SUMMARY:
I am a problem solver and experimentalist by nature. My desire to learn and keep learning has left me with a wealth of knowledge, clever resourcefulness and problem solving skills that can make me a great asset to any future employer. Nanotechnology, PhotoVoltaics, Building Integrated PhotoVoltaics (BIPVs), and Materials Sciences are my specialty. Advancements in the field of clean and renewable energy sources have motivated me to intently research new forms of Solar Power as well as any disciplines involving energy creation and harvesting. I have always maintained a special passion for Aviation and Aeronautical Engineering. I have dedication, devotion and love for physics.
SKILLS:
• Experimentalist, Solar Cell Fabrication, Thin Film Deposition, Researcher of Nano-Materials and for electronics application (DSCs, OLEDs, Photovoltaic and Thermal Cells)
• Quantitative Analysis and applied Numerical Methods problem solver
• Personable with excellent communication and people skills, and adaptability with natural leadership qualities and team work
• Ability to teach others well while being humbled enough to know that I will always be a student myself. There is always someone smarter or better at a skill than I am to learn from.
ACOMPLISHMENTS:
SIGMA PI SIGMA Induction -- (The Physics Honors Society)
Successful usage of groundbreaking nanomaterials for Solar Cell Fabrication
Professional Guitarist -- 21 years of playing and recording
Published Textbook Illustrator – “The Fundamentals of Physics”
Publication – Analysis of Graphene Materials for Use in Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells
Nano-Explorer Mentor – UTD’s cooperation with high school students in the lab. Mentored and taught a sophomore in high school about solar cell fabrication
o Won 1st prize in a cooperative poster competition displaying our work
EDUCATION:
Stephen F. Austin State University – Nacogdoches, TX
MASTERS OF SCIENCE IN PHYSICS 2014 GPA 3.65
BACHELORS OF SCIENCE 2006
Major: Physics Minor: Mathematics
EXPERIENCE:
Research Assistant/Associate Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX September 2011 – May 2014
• Successfully leading a group in the manufacturing of Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs)
• Accomplished the utilization of cutting edge Nano-scaled materials such as Carbon Nanotubes, Graphene, Quantum Dots in Solar Cells and OLEDs
• Organized and planned new areas of research to improve the efficiency of the cells while also making less costly
• Became familiar with many research grade laboratory machines (See Familiar Laboratory equipment below)
Lab Instructor/Teaching Assistant Stephen F. Austin State University Nacogdoches, TX September 2011 – May 2014
• Responsible for organizing teams of students and managing their productivity as well as their understanding of various experiments for the Physics and Astronomy Dept
• Instructed the lab section for the following courses:
Introductory Physics, Technical Physics I, Technical Physics II, Physics of Acoustics, Modern Physics, and Introduction to Astronomy
Professional Guitarist Based in Nacogdoches, TX
2007-2012
• Studied Classical guitar and other guitar techniques for 21+ year
*Classical, Acoustic, and Electric guitar, Banjo and Mandolin*
• Toured across Texas and Nashville, TN with The Keith Whitton Band
• 3 professionally recorded albums and many other non-professional records
1. ‘TINY WINDOW’, ‘BETTER DAYS’, and ‘COTTON’
Research Assistant/Associate The Alan G. MacDiarmid Nanotech Institute
The University of Texas at Dallas
January 2007 – May 2008
• Research staff at the Nanotech institute founded by Nobel Prize winner A. MacDiarmid
• Organized a cooperative of physicists, chemists, and material Scientists in researching and developing Dye-sensitized Solar Cells (DSCs)
• Succefully utilized novel nano-scopic materials such as Carbon Nanotubes, and Quantum Dots to improve photon-electron conversion efficiency while working as a team pairing the cell in Tandem( stacking of cells) with other solar cells and thermal cells.
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