Patrick Mcchesney Email & Phone Number

Chicago, Il, Us

• After Nextira was acquired by Accenture, I have continued working with my FAANG clients to support their cloud-based high-performance computing activities

• Consultant working with FAANG companies to architect and administrator cloud-based high-performance ML and engineering workflows

Chicago, Illinois, United States

Working in the Cobey Lab -• Developing models of the longitudinal dynamics of individual-level trends and vaccine effectiveness in influenza and SARS-CoV-2• Performing detailed data analysis on infectious disease cohort studies• Providing experimental designs for epidemiological panel studies

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

• Served as Computational Modeling Team Lead in charge of providing direction, analysis, and physical interpretation of modeling results for complex high-power laser systems• Maintained and upgraded a world-class suite of laser source simulation software• Generated systems-level designs for laser subsystems

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

• Led experiment and design efforts focused on the optimization and integration of a novel high-power microwave weapons system• Updated the data analysis capabilities of an established physics laboratory through the development of improved data processing algorithms and software tools

Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States

Working in the Directed Energy Division -• Key researcher within Raytheon’s premier R&D division focusing on charged particle and x-raybeams, accelerator system design, high-energy lasers, high-power microwaves, and plasma physics• Principle Investigator and Project Manager on 3 major research programs with a combined funding ceiling around $5M• Experimental Team Lead on 7 efforts involving radiation effects testing, electron beam diagnostic development, and atmospheric plasma jet research• Simulation Team Lead on 5 efforts involving the propagation and shielding of ionizing radiation and the design of a novel microwave source• Theory Team Lead on 4 efforts involving the propagation of charged particle beams and short-pulse lasers, the generation and transport of atmospheric plasmas, and the stability of electron motion within microwave sources• Played a major role in 4 proposal efforts which led to successful capture

Bloomington, Indiana

Worked in the Accelerator Physics Group:• Developed novel techniques for the acceleration and storage of low energy neutrons in magnetic fields through direct analogies to charged particle accelerator physics

Bloomington, In

Worked on the ALPHA and LENS projects:• Led physics operations and commissioning of a 25 MeV electron storage ring• Simulated and optimized accelerator targets for x-ray and neutron generation• Designed and characterized accelerator diagnostic systems

Bloomington, In

Worked on the ALPHA project:• Optimized the design of beam current diagnostics using particle transport simulation• This work culminated in my Senior Honors thesis for Physics

Bloomington, In

Worked in the Skrabalak Lab Group:• Synthesized and analyzed metal nanoparticles using inorganic chemistry techniques• Received training in the usage of scanning and transmission electron microscopes

Bloomington, In

Worked on the Ultracold Neutron Source Project:• Created extensive instrumentation and control system software for ultracold neutron generation experiments conducted at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Bloomington, In

Worked on the LENS project:• Created particle transport simulations to assist in neutron target and moderator optimization• Awarded a grant to present this work at the APS Division of Nuclear Physics 2006 conference

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Physics

Concentration: Accelerator Physics Minor: Computer Science Thesis Title: Neutron Accelerator Physics Advisor: Shyh-Yuan Lee

Master Of Science, Physics

Bachelor Of Science, Physics, With Honors

Bachelor Of Science, Mathematics

Minor, Biology