Sarah Shaffer
Sacramento,California
Overview
3
3
years of professional experience
Work History
Geotechnical Engineering Technician
NV5: Holdrege & Kull
05.2022 - 08.2022
- Material testing/data collection of soil samples and lab work to create compaction curves.
- Nuclear Density Gauge certification and inspection used to test compaction on construction sites.
- Site data collection and inspection prior to construction including soil logs, and DCPs.
- Writing reports submitted to a supervisor for each job site at the end of the day.
Research Technician
University of New Mexico: Mars Laboratory
09.2019 - 05.2022
- Use of Analyst’s Notebook and Midnight Planet’s Spirit mission photos to find small craters with long axes of less than six meters on the surface of Mars.
- Documentation of each crater to obtain small crater density along the Spirit rover’s path.
- Interpret implications of crater density to understand Mar’s atmospheric thickness over the last 20 million years.
- Publication of an abstract and poster on my research at the L.P.S.C. titled, “Initial Small Crater Survey of The Mer Spirit Rover Traverse” where I am the first author.
Education
Earth And Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM | August 2018-May 2022Bachelor of Science - Geology
University of California Sacramento
Sacramento, CA05-2025
High School Diploma -
Tahoe Truckee High School
Truckee, CA05-2018
Skills
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
- ArcGIS
- Map production
- Data Collection and analysis
- Professional communication
- Problem-solving abilities
- Team building and collaboration
- Critical Thinking
Accomplishments
- Scholarships: Awarded Leonard Fellowship, Amigo Scholarship Recipient, and Hopwood Brunton Scholarship.
- Awarded Best Field Geologist 2024
Timeline
Geotechnical Engineering Technician
NV5: Holdrege & Kull
05.2022 - 08.2022
Research Technician
University of New Mexico: Mars Laboratory
09.2019 - 05.2022
Earth And Planetary Sciences
University of New Mexico
Bachelor of Science - Geology
University of California Sacramento
High School Diploma -
Tahoe Truckee High School
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