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My academic career began
by attending one semester at College
of the Desert, which is located in Palm Desert, California. I then
transferred to Bakersfield
College (BC)
for three semesters. While attending BC, I worked on two separate
mathematical
projects with
Rebecca Head,
which were presented at the 2000
and 2001
Southern California
Section of the Math Association of America (MAA) conferences.
In the fall semester of
2001, I transferred to
California State University Bakersfield (CSUB)
where, in 2002, I received my B.S. in Physics. At CSUB, I worked with
Jorge Talamantes on a computer simulation of a two-dimensional
electron-electron interacting system, in an effort to determine if the
system
had a metal insulator transition. I also participated in research at
The University
of Toledo in the summer between my junior and senior year, where I
worked
with
Alejandra Lukaszew on building a magneto-optic Kerr effect station
to
investigate ferromagnetic thin films. My work at The University of
Toledo was
funded through the Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) program
provided
by the National Science Foundation.
In addition, I also
collaborated with Michael Rios on the topology of
fractional calculus. We presented preliminary results of our studies at
a
Southern California MAA conference in 2002.
Additionally, I have acquired 38 semester units in business classes from
Vanguard University of Southern California.
Upon completion of my B.S.
in physics (2002), I promptly crossed the
continental divide and proceeded to Ann Arbor to
obtain my PhD in the Applied
Physics Program at the University
of
Michigan.
Outside of
academia, my
interests are travel, guitar/songwriting, fractional
calculus, and various sporting activities. Also, I started a web site
focusing
on everyday applications of nanotechnology - everydaynano.com.
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