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- 1. Max Fisher (630) 337-‐4276; mdfisher2@wisc.edu; 1825 Wilmette Court, Wheaton, IL 60187 Summary Recent grad with extensive communication/teaching skills, hard R&D, design, programming, and fieldwork skills, a love of and willingness to learn, flexibility and patience in the face of new experiences, and dedication to seeing a project through to its end. Education University of Wisconsin-‐Madison, May 2015 • B.S. Chemical Engineering • B.S. Biochemistry Study Abroad: Czech Technical University (Prague, Czech Republic), Zhejiang University (Hangzhou, China) Engineering Modeling, Design, and Sustainability Material & Resource Optimization via Computational Fluid Dynamics/Thermodynamics, IceCube (Jan – Jun, 2015; Madison, WI) • Programmed MATLAB script de novo to simulate unsteady convection in massive tank of complex geometry/materials • Presented results periodically to international consortium of scientists and engineers • Used model to inform structural/material design and deployment strategy decisions on multimillion dollar project Environmentally-‐Benign Dimethyl Carbonate Synthesis Plant Process Design (Sept – Dec, 2014; Capstone Design Project) • Developed a process to manufacture DMC by a greener reaction pathway than is currently employed in industry • Optimized material, energy, waste handling in ASPEN Plus; prepared PFDs, stream tables, equipment data sheets in Visio • Engineered process to capture 5% of $260 M/yr. global market; new process competes economically with old process Recycling Ethanol via Semibatch Distillation Process Optimization (July, 2014; Hangzhou, China; Student Competition) • Optimized alcohol recycling from liquid waste of EtOH/H2O mixture at azeotrope via reflux ratio, reboiler power control Project Management and Leadership Sustainable Clean Water/Sanitation System Design Volunteer, Engineers Without Borders (2012 – present; Madison, WI) • Managed team that organized water quality tests for a five-‐year community project (Lweza, Uganda) • Travelled to Lweza, summer 2015, as part of assessment team re: clean water sourcing, purification, storage, distribution • Drafted official primary/alternative design, regulatory, environmental, health & safety, and data analysis documentation • Served as Publicity Coordinator on Executive Board, Sept – Dec, 2013; raised awareness/interest in and coordinated events STEM Tutor, College of Engineering -‐ Undergraduate Learning Center (Jan – May, 2015) • Tutored disadvantaged (i.e. minority, learning disability, lower income background, transfer student) undergrads 1-‐on-‐1 • Focused tutoring efforts on ChemE coursework (i.e. heat/fluid transfer, thermodynamics, process specs/ops/design, etc.) Undergraduate Mentor, Chicago Diabetes Project -‐ UIC (May – July, 2012; Chicago, IL) • Mentored high school students in laboratory research techniques and general undergrad STEM pathways • Lead students in a study on pancreatic islet cell insulin secretion in the presence of glucose Research and Data Analysis Human Carbonic Anhydrase II (HCAII) L100Q Mutation Characterization (Jan – May, 2015; Biochemistry Capstone Project) • Induced point mutation in wt; cloned mutation into cell population; over-‐expressed, isolated, and characterized enzyme • Performed following characterization assays: urea denaturation, spectrophotometry, and intrinsic fluorescence • Determined L100Q HCAII is more stable, binds stronger to substrate and ligand, and has lower catalytic efficiency than wt Computational Subatomic Particle Decay, Theoretical Physics Department -‐ Fermilab (July – Aug, 2012; Batavia, IL) • Used Unix software to visualize, investigate Higgs boson decay events in high-‐energy charged proton collisions • Performed analysis of data sets from CERN used for celebrated Higgs boson discovery in 2012 • Identified potential alternative Higgs decay mechanism, possibly due to top quark production Genetic Engineering/Protein Characterization – Bacterial Gene Repression, Landick Lab -‐ UW (Feb – Dec, 2012; Madison, WI) • Investigated bacterial gene repression by nucleoid-‐associating proteins StpA and FIS • Engineered, amplified, purified, cloned genetic material; induced protein over-‐expression for future characterization Professional Organization Involvement American Institute of Chemical Engineers: Member (Jan, 2012 – Present); Technology Chair (Sept – Dec,2013) ΑΧΣ Professional Chemistry Fraternity: Member (Jan, 2012 – May, 2013); Secretary (Sept – Dec, 2012) Polygon Engineering Student Council: American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics Representative (Jan – May, 2012) Hard Skills Field Techniques: Water quality testing, GPS surveying, community surveying, data collecting/recording Industry/Laboratory Techniques: UV-‐vis-‐NIR spectroscopy, GC-‐MS, NMR, distillation, solvent extraction, membrane separation, filtration, TLC, radiation safety, organic synthesis, genetic cloning, protein expression/characterization techniques, etc. Process Control: Lab experience in P, PI, PID control, SISO/MIMO systems, non-‐linearity/time delay, stability analysis in MATLAB Software: Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint, MATLAB, ASPEN, Java, Adobe; Some experience in AutoCAD, LabVIEW, ROOT Language: Spanish, conversational; Czech, basic