Katharyn Jeffreys

15040 Bridgeway Ln. #602 • Ft. Myers, FL 33919

jeffreys@alum.mit.edu • 617.256.8733

http://katiejeffreys.com/design

Education

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA

Bachelors of Science in Environmental Engineering and Literature. June 2001. GPA: 4.3 out of 5.0

Relevant Courses: Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory, Environmental Fluid Transport Processes Laboratory, Hydrology, Fluid Mechanics, Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Ecology, Management in Engineering, Environmental Law: Pollution Control, Introduction to Public Policy Analysis and Government Action, Uncertainty in Engineering, Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Practicum in Writing and Oral Presentation.

Relevant Experience

Feb. 2003 - Louis Berger Group, Inc., Environmental Engineer New York, NY

March 2004 Oversaw wastewater treatment plant community air monitoring. Conducted health and safety oversight and environmental sampling of subsurface soil surveys. Prepared air permits and emission statements for government agencies. Administrated Lead Abatement Worker training classes. Conducted USPS hazardous materials inventories.

June 2002 – AKRF, Inc., Environmental Engineer New York, NY

Nov. 2002 Conducted visual and subsurface investigations of properties around New York State as a part of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments. Wrote Environmental Impact Statement Hazardous Materials chapters.

Sept. 2001 - Luminant Worldwide, Analyst New York, NY

Dec. 2001 Coordinated on-site interviews to determine local site needs for major waste management company’s e-procurement effort. Researched peer/best-in-class logistics structures for a major tobacco company’s European distribution. Contributed to team efforts to develop transportation network for Fortune 100 consumer packaged goods company.

Summer 2001 ISDGM – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Intern Venice, Italy

Developed a computer model of dissolved organic carbon in the Adriatic Sea taking into account settling and aging of carbon. Modified pre-existing code to create a more realistic model of carbon’s interaction with sea life.

Summer 2000 Ford Motor Company, Associate Research Engineer Dearbon, MI

Located and quantified the use of PVC and Hexavalent Chromium in Ford vehicles. Established benchmark procedures for analysis of vehicle lines and substance-of-concern measurement techniques. Created a phase-out plan incorporating material alternatives and supplier relations. Established a recycling strategy for the TH!NK Neighbor.

Summer 1999 Thetis s.P.a., Intern Venice, Italy

Developed a method for cartographic data interpolation and produced maps of environmental data in the Venice Lagoon. Constructed computer programs that performed calculations on large data sets. Created a web-based display of mapped conditions and updated a web page for an international environmental assessment program.

January1998- MIT Department of Environmental Engineering, Laboratory UROP Cambridge, MA

May1998 Studied the effect and reactivity of dissolved organic matter in marine systems using a spectrophotometer.

Proficiencies

Programming Skills: HTML, C, Pascal, Perl, FORTRAN.

Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, Windows 3.1x, MacOS, Unix.

Software Packages: Microsoft Office, Photoshop, Quark, ArcView, FileMaker Pro, Aldus Pagemaker.

Language Skills: Spanish, Italian.

Activities

Vice President, Class of 2001 Class Council (2001 - Present). Purchasing Manager, MIT 24-Hour Coffeehouse (1999 - 2001). Features Editor, The Tech (1999 - 2001). Vice President Fraternity Relations, Alpha Chi Omega sorority (2000). Project Manager, Senior Gift Committee (2000 – 2001). Member, Society of Women Engineers (1997 - present). Member, Girl Scouts of the United States of America (1985 - Present). MIT Musical Theater Guild (1997 - 2001). MIT Public Service Center Fellowship (January 2000). Tutor, Teach a Child to Read (1997 - 1999). Interests include: interior design, literature, reading and writing poetry, photography, theater and sailing.