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Albuquerque, New Mexico Area

Develop and extend scientific and engineering applications (primarily in C++17 and Python)for defense-industry customers in a continuous-integration environment, participating in all aspects of the software development cycle. Use C++ STL, Boost, Qt, OpenSceneGraph and other third-party libraries. My primary project has been the continued development of an image simulation application with customizable materials, sensors, and ray-tracing details, and an extensible plugin architecture. Other projects have included an image mosaicking application, 3D modeling of arbitrary wire assemblies for an electromagnetic interference simulator, and a socket-based C++/Python interface for massively parallel ray-tracing simulations.

Athens, Ga

Enhanced chemical and molecular modeling capabilities of a C++ astrophysics code. Improved an existing model of the H2 molecule for computational speed and greater treatment of vibrationally and rotationally excited chemistry. Generalized the H2 model to also treat HD. Extended the existing chemistry network to include deuterium compounds and reactions. Assisted an undergraduate student in a project to incorporate titanium chemistry and a model of the TiO molecule in existing simulations. I worked as a subcontractor during this period and was not formally employed by UGA.

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Performed simulations of compact X-ray objects. Developed and improved disk models of an existing C++ astrophysics simulation code (Cloudy). Compared simulations to observations. Reduced data from the XMM-Netwon and Chandra X-ray telescopes with the standard pipeline tools. Published one paper in Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society Letters.

Lexington, Kentucky

Developed numerous capabilities of the astrophysics simulation code Cloudy in C++. Continued development of He-like iso-electronic sequence that constituted much of my dissertation work. Extended the treatment to the H-like iso-electronic sequence. Contributed to work on molecular hydrogen emission in cooling-flow filaments. Published four first-author papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Lexington, Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

Cambridge, United Kingdom

Greenbelt, Maryland

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Physics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, And Physics