Vincent Chen

Environmental Sustainability Health & Safety (ESHS) Student at RIT | Accelerated Scholar: Class of 2029 + 1

Ossining, New York, United States

About

Dedicated student is currently seeking for internships and co-ops in Environmental Sustainability Health & Safety. Student is also interested in learning new skills and gaining experience in fields outside of the primary interest.

Experience

  • Rochester Institute of Technology (On-site)
    • E-Waste Manager
      Feb 2026 - Present · 5 mos

      Helped dispose electronic waste around the RIT campus in an swift, effective, and pristine manner.

    • Zero Waste Ambassador
      Oct 2025 - Present · 9 mos

      Helped sort and dispose waste at both men and women hockey games to maintain a cleaner environment within the Gene Polisseni Center.

  • China Ossining (26 South Highland Ave, Ossining NY, 10562)
    • Cashier/Co-Manager
      Mar 2019 - Jun 2025 · 6 yrs 4 mos

      Continued handling customer orders expertly, ensuring precision and care, while balancing roles as co-manager and part-time cashier.

    • Cashier
      Jan 2016 - Mar 2019 · 3 yrs 3 mos

      Handled customer orders expertly, ensuring precision and care.

  • Student Researcher at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
    Jul 2024 - Aug 2024 · 2 mos

    Continued the same research project under Dr. Christine McCarthy's supervision in the Rock & Ice Mechanics Lab. During this summer, I focused on developing a computational model that aimed to calculate and predict the velocities (in m/s) of real world temperate glaciers using friction data from my experiments.

  • Student Researcher at Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
    Jun 2023 - Aug 2023 · 3 mos

    Worked on a glacial geophysics research project under Dr. Christine McCarthy's supervision, to better understand how characteristics of different rock types within bedrock, like porosity and roughness, can contribute to how quick basal sliding can cause glaciers to slide into the ocean.