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Austin, TX

• Developed test hardware for verifying blocks of the IC chip using python scripts to automate the extraction and process the data for later analysis.
• Optimized touch controller settings in a customer end test station, doubling efficiency of this process that was previously done by hand, using machine learning algorithms, such as hill climb descent and genetic.
• Correlated simulated capacitance data with empirical measurements using LCR meter for touch screen controllers, which allowed for improved sensor design framework.
• Provided modeling data for touch sensor giving a way to reduce noise in touch sensing using Ansys.
• Created test plans for new touch sensor designs, which allowed for bulk base characterization of the sensor.

San Marcos, Texas, United States

• Determined the resistive switching behavior of SrTiO3 thin films by taking topographical scans and current-voltage spectra measurements, obtaining a before and after comparison when switching resistance states, using.
• Measured the surface potential influence on resistive switching from high to low resistance states using Kelvin Probe Force Microscopy.
• Correlated data with conduction models such as Schottky emission and quantum tunneling, which helped determine the quantum effects that cause the switching, using python to automate process for bulk model fitting and.
• Modeled the quantum behavior of the resistive switching and recreated the current-voltage data obtained from the Atomic Force Microscope using COMSOL Multi-physics Semiconductor module.
• Research publication pending based off work listed above.

San Marcos, Texas, United States

• Determined the efficiency of the solar cell samples, by the amount of back scattering by performing photoluminescence measurements.
• Annealed solar cell samples in a furnace with different over-pressure material after completing the quartz ampoule acid cleaning procedure.
• Sealed quartz ampoules using oxygen hydrogen torch under vacuum prior to the annealing process.
• Refilled the Pb and Zn source materials in the Molecular Beam Epitaxy chamber.
• Measured the thickness of samples grown in the MBE to calibrate the growth rate using Profilometer and Atomic Force Microscope.

San Marcos, Texas, United States

• Developed lab exercises such as creating circuits and simulations for physics students to explore, while teaching the class over Zoom.
• Reviewed and graded lab reports written by the teams of each lab.
• Aided students struggling with creating the circuit for each of the labs as well as their final project.
• Led a class with labs demonstrating the fundamentals of electromagnetism.

Austin, Texas, United States

Austin, TX

• Designed and maintained the website hosting all of the featured art using HTML5, CSS3, and PHP.
• Presented photography at festivals such as ArtPrize in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

San Marcos, Texas, United States

Davison, Michigan, United States

• Developed a paperless internal requests system to improve the internal form processing efficiency by 40% compared to the initial paper transfer system using Java and SQL.
• Designed and implemented the infrastructure for submitting forms via a database server using PHP and SQL.
• Performed encryption on the forms transfer and backups to ensure the information was safe.
• Created a peer to peer approval system for the submitted requests.

Master'S Degree, Physics, 4.0

Activities and Societies: Graduate Physics Society - TreasurerConcentration: Material Science Relevant Coursework: Math Physics, Quantum.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Physics

Relevant Coursework: Computational Physics, Advanced Lab, Observational Astronomy