Dena Dudley
Knoxville,TN
Summary
Results driven professional with expertise in support of safe nuclear operations by providing risk informed analyses. Excellent research and interpersonal abilities with competence to take on both small and large projects. Solid technical aptitude including diverse knowledge of engineering principles. Skilled entrepreneur highly proficient at defining mission statements. Leader with strong background in customer acquisition and revenue generation.
Overview
16
16
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Entrepreneur
Dena Dudley Photography, Cuddle Duds Bakery
Knoxville, TN
04.2019 - Current
- Established and operated photography, bakery, and farming businesses
- Provided professional photography services and expert editing
- Website architect and ongoing website management
- Successfully facilitated client communications and support.
- Wedding consultations
- Maintained financial records accurately and efficiently
- Specialized in designing unique and personalized baked goods
PRA Engineer
Reliability and Safety Consulting Engineers, Inc.
Knoxville, TN
09.2013 - 12.2015
- Provided technical support for internal event probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) analyses for nuclear power plants
- Nuclear accident, scenario-based core damage assessment
- Frontline and support system fault tree development
- Internal event probabilistic risk assessment (PRA) analyses
- Common cause failure (CCF) identification and analysis
Biotechnology Lab Technician
The University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
08.2012 - 05.2013
- Performed laboratory experiments to investigate factors affecting cellular bioluminescence
- Provided students with guidance in biodiversity studies
Nuclear Fuel Engineer
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Chattanooga, TN
09.2008 - 10.2009
- Developed program for fuel and reactor engineers to track fuel reliability issues
- ROSA and PANACEA modeling software programs
- Developed reactor fuel reload plans
- Participated in dry cask storage campaigns
- Generated nuclear fuel spacer calculations
- Created outage schedule timing plans
Education
Bachelor of Science - Nuclear Engineering
University of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN08-2008
Skills
- MATlab coding
- LabVIEW programming
- Computer Aided Fault Tree Analysis (CAFTA)
- EPRI Quantification Tool PRAQuant
- FORTRAN
- C
- Mechanical Desktop - AutoCAD
- Visual Basic for applications (VBA)
- Reload Optimization by Simulated Annealing (ROSA)
- SCALE
Certification
- Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners, June 2008
- Engineer Intern Certification
Timeline
Entrepreneur
Dena Dudley Photography, Cuddle Duds Bakery
04.2019 - Current
PRA Engineer
Reliability and Safety Consulting Engineers, Inc.
09.2013 - 12.2015
Biotechnology Lab Technician
The University of Tennessee
08.2012 - 05.2013
Nuclear Fuel Engineer
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
09.2008 - 10.2009
Bachelor of Science - Nuclear Engineering
University of Tennessee
- Tennessee Board of Architectural and Engineering Examiners, June 2008
- Engineer Intern Certification
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