Assistant General
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Curriculum Vitae
Matt Beekman
Updated: April 2010
CURRICULUM VITAE
Matt Beekman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Physics
Department of Natural Sciences
Oregon Institute of Technology
**** ***pus Drive
Klamath Falls, OR 97601
Tel: 541-***-****
Email: ****.*******@***.***
EDUCATION
May 2009 Ph.D. in Applied Physics (Adviser: Prof. George S. Nolas)
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Dissertation: Fundamental Investigations on Open-framework Intermetallic Materials
of Group 14
May 2006 M.S. in Physics (Adviser: Prof. George S. Nolas)
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
Thesis: Synthesis and Characterization of Type II Silicon and Germanium Clathrates
August 2003 B.S. in Physics (Double Major in Mathematics; Minor in Music)
University of South Florida, Tampa, FL
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor of Physics (09/2011present)
Department of Natural Sciences, Oregon Institute of Technology
Courtesy Research Associate (11/2011present)
Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon
Postdoctoral Research Associate (08/200908/2011)
Department of Chemistry, University of Oregon (Advisor: Prof. David C. Johnson
)
Postdoctoral Research Associate (05/2009 - 08/2009)
Department of Physics, University of South Florida (Advisor: Prof. George S. Nolas
)
Graduate Researcher (08/2003 - 05/2009)
Department of Physics, University of South Florida (Advisor: Prof. George S. Nolas)
DAAD Research Scholar (08/2008 - 12/2008)
Max Planck Institute for Chemical Physics of Solids, Dresden, Germany (Advisor: Prof. Dr.
Yuri
Grin, Institute Director
)
Graduate Student Intern (05/2008 - 08/2008)
Materials and Processes Lab, General Motors Research & Development Center, Warren, MI
(Advis or:
Dr. Jihui Yang
)
Undergraduate Researcher (05/2002 - 08/2003)
Department of Physics, University of South Florida (Advisor: Prof. George S. Nolas)
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Curriculum Vitae
Matt Beekman
Updated: April 2010
TEACHING AND RELATED EXPERIENCE
Assistant Professor (09/2011 - present), Oregon Institute of Technology
Courses Taught: PHY 203 General Physics III (Spring 2012)
PHY 223 General Physics III w/ Calculus (Spring 2012)
PHY 203/223 Lab General Physics III Laboratory (Spring 2012)
PHY 202 General Physics II (Winter 2012)
PHY 222 General Physics II w/ Calculus (Winter 2012)
PHY 202/222 Lab General Physics II Laboratory (Winter 2012)
PHY 201 General Physics I (Fall 2011)
PHY 221 General Physics I w/ Calculus (Fall 2011)
PHY 201/221 Lab General Physics I Laboratory (Fall 2011)
Instructor (09/2010 - 10/2010), University of Oregon
Course taught: CH610 (Chemistry) / PHYS 610 (Physics) Aqueous Solution-based Inorganic
Thin Film and Device Processing
Instructor (06/2010 & 06/2011), University of Oregon
Course taught: NSF Summer School in Solid State and Materials Chemistry ( Rock Camp )
Instructor (01/2006 - 05/2006), University of South Florida
Course taught: PHY 2053L: General Physics I Laboratory
Assistant to the General Physics Laboratory Program (08/2001- 05/2003)
University of South Florida (Supervisor: Dr. Anthony Buonaquisti)
AWARDS AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS
- Outstanding Dissertation Award (for the Ph.D. in Applied Physics), USF Graduate School
(2009)
- Margaret C. Etter Student Lecturer Award, Powder Diffraction SIG, American
Crystallographic
Association Meeting, Toronto, ON, Canada (2009)
- Student Paper Award, Symposium N, Materials Research Society Spring 2009, Meeting,
Boston,
MA (2009)
- Presidential Doctoral Fellowship, University of South Florida (2003 - 2008)
- Goldsmid Award for Excellence in Research in Thermoelectrics by a Graduate Student,
International Thermoelectrics Society (2008)
- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD) Graduate Student Research Grant (2008)
- General Motors Student Internship, GM Research and Development, Warren, MI (2008)
- Student Paper Award, Symposium U, Materials Research Society Fall 2007 Meeting, Boston,
MA
(2007)
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- Division of Inorganic Chemistry Student Travel Award, 234 ACS National Meeting (2007)
- Publication Award, College of Arts and Sciences, USF (2006)
- Outstanding Thesis Award (for the M.S. in Physics), USF Graduate School (2006)
- Fred L. and Helen M. Tharp Physics Graduate Scholarship, USF Department of Physics
(2006)
- Student Paper Award, Symposium F, Materials Research Society Fall 2005 Meeting, Boston,
MA
(2005)
- Best Student Paper Award, ACerS Electronics Division, ECS/ACerS Fall 2003 Meeting,
Orlando,
FL (2003)
- Student Poster Award, Symposium S, Materials Research Society Fall 2003 Meeting,
Boston, MA
(2003)
- Aboly Foundation Physics Undergraduate Scholarship, USF (2002)
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Matt Beekman
crystal X-ray diffraction studies of new framework substituted type II clathrates,
Cs Na AgGe (x
Refereed Conference Proceedings
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Matt Beekman
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PATENT
1. M. Beekman and G.S. Nolas, Novel Method for Solid State Crystal Growth. Patent
application
submitted August 2010.
PROFESSIONAL SOCIETIES AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Graduate Representative, USF Chapter of the Society of Physics Students (2004 - 2005)
President, USF Chapter of the Society of Physics Students (2003 - 2004)
Treasurer, USF Chapter of the Society of Physics Students (2002 - 2003)
(SPS National Outstanding Chapter Award 2002 - 2003 and 2003 - 2004)
Membership
Materials Research Society, American Physical Society, International Thermoelectrics
Society,
American Crystallographic Association, American Association of Physics Teachers, American
Chemical Society, Oregon Academy of Science, Society of Physics Students, USF Student
Chapter of
the American Mathematical Society, Pi Mu Epsilon (Mathematics Honor Society, Florida
Epsilon
Chapter)
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