RECENT EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Senior Research Programmer - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Beckman Institute. June 2000 - Present. Worked on BioCoRE - the Collaboratory for Structural Biology. Supervised other BioCoRE programmers; Java programming; Systems administration; Report/proposal writing; Demos/Presentations
Research Programmer - University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Beckman Institute. June 1999 - May 2000. Worked on BioCoRE - the Collaboratory for Structural Biology. Supervised other BioCoRE programmers; Java programming; Systems administration; Report/proposal writing; Demos/Presentations
Computer Science Teaching Fellow - University of Missouri - Rolla Computer Science Department. August 1998 - May 1999. Teaching beginning C++ course for engineering students (both lecture and laboratory).
Computer Science Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Missouri - Rolla Computer Science Department. January 1997 - August 1998. Taught lecture portion of a beginning C++ course for engineering students.
Computer Science Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Missouri - Rolla Computer Science Department. August 1996 - December 1996, June 1997 - August 1997, June 1998 - August 1998. Taught a beginning C++ course for incoming computer science students.
Computer Science Graduate Teaching Assistant - University of Missouri - Rolla Computer Science Department. August 1995 - May 1996. Taught a beginning FORTRAN 077 lab course for freshmen and sophomore engineering students.
EDUCATION
| Master of Science - Computer Science | University of Missouri - Rolla |
| Graduation Date: August 1998 | Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0 |
| Master of Science - Nuclear Engineering | University of Missouri - Rolla |
| Expected Graduation Date: TBD | Grade Point Average: 4.0/4.0 |
| Bachelor of Science - Nuclear Engineering | University of Missouri - Rolla |
| Minor - Computer Science | Grade Point Average: 3.8/4.0 |
| Graduation Date: May 1995 | Graduated: Summa Cum Laude |
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT EXPERIENCE
Nuclear Engineering Co-op Student - Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Spring City, TN. (Summer 1994). Worked on the Design Baseline Verification Project which insured that all design bases for the plant were met before commercial power production.
Nuclear Engineering Co-op Student - Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Spring City, TN. (Summer and Fall 1993). Worked in Site Engineering: Safety Analysis Division performing safety calculations that were necessary for plant startup and assisted in the installation of a wide-area computer network at Watts Bar.
Nuclear Engineering Co-op Student - Tennessee Valley Authority, Watts Bar Nuclear Plant, Spring City, TN. (Summer 1992). Worked in Site Engineering: Safety Analysis Division performing a variety of safety calculations that were necessary for plant startup.
Nuclear Engineering Co-op Student - Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga Office Complex. (Summer 1991). Worked in Project Management on a $50-million computer upgrade project for the Browns Ferry Nuclear Plant, Decatur, AL. Authored several reports that were read by the Assistant Vice President of Nuclear Operations at TVA.
HONOR FRATERNITIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND OTHER AWARDS
Chancellor's Fellowship
Upsilon Pi Epsilon - Computer Science Honor Fraternity - President Fall 1996
ACM - Association for Computing Machinery
American Nuclear Society - Internet Chairperson 1995 - 1997
Phi Kappa Phi
Tau Beta Pi -
Missouri Beta class of 1995
Alpha Nu Sigma - Nuclear Engineering Honor Fraternity
Kappa Mu Epsilon
- Mathematics Honor Fraternity
Institute of Nuclear Power Operations Scholarship
Missouri Curating Board of Higher Education Scholarship
University of Missouri Curator's Scholarship
University of Missouri - Rolla Alumni Association Scholarship
U.S. Department of Energy Scholarship
Roy McBride Scholarship
Wal-Mart Scholarship
Honor Roll every semester
References available upon request.