Noura Howell

noura.howell@students.olin.edu

EDUCATION
Olin College of Engineering Candidate for B.S. in Engineering with a Concentration in Computing in May 2012 3.66 GPA. Coursework includes: Modeling and Simulation, Mobile App Development, Human Factors Interface Design Mississippi State University Gap yearpure math for fun 3.46 GPA. Coursework included: Java, French, Graph Theory, Topology, Group Theory

EXPERIENCE
Affordable Design Class Rabat, Morocco Fall 2011 User research to identify needs and areas of opportunity for community partners with a focus on mobile apps for literacy Microsoft Windows Redmond, WA Summer 2011 Designed, owned, and drove late breaking Windows 8 feature Position: User Experience program manager intern Mo bile App Development Class Spring 2011 Designed and prototyped several innovative Android apps based on companies expressed values and user space One Earth Designs Xining, China Summer 2010 Immersive user research, computational modeling, and field testing of a durable, portable parabolic solar cooker for use in remote, fuel-scarce, nomadic Tibetan regions of the Himalayas Position: Engineering intern

SKILLS
Python, Matlab, Java User oriented design drills, saws, machete with bamboo written and spoken French some Arabic, Mandarin

RESEARCH
Olin College Miller Fellowship Spring Summer 2009 Math research in knot theory, Khovanov Homology Position: Student researcher for Dr. Georgi Gospodinov Army Corps of Engineers Cary, NC Summer 2008 As a high school senior, parallelized a coastal waterflow model (10K+ lines FORTRAN) with OpenMP to reduce simulation time Position: Computer consultant North Carolina State University Summer 2006 Analyzed use of P. chrysosporium pretreatment for cotton stalk ethanol production, paper doi:10.1016/j.biombioe.2008.04.016 Position: Lab assistant to Jian Shi and Dr. Ratna Sharma-Shivappa NC School of Science and Mathematics 2005 2006 R&D polymeric gel to test heavy metal ion levels in public water Position: Student researcher in Durham, NC

CONTACT
1000 Olin Way Olin College MB 207 Needham, MA 02492 512 Farmington Woods Drive Cary, NC 27511