Daniel Witteman Email & Phone Number

Positron Research Group - Operate a multistage, cryogenically cooled, pulsed Positron beam for atomic physics research - Develop electronics to improve data acquisition and system control - Implemented an Influx Database to aggregate system metrics from multiple devices - Simulate electromagnetic system in COMSOL Multiphysics

San Diego

I worked with a high performance team of engineers to build and test the next generation of extreme ultraviolet light sources. The systems are leviathans of stimulated emission, controls, cooling, heating, optics, gasses, and vacuums.

Greater San Diego Area

I help with all tasks necessary to keep a small but successful small business thriving. In this position, I learned about a niche within the wine industry as well as prudent practices for business in general.

Greater San Diego Area

I taught classes of 10-20 rambunctious gradeschoolers to craft code in a drag and drop language. I did my best to foster learning by encouraging my students to express their individuality through the projects they create.

La Jolla

I joined the Global TIES One Village Philippines (OVP) team as a way to connect with my heritage, learn practical skills, and give back to a community. The team is partnered with Gawad Kalinga (GK), a NGO in the Philippines that is dedicated to uplifting communities from poverty. The OVP team seeks to cocreate an enterprise on the GK Enchanted Farm in Bulacan around building low cost, high utility solar powered lanterns. I was involved in the OVP project as a student for 4 consecutive quarters. I started on the business sub team, then served as the construction lead, the testing lead, and quality control lead. in the summer of 2018, I was lucky enough to travel to the Enchanted village and learn about how the folks live on the Farm. Our team taught a workshop on how to build out lantern to over 50 of the villagers. Seeing the lanterns light up the room was magical. After that Summer trip, I continued on in Global TIES as an undergraduate advisor. I oversaw the students on OVP as they continue progress with the enterprise & lantern design. I also advised the Baja de Sol project, which operates with orphanages in Tijuana, Mexico. The Baja project seeks to reduce operating costs for orphanages by implementing solar water heating. The project also gave the science and engineering demos to pique their intellectual curiosity.

La Jolla

I helped the team develop a radically modified (cams, bored, stroked, ect) engine for use in the international Formula SAE competition. I spent a significant amount of time preparing and testing the racecars. Our team placed 8th out of over 70 entries

La Jolla

I assisted Prof. Brian Keating and his team to build telescopes that analyse the Cosmic Microwave Background Radiation from the Big Bang. I worked in making lenslets which absorb specific EM frequencies and are held to tight tolerances of +- .001".

Rancho Peñesquitos

I help children and young adults with all of their K-12 Mathematical quarrels.