Updated the undergraduate curriculum and developed projects to alleviate the budget crisis facing the university. Here's what I've accomplished in just three months:Created a new set of discovery based lab classes utilizing students' natural sense of curiosity. These new labs move away from the cookbook-style instruction traditionally found in physics and encourage students to ask themselves "is there a simple way to solve this problem using tools in front of me?" Topics include: atomic spectra, photoelectric effect and interferometry.Proposed a pre-collegiate physics summer camp program. This program provides every high school participant with a graduate student mentor and allows them to take part in an active physics research project. Each participant would spend the bulk of their time in a newly designed makerspace learning about and building the projects that most interest them.Created the framework that will lead to a joint Physics and Data Science program.Produced a web-based portal providing students access to lab manuals on their tablets while allowing instructors to easily update course content.

Graduate Student Researcher - with a diverse list of specialties including: Optical Engineering, Computational Optics, Digital Holography, Biomechanics and Metamaterials.• Programmed extensively in Matlab, and LabView for data analysis, simulation modeling, and automation. Familiar with Python, AutoCAD, Zemax and Linux.• Collaborated with physicists, biologists, computer scientists, mechanical engineers and electrical engineers from around the world.• Analyzed current state-of-the-art research, prioritized various research directions, identified key barriers to completion and brainstormed solutions to overcome obstacles.• Designed and implemented a holographic (3D) microscope to study small (live) aquatic organisms: – Combined Fourier optics with low-cost laser-printed parts on an optical bench to record live, 3D video, coded into a standard 2D video format. – Created data processing algorithms in Matlab to simultaneously decode 3D holographic data, remove noise, and extract 3D particle tracking used to understand the complex fluid dynamics of Vorticella convallaria – a crucial part of our freshwater ecosystem. – Simulated, characterized, and experimentally verified the effects of Mie scattering electromagnetic theory on micro-particles and maximum holographic resolving power.• Skilled in Optical Metrology: – Designed and built a femtosecond Michelson interferometer, an order of magnitude more accurate than standard off-the-shelf systems, and designed to measure the index of refraction (positive, negative and fractional) with wavelengths between 700nm and 2.5μm.• Experienced Maker: – Demonstrated a real, solid-state, metamaterial cloaking device fabricated using a Focused Ion Beam and characterized with a Scanning Electron Microscope. – Prototyped a two-photon polymerization device to build 10μm springs used in MEMS. – Designed and built custom components using AutoCAD, 3D printers, mills and lathes, and laser printers.

- Instructed introductory physics and corresponding laboratory classes to 40 students each semester.- Independently developed course content and demonstrations that supplemented lab/lecture materials and enhanced student learning.

Specialized in: Nonlinear Photonic Crystals, Optical Waveguides, Bandgap waveguides, Optical Defect states, and Photorefractive effects.Created a 2D photonic lattice, both with and without defect states, in a nonlinear photonic crystal (SBN 60). These photonic lattices are similar to photonic crystal fibers but with a completely reconfigurable lattice. Excited several bandgap guided modes using photonic lattices with defect states.

• Deployed and managed the IT infrastructure for the development, outfit, and operation of a 10,000 seat sports arena hosting 3 different sports teams.• Coordinated with multiple vendors to implement AV systems, telecommunications and high speed internet throughout the building, display systems, kiosks, and POS systems.• Budgeted and purchased over $200,000 of servers and workstations.• Supported over 20 full-time staff members.

• Assembled the IT infrastructure for a new, high-tech fitness center complete with 500-person-capacity meeting rooms and supporting over 36,000 students and faculty.• Worked with vendors to provide integrated AV throughout the facility, database driven entry gates, video scoreboards and live video production for games.• Budgeted and purchased over $100,000 of servers and workstations.• Hired and managed 6 part-time employees. Supported 10 full-time and ~250 part-time staff.

• Conducted cost-benefit and product analyses to increase staff efficiency. Implemented best product and boosted IT productivity 4 times over.• Conducted a review of the campus’ technology services and implemented policies resulting in: a new multimedia computer lab, an online grading system, and new computer classes.• Designed and conducted staff workshops on Web design, MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Provided 24/7 access to these classes with online lessons.