Gabriel Draper

Experience

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  University of Colorado at Boulder: Housing and Dining

  Aug 2009 - May 2010

  Resident Advisor

  • Coached and facilitated growth of 35 co-residing students in residence hall• Collaborated with 14 RAs to create and deliver educational programs and presentations with guest speakers• Organized on campus, social events to support positive recreation among residents • Paired with other RA to do weekly "rounds" and confront safety, conduct, and cultural climate issues

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  National Institute of Standards and Technology

  Jun 2011 - Jul 2012

  Professional Research Experience Program Student

  • Analyzed and investigated thermo-chemical property journal articles and extracted purities, methods and data• Applied uncertainties to experimental data that properly reflect methods used• Established system to increase project efficiency by 20% by preventing redundancies in peer projects

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  University of Louisville

  Aug 2014 - Dec 2016

  Thesis Topic: Conducting Inks and Films via Intense Pulsed Light ProcessingThis research focuses on the investigation of formulating and large area solution deposition of inks followed by rapid intense pulsed light processing to create conductive films for next generation photovoltaic applications. Three different morphological systems and nanomaterials were studied: 1D (copper hydroxide nanowires), 2D (graphene oxide nanosheets), and 3D (cuprous oxide encapsulated by nickel oxide nanoparticles and copper nitrate hydroxide nanoparticles). Through inclusion of different materials and morphologies, nanoscale manipulations can lead to breakthroughs in advanced materials and additive manufacturing.The formulated inks are being investigated for optimized nanoarchitecture, scalable synthesis, deposition, and processing leading to a variety of high impact applications such as next generation photovoltaics, energy storage, flexible electronics, and touchscreens. Fundamental areas of research are nanoscale heat/energy transfer, oxide reduction mechanism/kinetics, organic molecule decomposition mechanism/kinetics, oxygen mass transfer, and mass transfer of the materials. Characterization of the material transformations utilizes X-Ray Diffraction, Scanning Electron Microscopy, Fourier Transform IR Spectroscopy, Ultraviolet–Visible Spectroscopy, Differential Scanning Calorimetry, Thermogravimetric Analysis, Raman Spectroscopy, Profilometry, and Four Point Probe techniques. Analysis of the characterization techniques depict the reduction and sintering transformations with chemical kinetics of interacting species and movement of oxygen. Show less Chemical Engineering Kinetics and Chemical Reactors (x2)Chemical Engineering Heat and Mass TransferMaterials ScienceModeling and Transport PhenomenaSafety, Health, and the EnvironmentPrinciples of Fluid Dynamics- Collaborated with professor to implement student friendly alternative grading system focused on identifying and correcting errors rather than penalizing them- Executed problem sessions highlighting importance of problems and challenging areas - Administered office hours to facilitate student learning Show less

  • Graduate Assistant

    Aug 2012 - Dec 2016

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant

    Aug 2014 - Jul 2016
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  Intel Corporation

  Jul 2017 - Jan 2022

  • Senior Engineer

    Jun 2020 - Jan 2022

  • Process Engineer

    Jul 2017 - Jun 2020
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  The AES Corporation

  Jun 2022 - now

  • Senior Performance Engineer

    Jan 2023 - now

  • Performance Engineer

    Jun 2022 - Dec 2022