Education:
Westmont College Santa Barbara, California
Bachelors of Science in Physics
Additional Course Work:
Introduction to Computer Science I and II (click
here for
some sample work)
Circuits and Electronics
Experience:
Software Quality Intern February 2008 –present
Motion Engineering, Goleta, California
Developing and improving software testing
procedures
Major Honors
Project August 2007 – present
Westmont College, Santa Barbara,
California
Independently researching and developing data
analysis techniques for a detector at NSCL (National Superconducting
Cyclotron Laboratory at Michigan State University)
Undergraduate
Research Conference October 2007
Newport News,
Virginia
Presented research on Modular Neutron Array at
national conference for undergraduates
Research
Assistant- Nuclear Physics
Summer 2006, Summer 2007
Developed and improved programs in Tcl for data
analysis
Electronic logic design, detector calibration
and troubleshooting
Experience in large research laboratory with
several weeks spent on-site at NSCL
Familiarity with Linux OS and software package
developed at NSCL
Teaching Assistant August 2005 – April 2006
Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California August 2007 – December 2007
Led weekly problem solving sessions for General
Physics and Mathematical Physics
Research
Assistant- Astronomy Summer 2005
Utilized technical manuals for operating the
telescope and CCD camera
Processed images and data with several software
programs (CCDSoft, TheSky6 and Excel)
Presented results on the photometry of pulsating
stars at Westmont Research Symposium