- Resume (pdf)
Summer Research
I have spent the last several summers doing research (funded by the NSF REU Grant) at The College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, Virginia (2007) and at Coe College in Cedar Rapids, Iowa (2005-2006).
At William and Mary, I was involved in a research project under the guidance of Dr. William Cooke, studying Laser Induced Acoustic Desorption Time-of-Flight (LIAD-TOF) mass spectroscopy. In particular, I studying alternative mechanical ways of generating an acoustic pulse to replace the laser in this type of mass spectroscopy. The paper written during at the conclusion of this project follows:
At Coe College, I worked under the guidance of Dr. James Cottingham on the behavior of Asian free reed wind instruments. I especially focused on the naw and the khaen, making measurements of input impedances and comparing these frequencies and the sounding frequencies of the instruments to a computational model that I developed. Following are three papers written during the programs (pdf):
- Input impedance of Asian free-reed mouth organs (2006)
- Experimental and Calculated Sounding Frequencies of the Southeast Asian naw (2005a)
- Further applications of transmission matrices in calculating resonant frequencies of the sheng and khaen (2005b)
Truman Research
While at Truman State University during the school year, I work with Dr. Ian Lindevald on room acoustics research. We are currently writing code to capture and analyze impulse response data from individual rooms, especially concert halls.
A fun project that I did a few years ago for a class in mathematical physics was to do some research on n-dimensional spheres, which resulted in my first LaTeX paper:
