Summary
Technical: Innovative, results-oriented nuclear engineer/applied mathematician with
over seven years of experience in developing analytical and computational
solutions to a variety of challenging, real-world problems. Expert in
developing state-of-the-art stochastic (Monte Carlo) and deterministic
models
Project management: Experience in all aspects of managing long-term technical
projects, from writing budgets and progress reports, task scheduling and
interfacing with the customer to actual technical product development
Communication: Extensive experience in technical writing and oral presentations
along with exceptional interpersonal skills.
Education
Applied Mathematics, University of Colorado at Boulder, 2006, Ph.D.
Nuclear Engineering, University of Michigan, 2001, M.S.
Nuclear Engineering, Kansas State University, 1999, B.S.
Employment
Assistant Professor; Colorado School of Mines, Golden CO; Aug. 2011 -- Present
Manage research projects sponsored by Federal agencies, typically Department of
Energy and Department of Defense
PI of Nuclear Regulatory Administration grant to develop angular weight windows for
hybrid Monte Carlo calculations
Co-PI of National Nuclear Security Administration grant to investigate uncertainty
quantification of safeguards measurements of nuclear fuel cycle
Design, manage and teach graduate level classes in nuclear engineering and applied
mathematics
Communicate highly technical concepts to a variety of audiences
Write project reports, peer-reviewed papers and make oral presentations at
conferences
Interface with sponsoring agency program managers
Serve on faculty hiring and graduate student admissions committees
Initiated and developing graduate student recruitment activities
Research Mathematician; Tech-X Corporation, Boulder CO; Jan. 2010 -- May 2011
Wrote proposals and secured funding for three SBIR grants from the Department of
Defense and NASA
Developed spherical-wavelet filter to de-noise aerosol optical depth data used in
climate modeling
Developed GPU accelerated sparse matrix-vector multiplication routines for use in
Krylov solvers
Wrote project reports and presented results to sponsoring agency program managers
Identified new business opportunities in SBIR market space
Post Doctoral Research Associate; UC Boulder, Dept. of Applied Mathematics, Boulder CO; Aug. 2007 -- Dec. 2009
Developed method for computing rotationally invariant quadratures for the sphere
Initiated development of new gravity model for sponsoring agency (US Air Force)
Interfaced with Air Force personnel to communicate results and ensure customer needs
were addressed
Wrote project reports and peer-reviewed papers
Scientist; Terralliance Technologies; Boulder CO; May. 2006 -- Aug 2007
Developed new algorithms for detection of hydrocarbons from seismic signals
Identified new technologies that may be useful in hydrocarbon detection
Presented technical results to upper management
Skills
Project management: Writing grant proposals, including technical aspects, budgeting
and scheduling for long-term (3-5 year duration) technical projects. Experience
managing personnel to achieve technical objectives in a timely manner. Enable team
members (graduate students) to advance professionally. Ability to see ``big
picture'' features of a project, but still have attention to detail.
Technical: Expert in developing state-of-the-art analytic and computational models
of complex physical phenomena. Specialize in modeling with partial differential
equations and using both stochastic (Monte Carlo) and deterministic methods.
Extensive experience in using multi-scale asymptotic techniques to solve otherwise
intractable problems. Expertise in radiation transport, signal processing,
uncertainty quantification ...
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