Renewable Energy Consultant at Black & Veatch
San Francisco Bay Area
- Current
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- Renewable Energy Consultant at Black & Veatch
- Web developer at
- Past
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- GSR - Berkeley Institute of the Environment at UC Berkeley
- GSR - Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory at UC Berkeley
- Clean Energy Intern at Winrock International
- Renewable Energy and Climate Change Intern at Worldwatch Institute
- GSR - Agriculture and Resource Economics at UC Berkeley
- Lab Assistant at University of Dayton
- Teaching Assistant for Energy Balances at University of Dayton
- ETHOS Intern at Ecofogão
- Co-op student at Air Force Research Laboratory
- Operations Student Manager at University of Dayton
- Office and Lab Asst. at University of Dayton
- Education
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- Santa Fe Institute / Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
- University of California, Berkeley
- University of Dayton
- Connections
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- Industry
- Renewables & Environment
- Websites
Sally Maki’s Summary
I have a wide range of experience and an interdisciplinary education relating to energy and climate change. At my job, I am usually doing one of four things: research, report writing/editing/formatting, Excel/data analysis, or GIS mapping/analysis. I work with renewables but am interested in a wide variety of topics. I am also experienced working with database-driven websites and frequently work with Drupal.
My goals? To save the world, of course ;-)
Sally Maki’s Specialties:
Research, data analysis, modeling, GIS, technical writing.
Sally Maki’s Experience
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Renewable Energy Consultant
Black & Veatch
(Privately Held; Mechanical or Industrial Engineering industry)
March 2009 — Present (5 months)
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Web developer
(Online Media industry)
November 2008 — Present (9 months)
Web development using database-driven content management systems (primarily Drupal, and also Joomla).
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GSR - Berkeley Institute of the Environment
UC Berkeley
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2007 — June 2008 (11 months)
Launched CoolClimate life-cycle carbon footprint calculator. Worked closely with supervisor on research, modeling, design, analysis, and communicating with clients. Extensive work in Excel and Crystal Excelsius. Also help theming and debugging the website for the Berkeley Institute of the Environment and the Berkeley Enviro Portal.
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GSR - Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory
UC Berkeley
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
November 2006 — May 2008 (1 year 7 months)
Set up seminars with speakers on the latest in renewables, energy policy, efficiency, and more. Managed website, mailing list, and requests for information.
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Clean Energy Intern
Winrock International
(Non-Profit; 501-1000 employees; International Trade and Development industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Discovered, wrote, and edited content for the Partnership for Clean Indoor Air bulletin. Played technical advisory role in mending a contract.
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Renewable Energy and Climate Change Intern
Worldwatch Institute
(Non-Profit; 11-50 employees; Think Tanks industry)
May 2007 — August 2007 (4 months)
Organized all energy/climate content and ssisted senior researcher of the Renewable Energy and Climate Change program with policy research.
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GSR - Agriculture and Resource Economics
UC Berkeley
(Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; Higher Education industry)
October 2006 — November 2006 (2 months)
Programmed a Yield Variability Analyzer to help cotton farmers determine whether or not precision farming technology would be economically beneficial. Done with Excel and VBA.
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Lab Assistant
University of Dayton
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2004 — August 2006 (2 years 4 months)
Work for the Sealants and Elastomers division at the University of Dayton Research Institute. Created, aged, and tested quality control test samples. Lab maintenance.
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Teaching Assistant for Energy Balances
University of Dayton
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2006 — July 2006 (3 months)
Selected for understanding of material. Graded homework and tests, lead weekly discussion sessions, and held office hours to assist students with questions.
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ETHOS Intern
Ecofogão
(Renewables & Environment industry)
June 2005 — August 2005 (3 months)
Summer intern with Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning (ETHOS). Designed, constructed, and tested improved biomass cookstoves. Proposed cost reductions. Took initiative to translate the website to improve fundraising efforts.
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Co-op student
Air Force Research Laboratory
(Government Agency; 10,001 or more employees; Military industry)
February 2004 — May 2004 (4 months)
Work with the materials division performing sealant testing, occasional materials research.
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Operations Student Manager
University of Dayton
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
August 2002 — April 2004 (1 year 9 months)
Operations crew member in charge of the student union. Managed a team of students in charge of setting up meetings and events, as well as cleaning and customer service.
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Office and Lab Asst.
University of Dayton
(Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)
May 2003 — August 2003 (4 months)
For the Chemical Engineering department. Help setting up experiments in the new ChemE lab. Assistance with office work and research on chemical engineering employers.
Sally Maki’s Education
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Santa Fe Institute / Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Summer Program , Complex Systems , 2008 — 2008
- Activities and Societies:
- Final project creating an agent-based model of a social network with mobile agents, weighted edges, and preferential attachment.,
T-shirt design.
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University of California, Berkeley
MS , Energy and Resources , 2006 — 2008
- Activities and Societies:
- SEED (new group with BERC to do outreach in local schools about energy and climate change)
BERC (Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative)
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University of Dayton
B.Che , Chemical Engineering , 2002 — 2006
- Activities and Societies:
- ETHOS, Phi Sigma Rho, Tau Beta Pi, Commuter Club
Additional Information
Sally Maki’s Websites:
Sally Maki’s Interests:
Renewable energy, Energy Efficiency Resource management, System Design, Complexity/Complex Systems, Education, International Development, Information Services
Sally Maki’s Groups:
The Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative (BERC),
The Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory (RAEL),
The Berkeley Institute of the Environment (BIE),
Students for Energy and Environmental Development (SEED),
Tau Beta Pi (Honors Engineering Fraternity),
Engineers in Technical, Humanitarian Opportunities of Service-Learning (ETHOS),
Phi Sigma Rho (National Engineering Sorority)
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Renewable Energy Business Network -
CleanTechies Around The World -
BERC (Berkeley Energy & Resources Collaborative) -
Sustainability Professionals -
Bright Green Talent -
Climate Policy Group
Sally Maki’s Honors:
Competitively selected to receive scholarship to attend the Complex Systems Summer School with the Santa Fe Institute in Beijing, China.,
Graduate Opportunity Program Fellow,
Selected for travel scholarship to present at the National Academy of Sciences Student Forum on Science and Technology Policy,
Won 1st place cash prize for class project on solar building design process modeling,
U.D. Presidential Scholarship, Ohio Academic Scholarship, and Allen & Mildred Everitt Scholarship awarded for academic achievement,
Edmund J. Rolinski Memorial Award of Excellence in Leadership and Service awarded for commitment to community service
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