Coursework emphasized on communications with courses in communication theory, optical fiber systems, and microwave transmission. Minor in mathematics. August 1998 - present Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State, MS Graduate Research Assistant Remote Sensing using Hyperspectral Imaging. Emerging Materials Research Laboratory, Mississippi State, MS Undergraduate Research Assistant Assisted in the growth of silicon carbide semiconductor epitaxial layers. Designed and implemented a mass flow and PID temperature control system for the main reaction chamber used to produce silicon carbide epitaxial layers.
Current work includes the design of a new reactor to produce thick-epitaxial silicon carbide.
Taught a half-day workshop on LabView graphical programming, data acquisition, and instrumentation. July 1997 High Voltage Laboratory, Mississippi State, MS Undergraduate Research Assistant Constructed and assisted in the design of a high voltage pulse modulator used to produce acoustic pulses in water. Other responsibilities included design, construction, and maintenance of an experimental testbed used in biofouling research. Miss. St., MS Radio Announcer and Technician Worked as a volunteer technician to establish the campus radio station and to get it on the air. Also worked as a radio announcer after the station aired.