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Brewer, ME, US

Brewer, Maine, US

East Falmouth, Massachusetts, US

SolidWorks design of test fixtures for Conductivity-Temperature-Depth (CTD) sensors

State College, PA, US

• Principal investigator for $2.3M in R&D projects covering the addition of novel sensing, wireless communication, and energy harvesting capabilities to lower-limb prosthetic devices, as well as the creation and.
• Secured $1M in Phase II SBIR funding following highly successful Phase I effort to develop sensors for prosthetic socket liners
• Developed LabVIEW applications for PCB operational validation and FCC RF compliance testing
• Designed and implemented analog circuits for sensor output signal conditioning
• Devised and produced SolidWorks models for rapid prototyping and machining of sensor test frames and electronics enclosures
• Wrote Army, DHP, and Navy SBIR grant proposals and supporting white papers for prosthetic technology and tactical vehicle real-time weight and CG measurements

University Park, PA, US

• Fabricated four-resistance-state trilayer multiferroic tunnel junctions using pulsed laser deposition, photolithography, ion milling, magnetron sputtering, and wire bonding
• Analyzed electron transport, ferroelectric, ferromagnetic, and piezoelectric properties of samples at low temperatures obtained with physical property measurement system, closed-cycle helium cryostat, and.
• Developed LabVIEW programs to interface with measurement electronics including source-meters, multimeters, and temperature controllers to enable measurement automation
• Designed and machined numerous metal parts to enhance measurement apparatus, including a completely custom sample holding system for closed-cycle helium cryostat

University Park, PA, US

• Developed LabVIEW programs to control several experiments, supervised and guided students, and maintained experimental and computer equipment for advanced undergraduate physics laboratory course offering 22.
• Taught recitation classes and supervised laboratory exercises for introductory Newtonian mechanics physics course
• Guided students in generalized collaborative homework sessions covering knowledge from six introductory physics courses

Hanover, New Hampshire, US

• Coordinated, guided, and graded laboratory exercises for engineering course on the physics and differential equations of mechanical, electrical, heat transfer, and biological systems
• Aided in further development and improvement of recently introduced laboratory exercises
• Coordinated and taught group homework help sessions

Hanover, New Hampshire, US

• Coordinated, guided, and graded laboratory exercises for engineering course on the physics and differential equations of mechanical, electrical, heat transfer, and biological systems
• Aided in further development and improvement of recently introduced laboratory exercises

Hanover, NH, US

Analyzed the effect of decreasing aluminum film thickness on continuity and resistivity in micrometer-scale spiral inductors created with NPGS CAD software, electron beam lithography, aluminum film deposition by heat evaporation, and wire bonding.

Hanover, NH, US

Designed and fabricated a preliminary Coulomb Blockade thermometer using NPGS CAD software, electron beam lithography, and aluminum film deposition by heat evaporation.

Worked as part of a waitstaff team to provide quality service and a personalized, welcoming atmosphere to club members at lunch and dinner functions.

Taught cross-country ski lessons (group and individual), performed trail maintenance in the form of snow grooming and overgrowth removal, and aided customers at the main lodge desk for ticket sales and information.

Master Of Science (M.S.), Physics

Bachelor Of Engineering (B.E.), Electrical Engineering

Bachelor Of Arts (B.A.), Physics