Brooke Beers

Brooke Beers

Civil and Environmental Engineering Student - Graduation May 2025

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Civil and Environmental Engineering at Princeton University | Incoming High Meadows Fellow, Blue Carbon Innovation at the Environmental Defense Fund

  • Education

    • Princeton University

      2021 - 2025
      BSE Civil and Environmental Engineering

      Activities and Societies: Varsity Women's Rugby (Historian, Social Chair), Queer Student Athlete Collective (Treasurer, Alumni Relations Chair), Outdoor Action Leader. Four year Women’s Rugby 20 hours per week, with three years varsity. Walked onto team in brand new sport and helped take the team from club to varsity level. NIRA All Academic Team 2023, 2024 (league recognition of valuable players with high academics)

    • Trinity Preparatory School

      2017 - 2021

      Activities and Societies: GPA: 4.67. Valedictorian, National Merit Scholar, Four year Varsity Swim and Club Team, PeaceJam Vice President

  • Experience

    • Princeton University

      Aug 2021 - now
      Civil and Environmental Engineering Student - Graduation May 2025

      Geoengineering track with certificate in Sustainable Energy. Relevant Coursework: Statistical Methods in Water and the Environment; Hydrology; Risk Analysis; Soil Mechanics and Geotechnical Engineering; Water Pollution Technology; Engineering the Climate: Technical & Policy Challenges; Negative Emission Technologies.

    • Princeton University Library

      Dec 2021 - now
      Mendel Music Library Assistant

      During school year help patrons select, find, and check out books and maintain library organization. 8-10 hours/week.

    • High Meadows Environmental Institute

      Jun 2023 - Aug 2023
      Rubenstein Lab Research Assistant

      Investigated the effects of mutalisms among the “three sisters” crops – corn, beans and squash – to look for trends to use in sustainable agriculture by using organic agriculture techniques and constructing and maintaining irrigation systems. Used JMP software to statistically analyze the data and presented our results at a symposium at the end of the summer. 40 hours/week.

    • High Meadows Environmental Institute

      Jun 2024 - now
      Maxwell Lab Research Assistant

      Conducted extensive fieldwork under Princeton Professor Reed Maxwell on Snodgrass hill slope at Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory to determine the relationship of watershed-scale processes on streamflow. Designed and constructed weirs, set up and maintained tower systems, applied data analysis. Additionally, collected independent data, analyzing data through use of Python and R languages for senior thesis and presenting at AGU conference. 40+ hours/week through summer, research ongoing.

    • Environmental Defense Fund

      Mar 2025 - now
      Incoming High Meadows Fellow, Blue Carbon Innovation

      Incoming High Meadows Fellow for the Blue Carbon Innovation project with the Environmental Defense Fund, starting in August of 2025.

  • Licenses & Certifications