQ stakeholders in automating their reporting processes.• Managed multiple Power BI workspaces to ensure data integrity and accuracy in all published dashboards and reports.• Worked on a collaborative team to complete projects in an Agile working environment. Show less

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  Town of Cary

  Feb 2024 - now

  Water Resources Engineer