College of Liberal Arts and Sciences

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Past Paid Summer Research Positions & Internships

2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003

2008

Place/Funding	Topic
University of Science and Technology of China	Electron Spectroscopy and assembly of an Electron Position Sensing Device test chamber.
Butler Summer Institute	Electromagnetically Induced Transparency in a Rubidium Vapor Cell.
Butler Summer Institute	Numerical calculation of nonlinear seismic wave propagation over a flat surface layer of the earth due to a cylindrical source near the earth's surface.
Butler University Butler University Research Endowment	Optogalvanic Effect at Low Discharge Currents
Butler Summer Institute	Growth and Evolution of the Super massive Black Hole in the Milky Way Galactic Nucleus.
Butler Summer Institute	Fractal Construction by Simulation of Quantum Random Motion.

2007

Place/Funding	Topic
Butler Summer Institute	Optogalvanic Effects in Carbon-Monoxide and Neon.

2006

Place/Funding	Topic
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN National Science Foundation Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Calibrating CCD images of the Milky Way in prep for star counts.
Butler University	Rotation of Asteroids Research
Butler Summer Institute Globular Star Cluster Research	Globular Star Cluster Research: determining the formation rates and distribution of blue straggler stars in globular star clusters, using the Fokker-Planck (computational) method.
Butler Summer Institute Geophysics Research	Geophysics Research: modeling of non-linear seismic wave propagation.
Princeton University, Princeton, NJ General Atomics, San Diego, California National Undergraduate Fellowship	Testing new uncertainty matrix for the DIII-D Tokamak.
Butler University	Optogalvanic research
Butler University	Monte Carlo Models of Globular Star Clusters

2005

Place/Funding	Topic
Science, Technology, and Society in Asia, Faculty-Student Research Grant from Freeman Foundation	Nanotechnology
University AIX Marseille, France	CMRNC Laboratory Research Prepared samples of nanoparticles through chemistry and physics techniques (Conclusion that I had created and was working with Fe2O3 iron oxide, and CoO2, cobalt oxide)
Indiana University, Bloomington NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Cataclysmic variables in Globular Star Clusters
Raytheon Indianapolis, IN	Helicopter Altimeter/Wireless Intercom System Ultra Wide Band Radio
Science, Technology, and Society in Asia, Faculty-Student Research Grant from Freeman Foundation	Nanotechnology
Cummins, Inc. Columbus, Indiana	Midrange engineering, current product support, performance and fuel systems
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Dynamical Evolution of Core Collapsed Globular Clusters
Bucknell University NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Biophysics
Guidant St. Paul, Minnesota	Reliability Engineer Intern. Developed and implemented a damage descriptor for vibration and force loading Initiated a cross functional software process for quantifying the damage inflicted on various Guidant devices.
Diversified Systems Indianapolis, IN	To develop a system to determine the most efficient/effective process by evaluating the attributes of an assembly
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Optogalvanic Effect
Diversified Systems Indianapolis, IN	Examining the manufacturing process to assist in standardizing the system. Examining the labor quoting process and organizing it.

2004

Place/Funding	Topic
CERN Particle Accelerator, Geneva, Switzerland NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Particle Physics
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Rotation of Asteroids
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Rotation of Asteroids
Raytheon Indianapolis, Indiana
Cummins, Inc Columbus, Indiana	Heavy duty engineering, systems integration
Indiana University Cyclotron, Bloomington NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Particle Physics/Detectors
Diversified Systems Indianapolis, Indiana	Value Stream Mapping Custom Products Division Quality Department Control Plan for all areas in the Printed Circuit Board division
Indiana University Purdue University at Indianapolis NSF Computational Neurophysics Laboratory J.H. Schild	Design and Development of numerical algorithms for neuronal action potential metrics calculations.
Michigan State University NSF Research Experiences for Undergraduates	Interface Resistances in Sputtered Pd/Pt CPR-MR multilayers
Delphi Grand Rapids, Michigan	Process Engineer Intern. Analyzed and tracked fallout on assembly for new product launch of continuously variable cam phaser
Science, Technology, and Society in Asia, Faculty-Student Research Grant from Freeman Foundation	Nanotechnology
IMMI, Westfield, Indiana 9/04 - 5/05 Internship	Investigate automobile crash test.

2003

Place/Funding	Topic
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Dynamical Evolution of Core Collapsed Globular Clusters
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Design and Build of a Fiber Optic Spectrograph
Raytheon Indianapolis, Indiana
Butler Summer Institute Butler University Research Endowment	Intermediate Mass Black Hole Formation
Eaton Corporation Greenfield, Indiana	Manufacturing Engineering Lean Manufacturing program (5S, TPM, and Value Stream Mapping)