Sharvil Patel
Champaign, IL 61820
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OBJECTIVE
To obtain a full time position that involves the application of various
concepts in Nuclear Plasma and Radiological engineering (NPRE).
EDUCATION
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Expected Graduation: August 2011
Bachelor of Science in Nuclear Plasma and Radiological Engineering
Overall GPA: 2.92/4.00
North Central College September 2006 - May 2009
Bachelor of Arts in Physics
Minor:Mathematics
RELATED WORK EXPERIENCE
North Central College (Physics Department), Naperville, Illinois September
2008 - May 2009
Undergraduate Lab Assistant
. Set up lab equipments for Physics 131, 132 and 231
. Assisted Dr. Paul Bloom in conducting the labs proficiently
. Helped students with the lab procedure if necessary
North Central College (Academic Support Center), Naperville, Illinois
September 2007 - May 2009
Academic Tutor
. Worked as an private as well as course tutor for Pre-Calculus and Calculus
. On appointment assisted students weekly with any help needed in Math courses
usually Calculus
Summer Research with Dr. Paul Bloom (North Central College) June 2007 -
August 2007
Undergraduate Research Assistant
. Worked on the BABAR data analysis with Dr. Paul Bloom
. Assisted execute analysis on new skimmed/reconstructed data and search for
radially excited ?' mesons in the decays B k (charged and neutral modes)
. Learned technical skills by doing a maximum likelihood analysis
. Learned how to use statistics to the best advantage when it comes to
dealing with a big data set (million entries)
ACTIVITIES AND HONORS
. Awarded the Robert H. Good Physics Scholarship at North Central College
(September 2007 - May 2009)
. Awarded the International Scholarship at North Central College (September
2006 - May 2009)
. Awarded with Robert Prussing Arnold Scholarship for the year (September
2008-May 2009)
. Dean's List, North Central College (September 2008 - November 2008)
COMPUTER SKILLS
. Proficient in MS Office, Windows, Matlab
. Intermediate skills in Java, Visual Basic and Oracle