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Piper Serafin

Herndon,VA

Summary

Goal-oriented Biosystems Engineer with internship experience in civil engineering settings and research experience through Clemson University. Eager to use my education as a means to incorporate sustainability into any of my future jobs and endeavors.

Overview

4
4
years of professional experience

Work History

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Clemson University
Clemson, SC
01.2024 - Current

Conducted individual research to assist a professor with handling a creative inquiry research class, helped organize the students’ research ideas and provided guidance in their experimental designs, and created visual maps for advertising the major of Biosystems Engineering to freshmen across the university.

Undergraduate Teacher's Assistant

Clemson University
Clemson, SC
08.2022 - Current

Hosted office hours for engineering students, assisted professors in class by answering students' questions, graded homework assignments, and guided students through difficult MATLAB coding or AutoCAD drafting projects.

Civil/Site Engineering Internship

Colliers Engineering and Design
Sterling, VA
05.2023 - 08.2023

Worked on site development of commercial properties through the use of AutoCAD, Bluebeam, and GIS. Created contour maps and graded sites based on spot shots from land surveyors, conducted cut and fill analyses, helped design and draw existing and proposed drainage basins, created demolition plans, and worked with ditch cross sections and profiles to aid with stormwater management planning.

Cashier/ Chef

Naked Lunch of Mom's Organic Market
Herndon, VA
05.2022 - 12.2022

Interacted with customers, placed produce orders through the company website, developed specials, cleaned and organized the store, and trained some new employees on general employee tasks.

Shift Leader

Tropical Smoothie
Chantilly, VA
06.2020 - 12.2021

Interacted with customers, prepped food for both the smoothie and hot food lines, cleaned the store, counted and balanced the register money during closing shifts, and called IT when the store had technical difficulties.

Education

B.S. Biosystems Engineering -

Clemson University
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05.2025

Westfield High School
06.2021

Skills

  • AutoCAD and Civil 3D Drafting
  • MATLAB Programming
  • MS Office
  • ArcGIS Proficiency
  • Adobe and Bluebeam Editing
  • Stella and COMSOL Modeling
  • Time Management
  • WinTR-55 Proficiency

Timeline

Undergraduate Research Assistant

Clemson University
01.2024 - Current

Civil/Site Engineering Internship

Colliers Engineering and Design
05.2023 - 08.2023

Undergraduate Teacher's Assistant

Clemson University
08.2022 - Current

Cashier/ Chef

Naked Lunch of Mom's Organic Market
05.2022 - 12.2022

Shift Leader

Tropical Smoothie
06.2020 - 12.2021

B.S. Biosystems Engineering -

Clemson University

Westfield High School
Piper Serafin