Operations Rotational Development Program (ORDP) @ Genentech
SEEK Mentor @ National Society of Black Engineers
Education:
Bachelor of Science @
New York University
About:
Operations Rotational Development Program (ORDP) @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) SEEK Mentor @ •Taught 23 third graders key engineering principles such as design a prototype, set goals, and test the finished product
•Helped students understand what it means to be an engineer
•Fostered a team and fun environment where all kids learned from each
Operations Rotational Development Program (ORDP) @ From August 2015 to Present (5 months) SEEK Mentor @ •Taught 23 third graders key engineering principles such as design a prototype, set goals, and test the finished product
•Helped students understand what it means to be an engineer
•Fostered a team and fun environment where all kids learned from each other while making their products for competition days
•Increased students’ aptitude in math and science and their interest in pursuing STEM careers From June 2014 to July 2014 (2 months) Diversity Student Advisory Board Member @ •Get more historically underrepresented students involved with The Wasserman Center for Career Development and various employers
•Serve as point of contact for employers for programming ideas and ways to reach students
•Meet with recruiters to plan and execute programs to get students involved From September 2013 to May 2014 (9 months) Resident Assistant @ •Mentored and advised undergraduate and graduate students
•Coordinated and executed programs to foster community in the residence hall and educate residents
•Conducted administrative duties including maintenance requests, incident reports and room condition reports From August 2012 to May 2014 (1 year 10 months) Associate Specialist - Engineering Intern @ •Analyzed antigen yield in downstream vaccine purification processing through lab research
•Helped implement a system to track bulk allocation and promote lean manufacturing
•Supported vial filling optimization to increase amount of product produced per year From June 2013 to August 2013 (3 months) Math Tutor @ •Assisted freshman college students in Pre-calculus and Calculus problems
•Educated students in math subjects from trigonometry to applications of derivatives and integrals From September 2012 to December 2012 (4 months) Assistant Engineer @ •Assisted a Utilities Engineer on the California Water Action Plan
•Investigated areas of California that contain water contaminants over regulatory level
•Researched water contaminants that have plagued California
•Presented to division that Perchlorate, Nitrate and Arsenic levels were at a particular high in Southern California counties like Riverside and presented solutions to fix the problem From May 2011 to August 2011 (4 months) San Francisco Bay AreaResearch Assistant @ •Lectured high school students and teachers on mitochondrial DNA and how it can be used to find maternal lineage
•Collected saliva samples to extract mitochondrial DNA in a laboratory
•Replicated mitochondrial DNA using Polymerase Chain Reaction
•Examined DNA on Electrophoresis gels to check length of DNA fragments
•Publicized results of maternal lineage for each participant on a map from National Genographic project From August 2009 to June 2010 (11 months) San Francisco Bay Area
Master's Degree, Chemical Engineering @ Columbia University in the City of New York From 2014 to 2015 Bachelor of Science, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering @ New York University From 2010 to 2014 Ikem Ezekwo is skilled in: Research, Matlab, Chemical Engineering, Microsoft Office, Calculus, Differential Equations, Linear Algebra, Thermodynamics, Transport Phenomena, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry, Biochemistry, NMR, PCR, Polymath
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