Justin Griggs

• Led cross-functional collaboration, taught calculus-based physics course on electricity, magnetism and light, and helped saved college around $30K over 4 months and $45K over 1 year through collaboration and teamwork
• Improved organizational efficiency by 10-15%, which saved 10+ hours over 2 years through leadership, collaboration and mentorship
• Functioned as liaison between stakeholders across divisions to source data used in data driven decisions, and led team of 3 members designed to create equity in teaching

• Wrote project proposals, established project schedules, timelines and deliverables, identified key personnel and submitted requisite documents to internal stakeholders

• Led and managed multiple projects through implementation designed to contribute to DEI initiatives

• Collaborated cross-departmentally and externally to execute project details

Accomplishments:

• Created safe space through workshop series that equipped 20-25 students with 5-8 strategies to heal from trauma from clinical and lived experience perspectives, and promoted overall better mental health

• Achieved >80% positive feedback from participants with survey responses indicating that workshop information was useful and that workshops were well organized

• Made 15-20 minute presentation highlighting key project results (while maintaining confidentially) to ~20 colleagues and internal stakeholders during professional development week

• Engaged students with insightful and compelling classroom discussion of topics relevant to coursework to boost student learning and retention
• Taught and mentored student in critical thinking and analytical reasoning concepts resulting in 12% LSAT score increase and subsequent acceptance into law school
• Mentored and tutored university-level student in Algebra and Pre-Calculus resulting in 100% pass rate on each course attempt

• Utilized 4 characterization techniques to measure and analyze material properties on metals, alloys and ceramics leading to 1 novel discovery, 10+ collaborations with 8+ teams and contributions to 6 publications
• Analyzed, organized and presented materials characterization data and key findings through 6 technical presentations resulting in 1 oral competition award
• Managed 2 engineering design teams on 10-week project that improved formulation process and optimized samples to meet ASTM standards resulting in project completed on time, within budget, and reduced production cost via 73% reduction in material component cost
• Managed safety risks in 2 labs resulting in 100% safety risk mitigation in compliance with OSHA safety regulations
• Optimized personal development through self-awareness to improve work efficiency by 25% while conducting PhD-level studies in materials science, which decreased lead time for data analysis by 3 - 5 hours per week
• Expertise in materials science and engineering skilled in optimizing metallurgical sample preparation techniques resulting in development of 4 techniques and improvement of 3 processes
• Experience working with 10+ metal or alloy materials, including metal and ceramic powders
• Designed and engineered casting apparatus, manufactured 15 research samples to within ± 0.005 in tolerance

• Analyzed statistical data, developed simulation models and reported results to supervisor and project stakeholders
• Participated in team meetings and presentations related to projects to gain knowledge
• Improved light-age estimates of model galaxies to >25% accuracy using statistical data analysis and simulated use of adaptive optics with Hubble Space Telescope data, which resulted in 2 presentations