RACHEL SHANNON

rachela.shannon@gmail.com

OBJECTIVE To secure a position doing creative, innovative, and interdisciplinary work in engineering and design.

EDUCATION Iowa State University, College of Engineering, College of Design, Ames, IA

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.86 Expected Spring 2024
Master of Industrial Design GPA: 3.86 Expected Spring 2021
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.79 Graduated Spring 2020
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering GPA: 3.40 Graduated Fall 2018

EMPLOYMENT Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa

Graduate Research Assistant, School of Education / 4-H Extension /Alliant Energy May 2019 – Present
• Helped expand STEM opportunities for youth across the state of Iowa through co-designing, piloting,
evaluating, and implementing the InventSTEM program for youth grades 4-12, reaching 80,000 students.
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Senior Design I January – May 2019, August – December 2020
• Facilitated individual and team dynamics, project management, and grading.
ECSEL-WiSE Peer Mentor January – December 2018
• Facilitated discussions surrounding inclusiveness and diversity as it relates to engineering students in ECpE.
• Managed and organized community service-learning by helping students lead STEM based activities with the
Boys and Girls Club of Story County.
• Held office hours for ECSEL scholars to discuss and study course topics in math, physics, and engineering.
• Organized a community service-learning session through The Road Less Traveled conference combining art and
electronics by building paper circuits.
EE 185 Mentor/Teaching Assistant August 2016 – Present
• Offered guidance and mentoring to first-year EE students through reflections and critical thinking.
• Organized lab experiments to help guide students through electrical engineering fundamentals such as
programming and circuits
Clark County Department of Aviation, Las Vegas, Nevada
Student Engineer, Internship July 2014 – June 2015
• Studied Routing and Switching, the OSI model, RAID, Active Directory, and inventory of VMs under the direction
of the Network and Server teams
NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, California
Education Specialist, Internship March 2012 – June 2012
• Supported research and development of STEM educational project targeting grades 4 -6, with the ability to
work in remote and on-site environments via telecommunications
United States Navy, USS Rushmore (LSD-47), San Diego, California
Information Systems Technician June 2006 – June 2010
• Supervised personnel, troubleshooting and maintaining the functionality of radio communications circuits for
ship-to-ship, ship-to-shore, and ship-to-air platforms
• Top Secret/SCI clearance for handling cryptographic equipment and classified documents

SKILLS Hardware: Oscilloscope, function wave generator, network and spectrum analyzers, circuit assembly, soldering, Arduino,
TI Launchpad, Raspberry Pi, Ham radio
Software: MATLAB, Simulink, Microsoft Office, LTSPICE, ANSYS HFSS, ADS, Altera Quartus II, Altium Designer, Verilog, C,
Java, Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, WordPress, Janeway

ACADEMIC Connecting Urban Space in Queretaro: Rio Cielo Summer 2020

PROJECTS Role: Research and Engineering
A virtual Urban Design Global Studio with a focus on utilizing design strategies to introduce new rituals during the
pandemic in Queretaro, Mexico. Our team’s project focuses on the perspective of creating an urban design
intervention in Public Spaces (PS) and Privately Owned Public Spaces (POPS).
3D-Metal Printer Fall 2017-Spring 2018
Role: Sensor System Engineer
NSF sponsored Senior Design project with a focus on non-destructive evaluation (NDE) to check for defects in additive
manufacturing in real time. Our team focused on designing, parts acquisition, and building the printer for phase one.

Portfolio: http://rachelashannon.weebly.com
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rachelashannon