Aaron J Redd Email & Phone Number

Middleton, Wisconsin, United States

Madison, Wisconsin, United States

Phoenix, LLC. (www.phoenixwi.com) manufactures compact neutron sources strong enough to replace reactors and radioactive sources for applications such as: neutron radiography, radiation hardness testing, explosives detection, medical isotope production and nuclear fuel scanning. Learn more at phoenixwi.com.My work centered on thermal-neutron and.

Fitchburg, WI

PROS maintains and enhances the Pinnacle suite of software tools, used by cancer treatment clinics around the world for radiation treatment planning. Pinnacle can be used to design and optimize treatment plans using external beams (X-Ray, electron, and/or proton therapy) and internally placed sources (also called brachytherapy).As a software developer, I'm.

I answer questions from the public in the areas of physical science and engineering. My contributions can be viewed at http://www.madsci.org/cgi-bin/search?query=Aaron+J.+Redd.

Madison, Wisconsin Area

• The PEGASUS Toroidal Experiment is a concept exploration facility funded by the US DOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences (OFES), developing science and technology solutions for reactor-related issues in plasma physics.
• Developed theory-based numerical model for momentum and heat energy transport in PEGASUS plasmas, including Local Helicity Injection (LHI) discharges, using Tokamak Simulation Code (TSC). Extensive modifications to TSC.
• Implemented and optimized orthogonal dynamic programming algorithm for analysis of PEGASUS density signals. Composed other custom analysis tools, in multiple languages.
• Developed and optimized several distinct PEGASUS operating scenarios, both in support of program goals and in support of co-workers’ experiments. Specific scenarios included: outboard-driven stationary LHI plasmas.
• Improved skills with Analytical Data Set Preparation, Data Analytics, Multivariate Analysis, Optimization & Control, and Troubleshooting
• Maintained access of experimental group to PEGASUS experimental relational database (multiple terabytes, with several different linked data types)

Greater Seattle Area

• HIT is a concept exploration facility funded by the US DOE OFES, addressing startup and sustainment scientific issues in controlled nuclear fusion reactors.Scope: Responsible for coordination of personnel and resources.
• Discovered and surveyed magnetically-relaxing Coaxial Helicity Injection (CHI) operating regime, appropriate for high-performance startup in thermonuclear fusion reactors.
• Composed SQL-like querying of experimental database for quantitative analysis of experimental performance, optimizing operating scenarios, and diagnosing off-normal operating conditions. Used this dataset to highlight.
• Developed robust shell and IDL scripts to pre-process HIT data and post-process results for equilibrium modeling using the legacy EFIT code, capable of running thousands of cases in parallel without intervention.
• Developed code for maintenance of terabyte-scale HIT database, including automation of data validation checks and improved custom software for data retrieval and storage.
• Developed, debugged, and optimized custom data analysis tools in multiple languages, including Fortran, IDL, MatLab, Mathematica, and Python.

Greater Seattle Area

Scientist attached to the Helicity Injected Torus (HIT) experiment, a concept exploration facility funded by the US DOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, developing science and technology solutions for startup and sustainment in controlled nuclear fusion reactors. My roles included:* Responsible for day-to-day HIT experimental operations, including.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

• The Lehigh group, funded by the US DOE Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, is primarily dedicated to accurate numerical simulation of magnetized thermonuclear plasmas.Scope:Numerically simulate experimental thermonuclear.
• Developed simple algebraic model, useful for predictive modeling, for particle and heat fluxes due to pressure-driven Kinetic Ballooning Mode (KBM) in tokamaks, an analog to the Rayleigh-Taylor Instability in typical.
• Ported a suite of plasma simulation and analysis codes to multiple platforms, wrote documentation, and devised test cases. These legacy codes required extensive reworking, especially I/O protocols and interoperability.
• Demonstrated, using predictive simulations and comparison to experimental data, that linear models of drift mode driven turbulence cannot explain observed heat fluxes in the tokamak deep core.
• Participated in cross-platform plasma simulation code calibration effort, called Cyclone, where my unique contributions include both comprehensive stability calculations and fluid-theory plasma turbulence estimates.
• Contributed the first module to the National Transport Code Collaboration, a DOE initiative to share robust, well-documented code modules among collaborating academic and national lab facilities; this module became the.

Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

• Scope:Teach laboratory and supplementary lecture classes, as assigned. Participate in the writing and grading of exams, and assist students with lecture course material. Classes taught are generally the introductory.
• Revised the curriculum and approach for teaching the first-semester physics lab classes, to improve retention of material into the second semester. Feedback from second-semester instructors indicated that these.

Moscow, Idaho

Taught supplementary lectures for the calculus-based introductory electromagnetism course. Provided students with assistance on course material and homework problems. Also, helped compose and grade the lecture course exams.

Moscow, Idaho

Research in atomic-physics laboratory of Professor Bernhard Stumpf, funded by the National Science Foundation. Measured electron-impact cross-sections for excited states of alkali metals, specifically rubidium and cesium, for comparison to theory-based calculations. Duties included acquisition of experimental data, high vacuum maintenance, and design and.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Plasma Physics And Controlled Nuclear Fusion

Activities and Societies: Lehigh University Graduate Student Association: Member 1993-1998, Secretary 1994-1995Dissertation.

Bachelor'S Degree, Double Major: Mathematics And Physics

Activities and Societies: Society of Physics Students, University of Idaho Chapter: Member 1989-1993, Secretary/Treasurer 1991-1992..