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Through my education, I have participated in several individual and team projects that have called for research and analytical skills, including innovative methods to deriving equations, analyzing data, utilizing ideas from collaborative members of a research group, and maintaining high quality performance while under deadline pressure. I have also created and presented the final documentation associated with my research experiences. Outside of my studies, however, I have also found interest in the paranormal, the unexplained, conspiracy theories, and supernatural phenomena occurring throughout the world and universe.
One example of such phenomena includes Ufology. I have a personal interest in researching this due to a personal encounter in late 2003. While attending the University of Arizona (UofA), I’ve found that Dr. James E. McDonald (1920 - 1971) worked at the UofA in the 1950’s. There are files of his UFO research at the UofA classified archives. This recent investigation of his files revealed numerous breakthroughs in UFO evidence in unsolved mystery cases using today’s newer technology. Though I can’t say much more here, feel free to contact me of these ideas. Some fascinating links include Coast to Coast AM and Society for Scientific Exploration.
Teaching Assistant, Stanford University, 2009 - present
Assisted students during office hours, taught review sessions for the class, and graded assignments and exams for CME 100, Vector Calculus for Engineers, CME 104, Partial Differential Equations & Linear Algebra, and CME 106, Probability & Statistics.
Independent Physics Study, The University of Arizona, 2008 - 2009
Derived relativistic Schrödinger equations (Dirac, Klein-Gordon), and interpreted radial solutions for the hydrogen atom. Worked with a physics group on relativistic quantum mechanics of micro-black holes, and sought for the rate of particle production from the Dirac
equation in a Schwarzschild background. Research culminated in a paper and presentation.
Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program, The University of Arizona, Summer 2008
Collaborated with Dr. Michael Brown’s Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) laboratory. Used MATLAB to analyze data and studied theoretical principles of NMR in group meetings: quantum mechanical formulation of spin Hamiltonian, treatment of relaxation processes, coupling of spin tensors. Work culminated in a paper and presentation. Funded by the University of Arizona Ronald E. McNair Achievement program.
Student grader for Physics department, January – May 2008
Graded for Introductory Physics I & II.
National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU), University of Minnesota, Summer 2007
Worked one-on-one with Dr. Vaughan Voller at St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota. Created computer cellular automata simulations of agglomeration and coarsening models using MATLAB. Work culminated in paper and presentation. Funded by the NSF.
Study Abroad Physics Program, Clemson University in Trieste, Italy, Summer 2007
Conducted research at Elettra, a Synchrotron Light Laboratory in Trieste, Italy. Studied theoretical and experimental surface physics. Exposed to surface crystallography and diffraction, electron and tunneling microscopy, atomic and molecular beam scattering.
NASA Space Grant Consortium, The University of Arizona, 2006 – 2007
Worked one-on-one with Dr. Cho Lik Chan exploring linear instability in fluids and principles of magnetofluid dynamics. Used MATLAB, Fieldview, and Excel to analyze data of computer simulations. Work culminated in presentation. Funded by NASA Space Grant Consortium.
“Solid-State Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Hexamethylbenzene,” PowerPoint presentation given to The University of Arizona Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program Colloquia, August 2008.
“Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy for the Undergraduate Laboratory,” poster presentation given to The University of Arizona Ronald E. McNair Achievement Program Colloquia poster fair, August 2008.
“Solid-State Deuterium Nuclear Magnetic Resonance for Hexamethylbenzene,” PowerPoint presentation given to The Sixteenth Annual California McNair Scholars Symposium at The University of California, Berkeley, August 2008.
“Investigating Rule Based Simulations for Coarsening and Agglomeration,” PowerPoint and poster presentation given to St. Anthony Falls Laboratory, University of Minnesota, 2007.
“Investigating Rule Based Simulations for Coarsening and Agglomeration,” poster presentation given to University of Minnesota summer research symposium poster fair, 2007.
“Double Diffusive Convective Stability,” PowerPoint presentation given to the NASA Space Grant Undergraduate Research Internship statewide symposium, Arizona State University, 2007.
Invited speaker for an introductory engineering course: Survey of Engineering Professions (Eng 196A). The Rubik’s Cube and its algorithms were discussed, referring to breaking down complex systems to reproducible simpler steps. One-day presentation for three consecutive semesters, invitation from Dr. Paul Blowers, 2006-2007.
