Position:
Graduate Student at Bioinstrumentation Lab, University of Utah
Location:
Greater Salt Lake City Area
Work:
Bioinstrumentation Lab, University of Utah
since Aug 2007
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Graduate Student
Caltech
Jun 2004 - Aug 2004
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Intern
NIST
Jun 2003 - Aug 2003
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Intern
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Jun 2002 - Aug 2002
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Intern
Education:
University of Maryland Baltimore County 2005 - 2007
M.S., Mechanical Engineering- Restructured and automated the collection and processing of data for a multi-year experiment on early detection of lameness in cows, allowing data to be processed by undergraduates with minimal training
- Worked closely with Bou-Matic personnel to improve, evaluate, and troubleshoot the commercialized lameness detection system (StepMetrixTM)
- Coordinated and managed three undergraduate students in the lab
- Increased the amount of usable data from a lameness detection system with new software algorithm for separating concentrated walks of multiple cows
University of Maryland Baltimore County 2000 - 2005
B.S., Physics, Philosophy
University of Oxford 2003 - 2004
n/a, Physics, Math, Philosophy
University of Utah 2007
Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering, Bioinstrumentation, Robotics
Honor & Awards:
NSF IGERT Fellowship, 2007 - 2009, Wayne Brown Fellowship, 2007, NSF Bridge to the Doctorate Fellowship, 2005 - 2007, Meyerhoff Scholarship, 2000 - 2005, Outstanding Graduating Senior in Physics 2005, Butler University Study Abroad Scholarship, 2003 - 2004, University of Maryland, Baltimore County's Dean's List 2000 - 2003