Maria E. Parker

Campus Address                                     mepnd@nd.edu                                 Permanent Address

256 Fitzpatrick Hall                                                                                               1060 W. Addison St.

Notre Dame, IN  46556                                                                                        Chicago, IL  60613

(574) 631- 6039                                                                                                    (773) 404-2827

 

 

OBJECTIVE              To obtain a summer internship in Mechanical Engineering.

 

EDUCATION             University of Notre Dame

                                    Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering

                                    GPA: 3.1/4.0, to be awarded May 2006

                                    Dean's List:  Spring 2004

 

                                    Study Abroad Program

                                    London, England

 

COURSEWORK        Engineering Graphics (Pro-E)                 Thermodynamics

                                    Mechanical Design                                Computing & Programming

                                    Control Systems I, II                              Heat Transfer

                                   

 

COMPUTER              Languages:      FORTRAN, MATLAB, C++

SKILLS

                                    Systems:           MS-DOS, UNIX, Macintosh, Windows: 9x, XP, 2000, & NT

 

                                    Software:         ProEngineer Wildfire, AutoCAD, MS Word, MS Excel

 

EXPERIENCE            Alivaf Technology Corporation, San Antonio, TX, June-September 2004

                                    Engineering Intern: Design widgets using Pro-Engineer to meet design specifications.  Selected and tested appropriate materials to optimized strength-to-weight ratio.  Tested widgets using IBRAKEM testing apparatus.

 

                                    University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, Fall 2004

                                    Undergraduate Research Assistant:  Conducted preliminary research on fuel cells.  Assisted in setting up apparatus for rheology experiments using polymers and fiber composites.  Took permeability measurements of deformed fabrics.

 

MEMBERSHIPS       American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), member, 2004

                                    Tau Beta Pi, Treasurer, 2005

                                                Organized fundraisers grossing $3,000

                                    National Society of Black Engineers, member, 2004

                                    Association for Computing Machinery, member, 2003

 

ACTIVITIES              Racquetball, jogging, church volunteer, math tutor

 

REFERENCES           Available upon request