Katharyn Jeffreys

15040 Bridgeway Ln. #602 • Ft. Myers, FL 33919

jeffreys@alum.mit.edu • 617.256.8733

http://katiejeffreys.com/design

 

Education

 


                       Massachusetts Institute of Technology                                                                                               Cambridge, MA

                              Bachelors of Science in Environmental Engineering and Literature. June 2001. GPA: 4.3 out of 5.0

 

                              Relevant Courses: Environmental Chemistry and Biology Laboratory, Environmental Fluid Transport Processes Laboratory, Hydrology, Fluid Mechanics, Physics of the Atmosphere and Ocean, Ecology, Management in Engineering, Environmental Law: Pollution Control, Introduction to Public Policy Analysis and Government Action, Uncertainty in Engineering, Thermodynamics and Kinetics, Practicum in Writing and Oral Presentation.

 

Relevant Experience        

 


Nov. 2006 –     Matthew Smyth, Inc., Design Assistant                                                                       New York, NY

May 2007        Responsible for general office duties in well published, high-end residential design firm. Created purchase orders in Design Manager. Organized antique and furniture deliveries. As part of a team, oversaw research, purchasing and installation of a model apartment. Shopped for trims, furniture and accessories/fixtures.  Created client schemes and maintained resource library.

 

May 2005 –       Mark Cunningham Design, Inc., Design Assistant                                                 New York, NY

Feb. 2006           Assisted the designer in the decoration of a 4-bedroom newly renovated Upper East Side apartment. Duties included client meetings; fabric cutting requests and ordering; furniture and art research; scheduling installations; budget tracking and general office management.

 

April 2004 -       Manhattan Renovations, Interior Designer                                                              New York, NY

Oct. 2004           Design and oversight of gut residential interior renovations, including construction planning, A/V system design,
furniture and lighting selection and cabinetry design.

 

Feb. 2003 -      Louis Berger Group, Inc., Environmental Engineer                                                 New York, NY

March 2004     Oversaw wastewater treatment plant community air monitoring. Conducted health and safety oversight and environmental sampling of subsurface soil surveys. Prepared air permits and emission statements.. Administrated Lead Abatement training classes. Conducted USPS hazardous materials inventories and NYCT drainage mapping.

 

June 2002 –     AKRF, Inc., Environmental Engineer                                                                                   New York, NY

Nov. 2002        Conducted visual and subsurface investigations of properties around New York State as a part of Phase I and Phase II Environmental Site Assessments. Wrote Environmental Impact Statement Hazardous Materials chapters. 

 

Sept. 2001 -     Luminant Worldwide, Analyst                                                                                    New York, NY

Dec. 2001        Coordinated on-site interviews to determine local site needs for major waste management company’s e-procurement effort. Researched peer/best-in-class logistics structures for tobacco company’s European distribution. Contributed to team efforts to develop transportation network for Fortune 100 consumer packaged goods company.

 

Summer 2001   ISDGM – Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Intern                                                               Venice, Italy

                                Developed a computer model of dissolved organic carbon in the Adriatic Sea taking into account settling and aging of carbon. Modified pre-existing code to create a more realistic model of carbon’s interaction with sea life.

 

Summer 2000   Ford Motor Company, Associate Research Engineer                                                               Dearbon, MI

                                Located and quantified the use of PVC and Hexavalent Chromium in Ford vehicles. Established benchmark procedures for analysis of vehicle lines and substance-of-concern measurement techniques. Created a phase-out plan incorporating material alternatives and supplier relations. Established a recycling strategy for the TH!NK Neighbor.

 

Summer 1999   Thetis s.P.a., Intern                                                                                                         Venice, Italy

                        Developed a method for cartographic data interpolation and produced maps of environmental data in the Venice Lagoon. Constructed computer programs that performed calculations on large data sets. Created a web-based display of mapped conditions and updated a web page for an international environmental assessment program.

 

Proficiencies

 


                       Programming: HTML, C, Pascal, Perl, FORTRAN.

                              Operating Systems: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT, Windows 3.1x, MacOS, Unix.

                              Software: Microsoft Office, AutoCAD, Pagemaker, Photoshop, FileMaker Pro, Quark, ArcGIS

                       Language Skills: Spanish, Italian.

 

Activities

 


                              Vice President, Class of 2001 Class Council (2001 - 2006). Purchasing Manager, MIT 24-Hour Coffeehouse (1999 - 2001). Features Editor, The Tech (1999 - 2001). Vice President Fraternity Relations, Alpha Chi Omega sorority (2000). Project Manager, Senior Gift Committee (2000 – 2001). Member, Society of Women Engineers (1997 - present). Member, Girl Scouts of the United States of America (1985 - Present). MIT Musical Theater Guild (1997 - 2001). MIT Public Service Center Fellowship (January 2000). Tutor, Teach a Child to Read (1997 - 1999). Interests include: interior design, literature, reading and writing poetry, photography, theater and sailing.