develop software, prefer GNU/Linux and like systems, currently not actively seeking employment
Ph.D., Physics, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), 1996
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M.S., Physics, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1989
B.S., Physics, University of Massachusetts
(UMass) at Dartmouth, 1986
November 2016 - January 2022, Maintain and manage systems in the Visionarium Lab and providing visualization consultation, programming support, and facility tours, as part of the ARC (Advanced Research Computing) group. It's working in the same Lab space as before.
August 2006 - November 2009, Developed software that sits between user applications and the standard C library which provides seamless checkpoint and restart of large and long running Linux cluster applications.
January 2005 - May 2006 Developed and taught physics classes, part time. Taught classical mechanics for juniors/seniors, and E/M for sophomore engineering majors.
July 2003 - November 2003, As the computer programmer part of a team that did contracted worked for NASA Langley researcher Ruth M. Amundsen and that automated portions of the thermal analysis of the Hyper-X aircraft, I wrote interface code using Microsoft VBA for Excel, contributed to the development of MSC/PATRAN thermal FORTRAN user code, and wrote and modified other supporting scripts using CYGWIN.
July 2001 - March 2003, Department of Computer Science, Virtual Reality Programming at the Virginia Tech CAVETM. Continued the design and development of the general VR simulation software called DIVERSE.
May 1999 - July 2001, Department of Engineering Science and Mechanics, Virtual Reality Programming at the Virginia Tech CAVE, built a Crane Ship Simulator and general virtual prototyping system by incorporating a MOOG 6 degree-of-freedom motion base into a Fakespace CAVE (now Mechdyne) in support of the MURI (Multi-Disciplinary University Research Initiative) program, and designed and developed general VR simulation software like DIVERSE. Images from working at the VT CAVE
at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA) at UIUC
April 1997 - May 1999, Visualization Programmer, Worked with Caterpillar engineers on virtual prototyping projects, explored the latest VR software and hardware technologies, and developed software for virtual prototyping.
May 1996 - April 1997, Specializing as an Industrial Consultant for Caterpillar Inc., provided primary contact between Caterpillar engineers and NCSA.