Resume

• 2009

  Care.com

  Fitchburg State University

  direct the research of nutritional chemometrics and development of a handheld spectrometer for agriculture.

  Biontrient Food Association

  Clear Align

  Eagleville

  PA

  • Designed prototype laser systems and supported optical prototype development programs\n• Laser systems engineer for illuminator prototypes\n• Surveyed existing published technology and reviewed fundamentals of speckle \n• Designed and performed laboratory experiments for proof of concept \n• Contributed claims to company patent and assisted in patent application revisions \n• Selected parts and suppliers for off the shelf and custom components\n• Reviewed and revised mechanical and electrical designs and drawings\n• Managed bill of materials including cost and delivery schedule \n• Directed assembly process development

  Optical Engineer

  Fitchburg State University

  Adjunct Professor & Tutor

  Mount Wachusett Community College

  Care.com

• 2001

  University of Central Florida

  University of Central Florida

  Avo Photonics

  Horsham

  PA

  • Provide system engineering direction

  and present technical

  schedule

  and cost data to customer.\n• Perform engineering analysis of product requirements and assist in deriving optical

  mechanical

  and electrical solutions.\n• Create optical / laser physics models of component designs and derive tolerances\n• Provide hands-on skills to help produce prototypes\n• Create optical breadboards for demonstrating performance and testing\n• Assist in component sourcing and vendor management\n• Prepare and present technical status reviews

  Optical Engineer

  Doctorate

  Dissertation: Nonlinear Absorption and Recombination in InSb

  Optics

  International Society for Optical Engineering

  Optical Society of America

  CREOL Association of Optics Students

  Laser Institute of America: Laser Lab Safety Course

  JA Woollam Co.

  Inc.: Ellipsometry Training Course

  CREOL / Richard Zotti: Machine Shop Training Course

  University of Central Florida

  Optical Wave Propagation

  Geometric Optics

  Electro-Optics

  Electrodynamics

  Optoelectronic Devices

  High Speed Photonics

  Radiation and Detection

  Applied Optics Lab

  Interference and Diffraction

  Biomolecular Physics

  Material Processing Techniques

  Photovoltaic Solar Energy Materials

  Laser Materials Processing

  Optical Properties of Materials

  Nonlinear Guided Waves

  Nonlinear Optics

  Optical Properties of Nanostructured Materials

• 1997

  BS

  Major Qualifying Project: PHOTONIC DEVICES FOR FUEL CELLS\t\t\nAdvisor: Grover A. Swartzlander\n\nInterdisciplinary Qualifying Project: HOME FUEL CELLS\nAdvisors: Douglas W. Woods; Ravindra Datta\n\nFinancial Awards:\n•Worcester Polytechnic Institute Summer Research Fellowship 2000\n•Worcester Polytechnic Institute Scholarship Award 1997

  Physics

  (SPS) Society of Physics Students Member 1997-2001 Chapter President 1999-2000

  Worcester Polytechnic Institute

• Labview

  Mathematica

  Experimentation

  Spectroscopy

  Systems Engineering

  Laser

  Sensors

  Simulations

  Optics

  Photonics

  Failure Analysis

  Laser Physics

  Physics

  Zemax

  Optical Engineering

  Characterization

  Semiconductors

  Optimization of Band Structure and Quantum-Size-Effect Tuning for Two-Photon Absorption Enhancement in Quantum Dots

  Optimization of Band Structure and Quantum-Size-Effect Tuning for Two-Photon Absorption Enhancement in Quantum Dots

  Three-photon absorption in semiconductors

  Three-photon absorption in semiconductors

  Role of Symmetry Breaking on the Optical Transitions in Lead-Salt Quantum Dots

  Role of Symmetry Breaking on the Optical Transitions in Lead-Salt Quantum Dots

  Temperature dependent nonlinear transmission in InSb

  Temperature dependent nonlinear transmission in InSb

  Spectral and Temperature Dependence of Two-Photon and Free-Carrier Absorption in InSb

  Spectral and Temperature Dependence of Two-Photon and Free-Carrier Absorption in InSb

  Energy band-gap dependence of three-photon absorption in semiconductors

  Energy band-gap dependence of three-photon absorption in semiconductors

  Spectral and temperature dependence of nonlinear absorption in InSb

  Spectral and temperature dependence of nonlinear absorption in InSb

  Spectrum of two-photon absorption in InSb

  Spectrum of two-photon absorption in InSb

  Three-Photon Absorption In Semiconductors

  Three-Photon Absorption In Semiconductors

  Nonlinear Absorption And Free Carrier Recombination In Direct Gap Semiconductors

  Nonlinear Absorption And Free Carrier Recombination In Direct Gap Semiconductors

  Three-photon absorption spectra of zinc blende semiconductors: theory and experiment

  Three-photon absorption spectra of zinc blende semiconductors: theory and experiment

  Temperature Dependent Nonlinear Absorption in InSb

  Temperature Dependent Nonlinear Absorption in InSb

  Olszak

  Olszak

  Avo Photonics

  Mount Wachusett Community College

  Clear Align

  Biontrient Food Association