Andrew Pearson Gross

apg5070@psu.edu Campus Address 141 S. Garner Street, Room 110 State College, PA 16802 c. (973) 953-1072 Permanent Address 51 Gannett Ct. Wayne, NJ 07470 h. (973) 953-1072

OBJECTIVE EDUCATION

To obtain an entry-level engineering position starting May 2012 Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Engineering The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Expected Graduation: May 2012 Major GPA: 3.50/4.00 Cumulative GPA: 3.20/4.00 Relevant Courses Reactor Physics / Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics / Nuclear Reactor Design / Material Science Radiation Detection and Measurement / Nuclear and Radiochemistry / Issues in Nuclear Engineering

EXPERIENCE

Department of Energy Light Water Reactors Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; 06/2011 08/2011 Researched the implementation of FRAPCON3; FORTRAN source term identification code Experimented with materials that efficiently absorb neutron poisons in fission product gases Utilized molecular dynamics and reactor physics equations to characterize gaseous migration paths Department of Energy International Safeguards Project Office Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY; 06/2011 08/2011 Examined non-destructive assay equipment used by the International Atomic Energy Agency Analyzed expenditures by the United States Support Program for NDA purposes Attended a daily graduate-level course on nuclear safety and nonproliferation Emergency Management and Homeland Security New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, NJ; 05/2010 08/2010 Assisted on a research team by stress-testing emergency management systems Attended briefings at Picatinny Arsenal given by the National Guard, Americas Army, Google Collaborated with the DoD, NJ Business Force, local technology companies on future modifications Sustainable Cooking Device Project: Penn State University, State College, PA; 01/2009 05/2009 Managed a five person team to design a suitable cooking device for the developing world Utilized Solid Works for an air-flow simulation of the carbon dioxide emission Placed first in the class design fair AutoCAD, Solid Works, Matlab, Spanish and German (elementary), PowerPoint, Excel Honor Society / Clubs Elected VP of the PSU chapter of the nuclear honor society Alpha Nu Sigma (04/2011 04/2012) Active member of the national and Penn State chapters of American Nuclear Society (2010 2012) Pi Kappa Phi

SKILLS ACITIVITIES

 Elected as executive board member (Secretary), THON, programming, community service, and philanthropy chair (05/2010 05/2011) Raised over $750,000 in four years for pediatric cancer research and The Four Diamonds Fund Prepared and directed a day-long fundraising event for the Push America Fund (04/2010)