Physicist
Resume:
PAUL SCHOESSOW
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EDUCATION
University of Illinois, Urbana, IL, Ph.D.: Physics
SPECIAL SKILLS
o Design of radiation sources and detectors.
o Expertise with particle accelerators
o Interfacing experimental hardware to computers
o Strong background in electromagnetics, optics, and classical and quantummechanics o Comfortable with simulation/modeling (electromagnetic structures and wave propagation, radiation effects in solids, metamaterials)
o Fluent in data analysis and statistics
o Valued collaborator in multiple teams
o Successful project management
o Supervising and training staff and engineers
o Experienced in working multiple projects and tasks o Excellent written and verbal communications skills o Expert in Matlab, Mathematica, Labview
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Euclid Techlabs – Gaithersburg, MD March 2006 to Present Vice President for R&D/Scientific Computing.
o Responsible for preparing grant and patent applications; o Principal Investigator for two successful Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) projects;
o Maintenance and upgrade of in-house beam dynamics code; o Developed numerical models for dielectric radiation damage and charging by intense electron beams.
TechX Corp – Boulder, CO June 2004 to February 2006 Principal Scientist.
o Developed numerical model and performed simulations of multipactor effects in high power dielectric microwave structures;
o Developed computational model of ion source/Hall thruster. Electromagnetic Applications Inc. – Lakewood, CO March 2002 to June 2004 Senior Scientist.
o Developed and implemented test plan for Electromagnetic compatibility/ electromagnetic interference (EMC/EMI) measurements for Ground-Based Missile Defense (GMD); Paul Schoessow, Page 2
o Authored white paper on experimental study of neutron induced single event upsets in commercial avionics.
o Developed successful proposal for analysis of multipath errors in Local Area Augmentation System (LAAS) GPS ground stations and VHF data beacons. ETEC Systems (Interconnect Products Group) – Tucson, AZ October 2000 to May 2001 Senior Software Engineer, Laser Direct Imaging Systems. o Designed and developed real-time software for precision stage motion control. o Developed software for mapping and for calculating thermal compensation of stage position errors.
Argonne National Laboratory – Argonne, IL July 1983 to October 2000 Physicist.
o Developed the first particle accelerator electromagnetics code to run on a massively parallel computer used to analyze and resolve advanced accelerator design problems not otherwise tractable.
o Engineered control system and data analysis software for advanced technology electron accelerator, including requirements and design specifications development and system integration.
o Performed extensive work on measurement and simulation of electromagnetic radiation from high energy particle beams.
ACHIEVEMENTS
Computational Electromagnetics:
o Authored a suite of finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) codes to calculate electromagnetic fields induced by charged particle and laser beams in planar and cylindrical dielectric loaded microwave structures, including diagnostic and visualization tools. o Designed novel L-band RF cavity for high current laser photocathode electron gun, which for many years held the world record for beam intensity from this class of device. o 3D numerical calculations of fields in second-generation L-band photoinjector. Algorithm Development:
o Developed FDTD algorithm to handle electromagnetic wave propagation in nonlinear dielectrics.
o Developed earliest particle accelerator codes to make use of parallel computing architectures. o Calculated particle beam interactions with targets and beam dumps. o Experienced in parallel/high-performance computing. Measurement, Analysis, and Simulation
o Responsible for experimental design, data collection, and offline analysis for advanced particle acceleration experiments at Argonne. First demonstrations of dielectric and plasma wakefield acceleration.
o Performed extensive work on measurement and simulation of electromagnetic radiation from high-energy particle beams. First laboratory verification of the Askaryan effect, a technique for radio detection of ultrahigh energy cosmic rays. o Developed Labview codes for data acquisition.
o Designed experimental protocol and performed measurements for Active Microwave Media for Particle Acceleration experiment.
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o Analyzed and measured corona discharge and its interference with Ground-Based Missile Defense (GMD) spacecraft communications (GPS, Command/Destruct); measured Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) from corona and breakdown; developed Matlab code to simulate C/D receiver response to noise pulses.
o Developed test plan for Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC)/EMI measurements for GMD; conducted field measurements on hardware at Orbital Sciences Corp. and Hill and Vandenberg AFB facilities. Measured shielding effectiveness for missile components and avionics enclosures.
Design
o Designed and developed real-time software via VxWorks/Tornado for precision stage motion control.
o Developed techniques for manufacturing phosphor screens for optical beam diagnostics. o Participated in design and construction of components for the Collider Detector at Fermilab
(CDF).
o Directed construction and testing of scintillator-based electromagnetic calorimeter modules for CDF experiment.
o Designed, prototyped and supervised testing and installation of multiwire proportional chamber electron detector system for CDF.
Control and Data Acquisition
o Developed control and data acquisition for the neutrino long baseline project (MINOS) cosmic ray and test beam measurements.
o Created data acquisition and control system for large-area scintillation counter mapping. o Engineered highly reliable control system and data analysis software for advanced technology electron accelerator, including specifications development and system integration.
o Developed Matlab code for the analysis of image data from beam profile monitors. SOFTWARE KNOWLEDGE
o Matlab
o Mathematica
o Octave
o Pspice
o EGS4
o Geant4
o Parmela
o Elegant
o Trace-3D
o Algorithms: Monte Carlo, Finite
Difference Time Domain (FDTD),
Method of Moments, Particle-in-cell,
FFT, Statistical Data Analysis,
Nonlinear PDEs.
o Code development for NVIDIA
Graphics Processing Units.
o Operating Systems: Windows, Linux
(Fedora, Ubuntu), VxWorks
o Programming Languages: Fortran, C,
C++, Visual Studio, tcl/tk.
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CONTINUING EDUCATION
o Advanced GPS (GPS/GNSS 2003)
o Ionospheric Effects on GPS
(GPS/GNSS 2003)
o Z-Pinch Minicourse (ICOPS 2005)
o Radiation Effects in Advanced
Commercial Technologies (NSREC
2003)
o Diffractive Optics (SPIE DSS 2012)
o Galaxies and Cosmology (Online)
o Dynamical Modeling Methods for
System Biology (Online)
o Medical Neuroscience (Online)
o Complex Analysis (Online)
REFERENCES
Dr. James Elliott (supervisor at EMA)
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Dr. Wei Gai (supervisor on accelerator project at ANL) acwalc@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. John G Power (Physicist at ANL)
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Dr. Jonathan Thron (Physicist and colleague at ANL) acwalc@r.postjobfree.com
Dr. David Ayres (supervisor on Minos project at ANL) 1931 Stuart Street, Berkeley, CA 94703.
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