Teaching and Mentoring

Teaching Experience

1. -1999-2003 Teaching Fellow, NSF GK-12 Program, Department of Physics, University of Alabama Birmingham
   

2. -09/2000 Teaching Assistant, Space Exploration, Department of Physics, University of Alabama Birmingham
   

3. -03/1998, 09/1998, 03/1999 Instructor, Astronomy of the Universe, Department of Physics, University of Alabama Birmingham
   

4. -09/1997, 12/1997 Instructor, Introductory Physics, Department of Physics, University of Alabama Birmingham
   

5. -06/1997 Instructor, Preparatory Physics, University of Alabama School of Medicine
   

6. -1994-1997 Teaching Assistant, General Physics I, II, III, Department of Physics, University of Alabama Birmingham
   

Supervision & Co-Mentoring

1. -07/2011 Andrew Rodriguez, “Maximizing efficiency of parallel optimizers”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, PSAAP Project, California Institute of Technology
   

2. -07/2010 Janet Chen, “Parameter sensitivity for a ballistic impact surrogate”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, PSAAP Project, California Institute of Technology
   

3. -07/2010 Alta Fang, “Tools for solving constrained optimization problems”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, PSAAP Project, California Institute of Technology
   

4. -07/2009 Alta Fang, “Optimization algorithms in mystic”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
   

5. -07/2009 Cesar Cervantes, “Uncertainty in nonlinear optics experiments”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, PSAAP Project, California Institute of Technology
   

6. -07/2009 Matthew Redmond, “Tensor decomposition toolbox”, High-school student, Institute for Educational Advancement, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
   

7. -07/2009 Nathan Tsai, “Installation of the virtual neutron facility”, High-school student, Institute for Educational Advancement, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
   

8. -07/2008 Nathan Tsai, “2d plotting on the web”, High-school student, Institute for Educational Advancement, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
   

9. -07/2008 Reed Molback, “2d plotting with flot”, High-school student, Institute for Educational Advancement, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
   

10. -07/2008 Joshua Hardenbrook, “Rendering of geometric shapes”, High-school student, Institute for Educational Advancement, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
    

11. -2008-2009 Lisa Mauger, “Raman spectroscopy of excited-state materials”, Graduate Student, Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
    

12. -2006- Chen Li, “Raman spectroscopy of excited-state materials”, Graduate Student, Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
    

13. -2006-2007 Rebecca Stevens, “Neutron scattering of excited-state materials”, Graduate Student, Materials Science, California Institute of Technology
    

14. -07/2006 Daniel Beylkin, “Inverse modeling for phonon density of states”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
    

15. -07/2005 Eliot Setzer, “Optimization in python”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
    

16. -07/2005 Jeremy Ehrhardt, “Binding Java to python”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology
    

17. -2004-2006 June Kim, “Framework services for distributed computing”, Technical Staff, Center for Advanced Computing Research, California Institute of Technology
    

18. -07/2004 Victoria Winters, “Scientific plotting in python”, Summer Undergraduate Research Fellow, DANSE Project, California Institute of Technology