Rhys Ulerich **** W **th St #***
Austin, TX *****
****.*******@*****.*** 512-***-****
Education
University of Texas at Austin Institute for Computational
August 2007 to Present Engineering and Sciences
Pursuing Ph.D. in Computational Science, Engineering, and Mathematics.
Earned M.S. in Computational and Applied Mathematics in May 2009.
Research focused on spectral, direct numerical simulation of compressible, turbulent uid ow:
Generating data with precisely-quanti ed uncertainties for Bayesian calibration of turbulence models.
Characterizing turbulence-sustaining regions on blunt-bodied atmospheric reentry vehicles.
Served as President for local Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics chapter from 2009 to 2011.
Cumulative GPA: 3.95
Pennsylvania State University
Schreyer Honors College
September 1998 to December 2003
Double Major: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and Computer Science
Double Minor: Mathematics and Classical and Ancient Mediterranean Studies
Studied abroad in Athens, Greece in Spring of 2001.
Founded Penn State Linux Users Group in Spring of 1999.
Cumulative GPA: 3.69
Employment
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Summer Scholar
Summers of 2010 and 2011 Livermore, CA
Developed an MPI-parallel, shock-capturing, multi-species gasdynamics code in Fortran 90.
Code designed to facilitate N -equation RANS model closure evaluation and development.
Investigated large Atwood number Rayleigh Taylor mixing.
IBM Software Group IBM
January 2004 to August 2007 Austin, TX
Developed SIP- and SOA-based components for IBM WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server.
Delivered early WebSphere 5.1 SIP capabilities to AT&T resulting in $1.1M 4Q2005 sale.
Primary technical contact facing AT&T architecture and product evaluation teams.
Responsible for customer problem re-creation, resolution, and delivery.
Served as primary interface among sales, development, test, and performance teams.
Prepared comprehensive test plans for WebSphere SIP Servlet functionality.
Educated both test and services teams on RFC 3261 and JSR 116 technology.
Prioritized incoming defects per expected customer impacts and sales-driven timelines.
Received Outstanding Technical Achievement Award for role in delivery and 4Q2005 sale.
WebSphere 6.1 SIP delivery credited for 3Q2006 $750M software ELA with AT&T.
Received IBM Software Group STAR and IBM Corporate Technical awards for role in 3Q2006 sale.
Actively invented; 18 disclosures led with USPTO resulting in, currently, 10 patents.
Research Assistant Penn State Mechanical Engineering Dept.
September 2001 to December 2003 State College, PA
Investigated gastro-esophageal junction via analysis of ultrasound images and manometry.
Characterized the mechanical action of the two sphincters responsible for esophageal function.
Furthered understanding of the region s individual-to-individual anatomical variation.
IBM
IBM Extreme Blue Technical Intern
Summer 2003 Austin, TX
Implemented a clustering engine tailored for analysis of network intrusion detection data.
Management and Data Systems
Lockheed Martin Corp. Co-op
Fall 2000 and Summer 2001 Valley Forge, PA
Developed two Java/JSP/JDBC/SQL web applications:
GUI to retrieve bioinformatics data extracted by a natural language processing tool.
GUI to schedule resources with limited availabilty and prerequisite constraints.
Nominated by manager for 2001 Penn State Co-op of the Year.
Publications
[1] L. Miller, Q. Dai, A. Vegesna, A. Korimilli, R. Ulerich, B. Schi ner, and J. Brassuer, A missing
sphincteric component of the gastro-oesophageal junction in patients with GORD, Neurogas-
troenterology & Motility 21 (2009), no. 8, 813 852.
[2] James G. Brasseur, Rhys Ulerich, Qing Dai, Dalipkumar K. Patel, Ahmed M. Soliman, and
Larry S. Miller, Pharmacological dissection of the human gastro-oesophageal segment into three
sphincteric components, The Journal of Physiology 580 (2007), no. 3, 961 975.
[3] J. G. Brasseur, R. Ulerich, Q. Dai, and L. S. Miller, Three-dimensional anatomy of the human
gastro-esophageal segment, Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology 40 (2006).
[4] Q. S. Dai, A. S. Soliman, P. Dilipkumar, V. Thangada, J. Brasseur, C. Chung, R. Ulerich,
H. Parkman, B. Thomas, and L. S. Miller, Simultaneous ultrasound and manometry during
pharmacologic paralysis of the crural diaphragm allows spatial localization of the two com-
ponents of the intrinsic gastroesophageal junction high-pressure zone, Gastroenterology 126
(2004), A636 W1437.
[5] Rhys Ulerich, In vivo anatomical and physiological characterization of the esophago-gastric
segment, Undergraduate Honors Thesis, December 2003.
[6] R. A. Cooper, E. Wolf, S. G. Fitzgerald, M. L. Boninger, R. Ulerich, and W. A. Ammer,
Seat and footrest shocks and vibrations in manual wheelchairs with and without suspension,
Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation 84 (2003), no. 1, 96 102.
