Objective: To obtain a full time engineering position to utilize my skills and background as a nuclear engineer.
EDUCATION Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 2005-2010
Department of Nuclear Engineering
Bachelor of Science, May 2010
Masters of Nuclear Engineering, GPA 3.28/4 May 2012 Thesis: Engineering and Development of Materials Analysis Particle Probe (MAPP)
For Operation in National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX).
EXPERINCE
Research Assistant 2008-Present
• Design and implemented in-situ surface analysis (MAPP) for NSTX system
• Mentor and supervise undergraduate students on experimental techniques
• Design experiments on control studies of lithiated-graphite surfaces and
their implication on hydrogen retention in NSTX.
• Explore radiation-tolerant plasma-facing materials in nuclear fusion devices
• Engineering and operation of magnetron sputter system for thin film deposition
Teaching assistant Fall 2009 & 2011
• Materials in Nuclear Engineering, course and laboratory
Purdue Cube-Satellite Team member: 2008-2010
• Designed and calibrated a scintillation radiation detector for in space operation
• Integrated Radiation detector system with onboard computers and surrounding subsystems
Consultant for Modern Drop Forge over in China Summer 2007
• Helped Update systems and installed required procedures for product production
• Collected statistical process control data on various forgings and units
• Helped translate and explain desired documents and forms
• Broadened my Chinese language skills beyond that of taking two years at Purdue.
EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
• X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
• Low Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy (LEISS)
• Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS)
• Angle Resolved Photoelectron Spectroscopy (ARUPS)
• Thermal Desorption Spectroscopy (TDS)
• X-Ray Diffraction (XRD)
• Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM)
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Oral:
• Student Chapter American Nuclear Society, Spring 2009
• Idaho National Lab, Summer 2009
Poster:
• The International Symposium on Fusion Nuclear Technology (ISFNT) September, 2011
• Plasma Facing Components, August, 2011
• Symposium on Fusion Engineering (SOFE), June, 2011
• APS Division of Plasma Physics, November, 2011
• 18th International Workshop on Inelastic Ion-Surface Collisions (IISC-18), September, 2010
• Nanotech Conference and Expo, June, 2010
TECHNICAL COURSES
• Particle Spectroscopy, Purdue, Spring 2011
• Advanced Materials Characterization Workshop, University of Illinois, June 2010
• Methods of Irradiation Surface Science, Purdue, Fall 2009
• Radiation Waste Management, Purdue, Spring 2009
• Radiation Effect in Materials, Purdue, Fall 2008
REFERRED JOURNAL ARTICLES
• B.Heim, S. Gonderman, et al., “The Materials Analysis Particle Probe (MAPP) Diagnostic System in NSTX” IEE-TPS SOFE Special Edition, submitted (2011).
• C.H. Skinner, J.P. Allain, B. Heim, et al., “Lithium wall conditioning and surface dust detection on NSTX, and dust removal” Physica Scripta. T144, in press (2011).
• C.N. Taylor, B.Heim, J.P Allain, et al.,” Surface chemistry analysis of lithium conditioned NSTX graphite tiles correlated to plasma performance” Nuclear Fusion, submitted 2011.
• B. Heim, C.N. Taylor et al.,”Deuterium ion-surface interactions of liqui...
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