CHRONOLOGICAL EXPERIENCE – EXPANDED:
R&B
Laboratory, formerly Alion Science and Technology, West Conshohocken, PA
EMC Engineer, December
1996 – August 2004, Summer 2016
Among routine electromagnetic compatibility testing, I was
responsible for the maintenance and development of transient test capabilities
and performing surge and lightning susceptibility tests per commercial and
government specifications and procedures. Pulsed power applications included
everything from full threat EMP to direct effects lightning testing at 200 kA.
In the summer of 2016 returned to refurbish and calibrate
existing transient equipment and develop solutions to meet new test
requirements.
Achievements:
·
Redesigned the company’s lightning
test laboratory
·
Designed
and fabricated various high-voltage and high-current transient generators
·
Performed
the transient susceptibility testing for various electronic products
·
Wrote
test reports for clients detailing the results of EMC and lightning testing
Schlumberger,
Carbon Services, Columbus, OH
Reservoir Geophysicist, Oct 2008
to June 2016
I worked as a geologist and geomodeller in a diverse
subsurface asset team towards the characterization, evaluation, and monitoring
of CO2 injection operations for projects in North America.
Achievements:
·
I
collaborate with petro technical experts both inside and outside of
Schlumberger
·
I am
proficient at working with and interpreting a broad range of subsurface data including 2D
and 3D seismic, various seismic inversion products, well logs, core, and
microseismic data.
·
I’ve become a keen user of Petrel geomodeling
workflows and documentation
Schlumberger,
Information Solutions (SIS), Houston, TX
Geology Intern, Summer 2007
I worked with the newly released Petrel 2007.1 to develop a
reservoir model for the Tensleep reservoir at Teapot Dome Oilfield, Wyoming.
This work supported my research efforts at WVU.
Achievements:
·
Quality
checked well logs from 300+ wells for use in creating subsurface models
·
Interpreted well logs, seismic data, fracture
data, and production data
·
Integrated above data into the single Petrel
software environment
West
Virginia University, Dept. of Geology and Geography, Morgantown, WV
Research Assistant, July
2006 – Dec 2008
My M.S. research involved stochastic methods for the modeling
of natural fracture networks based on fullbore imagery, seismic attributes and
outcrop observations.
Achievements:
·
Familiarization with 3D
seismic dataset for Teapot Dome, Wyoming
·
Literature review (i.e. curvature analysis,
stochastic fracture modeling, reservoir characterization, Teapot Dome geology)
·
M.S. Thesis Research Proposal completed 6-months
ahead of schedule
ISK
Magnetics Inc., Bethlehem, PA
Research Associate, December 1992 – December 1996
I was responsible for
performing synthetic magnetic iron oxide work within the R&D laboratory. I
worked extensively with RS1 programming language. I also provided technical
support during the start-up of a manufacturing plant.
Achievements:
·
Developed computer programs for a wide
assortment of data analysis needs
·
Developed and implemented control
charting package to monitor manufacturing plant’s operational parameters as
well as physical and chemical properties of materials
·
Performed synthetic work with raw
materials necessary for the formation of magnetic iron oxides
·
Performed numerous studies to determine
correlation between materials attributes and variables affiliated with the
chemical and thermal processing
National
Science Foundation, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA
Research Assistant, Summer of 1992
I was responsible for
setting up a molecular spectroscopy research project that employed a YAG laser
to excite RdCs molecules for fluorescence studies.
Achievements:
·
Construction of an alkali metal
confinement system which consisted of a vacuum system, water cooling system,
and heating system
·
Setup an optics system consisting of
mirrors, lenses, and beam splitters to direct laser light and spectral emissions
·
Collected absorption spectra of Cesium
and Rubidium with a monochromator and photomultipliers
·
Quantified rotational and vibrational
spctra.
S.U.N.Y. Potsdam, Potsdam, NY
Physics Laboratory Grader,
Sept. 1991 to May 1992
As part of a college
“work-study” program, and under the direction of the physics department
faculty, I was responsible for the grading of student’s laboratory reports for
mechanics, electricity, and magnetism experiments.
National
Science Foundation, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA
Research Assistant, Summer of 1988
Set up a Mossbaur spectroscopy
research project and analyzed nuclear spectra
Achievements:
Projects and objectives of research include:
·
Setup apparatus for the collection of
nuclear spectrums from assorted raw mineral samples containing iron. Apparatus
included a velocity transducer, gamma ray photodetector, pre-amp, and
multi-channel analyzer, plus an assortment of computers.
·
Employed FORTRAN programs to process
collected data into spectral information
·
Studied spectral results to determine
energy levels / energy states of the nucleus of atoms contained in the test
samples
·
Compared and confirmed that energy
states match theoretical descriptions of the nucleus, including: isomer shift,
electric quadrapole splitting, and magnetic dipole splitting of the nuclear
energy levels