spellacy resume, october 2015
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MATTHEW D. SPELLACY Current address: 5113 Delancey Street, Columbus, OH 43220
Phone: 614-638-6351 | Email: [email protected]
EDUCATION
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH May 2015
Master of Science in Environmental Engineering GPA: 3.74/4.00
Concentrations: Soil and water environmental quality, hydrology, and organic pollutant fate and distribution.
Masters papers: An Investigation of Evapotranspiration Models Compared by Stannard (1993) and A Radiometric
Technique for Examining the Accuracy of the Richards and Green-Ampt Infiltration Models
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH May 2013
Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering; English Minor Major GPA: 3.67; Minor GPA: 3.87
Concentration: Water quality, wastewater treatment, environmental chemistry, and pollution remediation.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Funutation Tekademy Inc., Cleveland, OH | Course Instructor (32 hrs/wk; May 2014-Aug 2015)
• Lead and teach computer programming and technology courses for groups of up to 30 people.
• Helped develop a course on how to build and repair PCs.
Ohio Dept. of Natural Resources, Columbus, OH | Energy Resources Intern (40 hrs/wk; June-Nov 2013)
• Learned about the legal processes, measurement tests, technologies, and procedures associated with petroleum
exploration and extraction.
• Digitized and consolidated oil and gas geophysical logs from completed petroleum wells around the Midwest.
Ohio State Undergraduate Research Program | Student Researcher (hrs varied; Mar 2012-May 2013)
• Worked with the USGS to investigate the relationship between deep well injection of fracturing fluids and
freshwater aquifer contamination and presented findings at the Denman Research Forum.
• Broadly characterized the geochemical parameters of fracturing and flowback fluids from hydraulic fracturing
operations of the Marcellus Shale.
• Discovered a possible link between microbial populations that inhabit fractured well boreholes and their ability
to remove soluble uranium and other toxic compounds from flowback fluids.
Ohio State University, Columbus, OH | Research Assistant (40 hrs/wk; June-Aug 2012)
• Operated and maintained all lab technologies and analytical devices for Paula Mouser, Ph.D., P.E.’s
environmental biotechnology research lab while aiding 3 graduate students with their research.
PROJECTS
Ozonation-BAC Facility Team Capstone Design (Jan-May 2013)
• Designed an intermediate-ozonation/biologically active carbon filtration facility.
• Produced an extensive preliminary design report outlining pilot scale test results analysis, comparison of
technologies, facility and equipment design, hydraulic and stormwater management, treatment outcomes,
sustainability alternatives, and economic and political considerations.
Arsenic Treatment Plant Design, Team Leader (Jan-Mar 2012)
• Lead a team that engineered an ion-exchange arsenic treatment plant for drinking water sanitation; designed
waste residual disposal process and addressed relevant political and ethical concerns.
ACADEMIC HONORS AND INVOLVEMENT
• Scarlet & Gray Trustees Scholarship recipient; College of Engineering Undergraduate Research Scholarship
recipient; graduation with research distinction; APWA Graduate Scholarship recipient.
• The Ohio State Undergraduate Research Program, 2012-2013
• American Academy of Environmental Engineers member, 2010-present; OSU Chapter Social Chair, 2011-2012
• Ohio State Engineer Magazine, Staff Writer, 2010-2011
• Built and repaired PCs; installed and replaced hardware and software; troubleshot and resolved PC problems.