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Education
Penn State Schreyer Honors College . University Park, Pennsylvania . 2005 . 2010
Bachelor of Arts with honors in Landscape Architecture
Cumulative GPA 3.74/4
Sede di Roma . Rome, Italy . Spring 2009
University of New South Wales . Sydney, Australia . Autumn 2008
Experience
Luca Peralta Studio . Rome, Italy . Spring 2011
Junior Landscape Designer: Responsible for developing and modeling facade designs for Prada; produced and packaged conceptual designs for several 40-story residential towers in Mumbai, India
EcoLand . Beijing, China . Autumn 2010
Junior Designer: Responsible for interpreting and drafting a section of the Zaha Hadid project “Galaxy” in Beijing; worked on and presented multiple urban design and city planning projects in mainland China and the island of Hainan
Land Designs By Ellison . Vail Valley, Colorado . Summer 2009
Crew Leader: Oversaw installation of residential and resort planting designs including perennial beds, trees in reforestation projects and irrigation systems
Technical Skills
Proficient: Photoshop, InDesign, Illustrator, Acrobat Pro, AutoCAD, Ecotect, SketchUP, Microsoft Word, WordPress
Familiar: Microsoft Excel, Rhino, 3ds Max, ArcMap, Flash.
Honors and Accolades
American Society of Landscape Architects Student Honor Award
The College of Arts and Architecture Creative Achievement Award
Dean’s List All Semesters
Schreyer Ambassador Travel Grant
John O. Simonds Honor Award for Creativity
Departmental Award for Excellence in Landscape Architecture
Center Section PA/DEL Chapter ASLA Academic Scholarship
Course Work
Thesis Research & World Travel
A year of university funded research abroad studying the relationship between nature and urban environments culminating in an 80 page undergraduate honors thesis readable online at
Regional Planning and Community Design
Large scale design with a focus on ecosystems and cultural relationships practiced in an effort to foster sustainable and environmentally aware communities
Vegetation Ecology and Landscape Design
Application of ecological and GIS data analysis to landscape design and management
Design Implementation
Principles of site design and water management including grading standards, ADA requirements and the development of AutoCAD assisted construction/planting documents