1. JACOB R. LEAVY
2344 15th Street
TROY, NEW YORK 12180
Mobile: 609-350-8503
leavyj@rpi.edu
OBJECTIVE:
Obtain an entry level position as a chemical engineer, allowing me to expand and develop
experience while gaining relevant knowledge.
EDUCATION:
Junior in Chemical Engineering (Class of 2018)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York
Awarded Dean’s List all four semesters with a GPA of 3.68
Courses included:
 Energy, Entropy, and Equilibrium (Thermodynamics)
 Organic Chemistry I and II
 Materials, Energy, and Entropy Balances
 Calc III, Diff Eq, Linear Algebra
Current Courses:
 Transport Phenomena I
 Chemical Process Dynamics and Control
 Intro to Biochemical Engineering
EXPERIENCE
Transportation Security Laboratory Summer 2016
 Developed Test Array to Physically Characterize Semisolid Explosives
 Interned for Department of Homeland Security (DHS),Transportation Security
Administration (TSA),and Department of Energy (DOE) sponsored by the Oak Ridge
Institute for Science and Education (ORISE)
 Completed test array was considered for a patent but will aide in the development of a larger
patent for the Department of Homeland Security
 Attended meetings between Transportation Security Laboratory and Johns Hopkins Applied
Physics Laboratory
ACTIVITIES
 Member of the Gamma Tau Chapter of the Pi Kappa Alpha Fraternity since September 2014
 An Avoda Scholar since May 2014
 Member of RPI Weightlifting Club since September 2015
 Campus Involvement chair for Pi Kappa Alpha starting August 2016
 Black belt in Tae Kwon Do and blue belt in YamasakiJiu Jitsu from International Karate Academy in
Somers Point, NJ, 2000-2014
WORK
Valet, Revel Casino Guitar Instructor, Independent
Atlantic City, NJ — May 2014- August 2014 Northfield, NJ — July 2012-
December 2013