Washington State University
Degree in Computational Physics consisting of:
    Bachelor of Science in Physics
    Minor in Mathematics
    Minor in Computer Science
GPA:  3.6
Completed Credits:  146
Date of Graduation:  December 2008
Thesis:  Non-Invasive Acoustic Monitoring of Fluid Parameters using a Digital Phase-Lock Technique

February 2008 - Present:   Computer Scientist
Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Keyport (Code 234)
Develop software for data acquisition, signal processing and process control. Perform analysis of measurement & sensing techniques, command & control methods and software timeliness. Commonly work on projects associated with acoustic tracking, targets and remotely operated vehicles. Occasionally involved in electronic circuit design or troubleshooting.

May 2008 - December 2008:   Student Intern Research Assistant
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (MPA-11)
Built electronics and wrote software to interface with instruments used in swept frequency acoustic interferometry (SFAI), Doppler spectroscopy and other ultrasonic sensing techniques. Signal processing and numerical analysis were employed to extract properties of systems by analyzing acoustic waves passed through them. Capstone project was to study an ultrasonic phase-lock technique to non-invasively monitor fluid parameters. The technique was adapted for commercial off-the-shelf digitizing equipment and implemented numerically in software to allow for real-time feedback control, additional data analysis, scalability and significant implementation cost reduction.

March 2007 - December 2008:   Intern Digital Hardware Design Engineer
Comtech AHA
Duties were to design and verify digital hardware (ASICs and FPGAs) and review hardware design and verification performed by fellow engineers. Implemented communications algorithms, most notably forward error correction, data compression and encryption algorithms, in VHDL and C++. Performed verification by generating hardware testbench results and comparing them against software models in accordance with code coverage verification plans.

May 2005 - May 2008:   Washington State University Questioning & Tutoring (WSUQ&T) System Programmer
Washington State University (WSU) Physics Dept.
Began as a web programmer and became the head programmer and project manager of WSUQ&T in early 2006. WSUQ&T was released under the Open Source Initiative in 2006 and was developed under the guidance of Dr. Tom Dickinson of the Washington State University Physics Department. For more information about WSUQ&T, visit http://honors.physics.wsu.edu/.

Software Application Domains:
Embedded, Real-time, Data Acquisition, Process Control, Graphical Interfaces, Databases, Networking and Security

Programming, Scripting, Assembly, Database and Hardware Definition Languages:
C, C++, VHDL, SQL, Perl, Shell Script, PHP, Javascript, HTML, CSS and AVR, x86 and PowerPC Assembly

Operating Systems:
Experience developing for both UNIX/POSIX (Linux/OSX) systems and Microsoft (DOS/Windows) systems. Experienced in embedded and real-time systems, most notably Xilkernel (for FPGAs) and real-time Linux.

Algorithms:
Experience employing numerical analysis, signal processing, process control and sensing techniques. Familiar with communications algorithms, specifically forward error correction, lossy/lossless data compression and encryption.

Electronics:
Knowledge of analog circuit and digital logic design. Experience developing digital hardware for both FPGA and ASIC implementations. Familiar with microprocessors, microcontrollers and embedded systems. Experience designing and analyzing analog filters and amplifiers.

CAD and Simulation:
Experience developing with Xilinx ISE & XPS, Modelsim, Aldec Riviera-PRO, Cadence OrCAD, SolidWorks, SoftPlan.

Communication:
Four years of high schhol Speech and Policy Debate. WSU Physics & Astronomy Club President (8 semesters). Symposium and poster competition presentation experience. Commonly work in teams of scientists & engineers.

Physics and Astronomy Club (WSU): President   (2004-08) Sigma Alpha Epsilon (WSU): Refounding Father of WSU chapter  (2006) Correspondent   (2006-07) Webmaster   (2006-08) Judicial Boardmember   (2007) Scholarship Chair   (2008)

Awards: Winner of Student Symposium in Physics (LANL 2008) President's Honor Roll (WSU 2006-08) Cougar Academic Award (WSU 2004-08) Bender Scholarship in Physics (WSU 2004-05) Certifications: CompTIA Security+ (2009) CompTIA Network+ (2009) Associate Certified Internet Webmaster (CIW) (2004)