Curriculum Vitae

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Current Position(s):

Software engineer, Emu Solutions
Research Affiliate, Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame

Education:

University of Notre Dame

Ph. D. in Computer Science and Engineering, August 2009
Dissertation Title: "It's All About the Signal Routing: Understanding the Reliability of QCA Circuits and Systems"
Advisor: Dr. Peter Kogge
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, August 2005
Thesis: "Defect Properties and Design Tools for Quantum-Dot Cellular Automata."
Advisor: Dr. Peter Kogge
B.S. (Cum Laude) in Computer Engineering, May 2002

Research Interests/Publications:

On Research page.

Professional Experience:

Delphi Delco Automotive Systems, Kokomo, IN. IC Design Intern (Summer 2001)

Redesigned circuits for new fabrication process. Tested circuits from new fabrication process.

Delphi Delco Automotive Systems, Kokomo, IN. Software Development Intern (Summer 2000)

Developed a dynamic link library (DLL) for use with controller-area network (CAN) based devices.

Teaching:

CSE 30322, Computer Architecture II: Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2010

Teaching Assistantships:

CSE 30322, Computer Architecture II: Spring 2004

Responsible for lab instruction and lab/homework grading.

CSE 30321, Computer Architecture I: Fall 2003, Fall 2004

Shared responsiblities for lab instruction and lab/homework grading.

CSE 20110, Discrete Math: Spring 2001

Held office hours for students in the course.

Organizations:

Professional Societies:

ACM
IEEE

IEEE-Computer Society

Other Organizations:

Notre Dame Habitat for Humanity

Former Construction Supervisor, still an active volunteer/construction supervisor/advisory role

Honors and Awards:

Upsilon Pi Epsilon (Computer Science and Engineering Honor Society), April 2004 (Inaugural induction)
Eta Kappa Nu (Electrical and Computer Engineering Honor Society), February 2002
Morrissey Manor Hall Service Award, April 2002
Glenna R. Joyce and Notre Dame Scholar, April 1998

Undergraduate projects supervised:

Jorge Vendries: Parallelization of a statistical mechanical QCA simulator. Summer/Fall 2008
Daniel Lohmer: Geometric analysis of QCA wires (Workshop paper published). Spring 2008
Jared Sylvester: CAD tools for QCA. Academic year 2004-2005
Dominic Antonelli: Digital logic simulator for QCADesigner. Summer 2003