[7] R. Ulerich, Q. Dai, L. S. Miller, and J. G. Brasseur, Detailed 3-D anatomy of the human
gastro-esophageal segment, Gastroenterology 124 (2003), no. 4.
[8] R. Ulerich, L. S. Miller, Q. Dai, and J. G. Brasseur, Pharmacological separation of the gastro-
esophageal segment into extrinsic and intrinsic sphincters, Gastroenterology 124 (2003), no. 4.
Talks
[9] Nicholas Malaya, Todd A. Oliver, Rhys Ulerich, and Robert D. Moser, Estimating uncertainties
in statistics computed from DNS, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
(San Diego, CA), November 2012.
[10] Rhys Ulerich and Robert D. Moser, Turbulence statistics with quanti ed uncertainty in cold-
wall supersonic channel ow, 65th Annual Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics
(San Diego, CA), November 2012.
[11] Karl W. Schulz, Rhys Ulerich, Nicholas Malaya, Paul T. Bauman, Roy Stogner, and Chris Sim-
mons, Early experiences porting scienti c applications to the Many Integrated Core platform,
TACC-Intel Highly Parallel Computing Symposium (Austin, Texas), April 2012.
[12] Rhys Ulerich, Kemelli C. Estacio-Hiroms, Nicholas Malaya, and Robert D. Moser, A transient
manufactured solution for the compressible Navier-Stokes equations with a power law viscosity,
10th World Congress on Computational Mechanics (S o Paulo, Brazil), July 2012.
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[13] Rhys Ulerich and Oleg Schilling, Comparisons of a Reynolds-Averaged Navier Stokes Model
with Self-Similar Solutions for Large Atwood Number Rayleigh Taylor Mixing, 63rd Annual
Meeting of the APS Division of Fluid Dynamics (Long Beach, CA), November 2010.
Patents
[14] Michael Gil x and Rhys Ulerich, Auto-generation or auto-execution of web service description
language call ow implementation, US Patent 8214514, 2012.
[15] Rhys Ulerich and Ian Williamson, Multiple sorting of columns in a displayed table in a user
interactive computer display interface through sequential radial menus, US Patent 8161407,
2012.
[16] Michael Gil x and Rhys Ulerich, Automatic orchestration of dynamic multiple party, multiple
media communications, US Patent 8041800, 2011.
[17], Developing diameter applications using diameter interface servlets, US Patent
8042118, 2011.
[18], Extending web service description language for SIP/call ow interactions, US Patent
7966625, 2011.
[19] Michael Gil x, Ronnie Jones, Amir Perlman, and Rhys Ulerich, Burst tra c smoothing for
SIP processing elements, US Patent 7742417, 2010.
[20] Oliver Birch, Michael Gil x, Rhys Ulerich, and Paul Stuart Williamson, Method and apparatus
for session initiation protocol application design, development, execution and integration, US
Patent 7532617, 2009.
[21] Michael Gil x and Rhys Ulerich, Method for testing branch execution and state transition logic
in session initiation protocol application modular components, US Patent 7499405, 2009.
[22] Anil Jagdish Chawla, David Perry Greene, Klaus Julisch, Aaron Edward Fredrick Rankin,
Jonathan Michael Seeber, and Rhys Ulerich, Method and system for distinguishing relevant
network security threats using comparison of re ned intrusion detection audits and intelligent
security analysis, US Patent 7406606, 2008.
[23] Jennifer King, Robert Peterson, Jon Richter, Ian Spivey, Tyron Stading, and Rhys Ulerich,
Method, apparatus and computer program product for reporting energy consumption, US Patent
7376631, 2008.
Patent Applications
[24] Chris Aniszczyk, Jennifer King, Christina Lauridsen, Robert Peterson, Borna Safabakhsh, and
Rhys Ulerich, Monitoring le access of Java processes, US Patent Application 201********,
2011.
[25] Michael Gil x, Victor Moore, and Rhys Ulerich, Administering feeds of presence information
of one or more presentities, US Patent Application 200********, 2009.
[26], Managing presence information of a presentity, US Patent Application 200********,
2009.
[27] Michael Gil x and Rhys Ulerich, Converged call ow and web service application integration
using a processing engine, US Patent Application 200********, 2008.
[28], Converged call ow modeling and converged web service interface design, US Patent
Application 200********, 2008.
[29], System, computer program product and method of communicating with session ini-
tiation protocol (SIP) application sessions using a message-oriented middleware system, US
Patent Application 200********, 2008.
[30] Tyron Stading, Rhys Ulerich, Paul Williamson, and Scott Winters, Receiving display station
on a communication network for accessing and displaying network documents associated with
a television program display in which the text stream of the TV program on the display station
provides user selectable links to predetermined network source sites, US Patent Application
200********, 2007.
[31] Anthony Hagale, Ryan Rozich, Rhys Ulerich, Paul Williamson, and Scott Winters, Communi-
cation system supporting two-way on-hold functionality, US Patent Application 200********,
2006.