Maia Scaramuzza

Experience

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  Ski Sundown

  Dec 2017 - Mar 2018

  Junior Ski Instructor

  Ski instructor for groups of children ages 5-15 and individual lessons for children ages 2-4; also assisted in group instructor teaching which involved more than one instructor per group of children.

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  Champlins Seafood

  Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Deckhand/Busser

  Busser, cleaned windows, helped customers, unloaded delivery trucks, prepared various condiments and sauces, assisted in the kitchen.

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  Kohl's

  Oct 2019 - Jan 2020

  Sales Associate

  Operated cash register, assisted customers, opened credit cards, communicated with corporate, and troubleshooted for customers.

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  Spillway Properties LLC.

  Sept 2021 - Jan 2024

  Accounting and Administrative Associate

  Audited all financial records, including but not limited to analyzing credit card statements, bills, and receipts, and deposits to develop a financial spreadsheet via Excel. Categorized capital investments, deposits, returns, etc. and calculated profit, debt, and all relevant accounting statistics. Assessed current financial situations based on the spreadsheet and calculated projected time necessary for financial goals.

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  JPMorgan Chase & Co.

  Sept 2022 - Dec 2022

  Academic Intern

  Attended multiple online seminars regarding the company, what to expect in their internships, as well as learning about the company and important information necessary for the internship. Provides priority pick in the Summer 2024 Analyst internship position at JP Morgan.

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  Rensselaer Spaceflight Society

  Dec 2022 - Aug 2024

  Manage a group of students with a detailed project plan with hard and soft deadlines. Modify an Ender 3 Pro 3D printer to simulate the printing of moon regolith through the process of adjusting the firmware and hardware, disabling the heating and extruding components, adding a method to control the flow of the cement and moon regolith simulant. Research and design scale models of extraterrestrial architecture and infrastructure. Future plans involve altering the 3D printer to operate in a vacuum and melting moon regolith in an industrial microwave, finding/developing a binding agent for the regolith, or developing a laser printer for the moon regolith. Show less As Vice President of Rensselaer Spaceflight Society, I managed meeting logistics, scheduling, recruitment, outreach, social medias, the club website, and anything the President needed done. During my year as VP, I was able to secure funding from the MANE Department at RPI, in addition to a new lab space in the Ricketts Building. With this new lab space we have been able to have larger areas for our tech and tools and more space to collaborate and work on our various research projects. I also designed all our unique career, professional, and academic related events outside of regular project committee meetings and made posters, instagram posts, etc. to advertise for them. I also made all the posters and instagram posts for research project recruitment in addition to designing a website for the club. I utilized these new events and outreach tactics to grow our club by more than 20 new members at the start of the fall 2023 semester. Show less

  • President

    Dec 2023 - Aug 2024

  • Chief Engineer

    Oct 2022 - Feb 2024

  • Vice President

    Dec 2022 - Dec 2023
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  Rensselaer Union

  Aug 2023 - Jan 2024

  Marketing Team

  Designed many posters, Instagram posts and stories for a variety of social events and post on their social medias.

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  Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

  Jan 2024 - now

  Principle Investigator - Study of Women in Aerospace Engineering

  Researching women in the Aerospace Engineering field and in academia alongside the Head of the MANE Department and another undergrad. Involves interviewing women in Aerospace Engineering, literary review of existing scholarly articles on the topic, and publishing a paper on our findings.