• Description of Program – The centerpiece of the program was an intensive, interdisciplinary research experience where each student actively engaged in a faculty-mentored research project focused on hurricane hazards and social vulnerabilities of individuals and communities. As a capstone experience, students showcased their research projects at a university-community symposium held at the end of the nine-week session.
• Research Topic – Evaluation of Community Emergency Response Teams in Hillsborough County, Florida: A Pilot Study.

• First Place – Highest overall accuracy in forecasting the weather (which included temperature, dew point, amount/percentage of precipitation, wind speed/direction, cloud cover, and visibility) for various selected cities across the United States over a one-month span among a large group of meteorology students.
• Second Place– Second highest overall accuracy in forecasting the weather for various selected cities across the World over a two-month span.

• First Place – Highest overall accuracy in forecasting the weather (temperature/precipitation) for State College, PA over a 16 – week span. Over 40 meteorology students were involved in the competition.

High School Science Fair Competition

• First Place - Environmental Science category from 2002 to 2006 at school and district levels.
• Third Place – Houston Metropolitan Area Competition in 2003 (Cold Front Dynamics/Prediction)
• Participant – Houston Metropolitan Area Competition from 2002 to 2006.

Completion of SKYWARN Spotter Training Course

• Tampa Bay National Weather Service – Received training to effectively report wind gusts, hail size, rainfall, and cloud formations that could signal a developing tornado.

MEMBER, American Meteorological Society (AMS), 2010 – Present

MEMBER, National Weather Association (NWA), 2010 - Present

• Recorded national weather forecasts and created graphics for on-air segments.
• Produced radio forecasts describing expected conditions for the upcoming week to various clients and created short and mid-range forecasts for various regions of Pennsylvania. 

• Worked with WSI TrueView Sky 5.5 software creating and editing slides that were used during evening broadcasts.
• Gained valuable experience practicing forecasts regularly in front of the chroma key.
• Forecasted for various locations within the western coast of Florida. Those forecasts were then sent to clients and e-mail subscribers with current weather alerts and predicted conditions for the next couple days.
• Assisted The Tampa Tribune with forecasting conditions for numerous locations within the western coast of Florida as well as submitting a 7-day forecast for the city of Tampa.

• Served as the Disaster Preparedness Resource Assistant.
• Created a disaster preparedness workshop for the company.
• Designed a helpful and informative presentation explaining ways in which residents can protect themselves for when the next major hurricane strikes the Tampa Bay area.

• Created and produced forecasts for the Galveston/Houston area with other meteorologists.
• Participated in tropical weather discussions and generated forecasts for hurricanes that threatened the United States (at that time).

• Created and participated in meteorological workshops.
• Learned the fundamentals of forecast modeling and understanding complex phenomenas within meteorology.