Spencer Alexander

Current

• Web Design at Nanogordo

Past

• Heat and Mass Transfer Research at Rice University
• Mechanical Engineering Internship at Harris Group, Inc

Education

• Rice University
• Colorado School of Mines

Connections

21 connections

Industry

Mechanical or Industrial Engineering

Spencer Alexander’s Summary

I graduated from Rice University this last May (May, 2008) with a BS in mechanical engineering, specializing in computational engineering, with a GPA of 3.76/4.0. Focusing my courses towards understanding the underlying methods of computational engineering, I took many non-required, but none the less vital, courses in the computational analysis department, along with the usual regiment of FEM and engineering design classes. I began my college career as a physics major, and I am happy to have taken my knowledge of physics well beyond that of the usual mechanical engineering's.

Research experience includes analysis of efficient building design (part of my senior project), and reproduction of the Heisler Charts using the Fourier series in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates for a textbook publication. As a part-time job while studying at Rice, I developed web-based applications, and I pride myself on being an efficient and able engineering software developer. Extracurricular activities include varsity track and field, student government, and tutoring of struggling students.

Since graduation, I have taken an opportunity to improve my Spanish language skills, broaden my cultural knowledge, and pursue my hobby of web design before embarking on journey that will be my career. I have been traveling through Argentina and Chile for five months, and while it has truly been the experience of a lifetime, I am excited and anxious to begin my career in engineering.

Spencer Alexander’s Experience

• Web Design

  Nanogordo

  (Oil & Energy industry)

  May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)

  * Designed and maintained websites for individuals and companies of varying size.
  * Learned organizational techniques and time management required for starting and running a business.
  * Mastered HTML, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript, Ruby, RoR, and CSS, along with process of designing, creating, and hosting websites.

• Heat and Mass Transfer Research

  Rice University

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2007 — May 2008 (10 months)

  * Mastered Matlab and Excel to display solutions to heat transfer problems.
  * Derived, solved and displayed the solutions to the time dependent partial differential equations dictating heat and mass transfer under a variety of conditions using the Fourier series in Cartesian, cylindrical and spherical coordinates for a textbook publication.

• Mechanical Engineering Internship

  Harris Group, Inc

  (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Accounting industry)

  May 2006 — August 2006 (4 months)

  * Internship in the Oil and Gas Processing group, where I was able to communicate with vendors and drafters to complete a project.
  * Gained first hand experience in working with a team of Engineers in the design process.
  * Used and mastered AutoCAD, Excel, Access Databases, and other engineering programs.

Spencer Alexander’s Education

• Rice University

  2005 — 2008

• Colorado School of Mines

  Mechanical Engineering and Physics 2004 — 2005

Additional Information

Spencer Alexander’s Interests:

Web Design, Travel, Snowboarding, NYTimes, Blogging.

Spencer Alexander’s Groups:

•    Ruby on Rails
•    Association of Rice Alumni

Spencer Alexander’s Contact Settings

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