Assistant Engineer

Joe Vornehm Jr.

Institute of Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627

M: 617-***-**** *******@******.*********.*** linkedin.com/in/jvornehm

Optics PhD student seeking a career in research and development with a future in research management

CURRENT RESEARCH

Slow and fast light: Drastically slowing down or speeding up the group velocity of light in a medium

All-optical true time delay in a sparse aperture phased -array laser radar system using slow and fast light

Multivariate optical computing (all-optical spectrum recognition using a grating and spatial light modulator)

Controlling optical damage in fiber Bragg gratings, photonic crystals, and laser gain media using slow and fast light

EDUCATION

2005 present University of Rochester, PhD, Optics Rochester, NY

3.6 GPA, Advisor: Dr. Robert Boyd, dissertation subject: applications of slow and fast light

Coursework in optics: quantum, nonlinear, geometrical, Fourier, physical, instrumental, biomedical

Teaching assistant for Nonlinear Optics

2003 2005 Northwestern University, MS, Electrical & Computer Engineering Evanston, IL

3.6 GPA, Advisor: Dr. Selim Shahriar, thesis subject: Raman gain in rubidium vapor for quantum information

Coursework: lasers, quantum mechanics, quantum electronics, nonlinear optics, optoelectronics, photonics

Teaching assistant for Intro to MATLAB, Electronics Lab, Probability for Engineers, Parallel Computing

2001 Northeastern University, BS, Electrical & Computer Engineering Boston, MA

3.7 GPA, Magna cum Laude, full scholarship, National Merit Scholar, Honors Program, Tau Beta Pi, IEEE officer

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2001 2003 Software Systems Engineer, The MITRE Corporation Bedford, MA

Free-space optical communication: Did feasibility analysis of COTS 10Gb Ethernet/SONET telecom platform for

free-space optical communication system. Developed digital hardware in VHDL for Xilinx FPGA. (Summer 2005)

Quantum Cryptography: Wrote investigative report for sponsoring agency on current state of the art in

academic & commercial quantum cryptography research. (Summer 2005)

GPS Modernization: Created extensive VHDL and MATLAB simulations for validation & verification of

modernized GPS satellites. Developed digital receiver hardware and real-time software.

Wireless Communications: Helped develop and analyze real-time wireless multi-user detection system on

Altivec high-performance computing system. Independently researched, developed, tested List Viterbi decoder.

Secure Mobile Videoconferencing: Adapted Linux videoconferencing tool for secure government use.

RELEVANT SKILLS

Programming: MATLAB, C/C++, LabVIEW, Mathematica, Perl, assembly, others; Windows, Unix/Linux

Optical laboratory equipment: Free-space and fiber-based; argon ion, Ti:sapphire, diode, and Nd:YAG lasers;

computer control of test equipment via RS-232 and GPIB

Electronics design & testing: Digital & analog; VHDL, FPGA, ASIC, printed circuit boards

Interpersonal skills: My goal is to help others reach their goals. I consider myself excellent at working with people.

I am a good writer and a good communicator. I work well on a team but can also work independently. I get along

well with all types of personalities and am interested in others' success as well as my own. I am enthusiastic, I help

others to feel comfortable and motivated, and I show appreciation. I do my best to support management and

support my co-workers. I pay attention to detail, multi -task and remain flexible under pressure, and respond to

urgent needs without losing sight of strategic goals. I can run a meeting that stays on topic and achieves its

purposes. I work well within an organization. I am organized and conscientious.

AWARDS AND LEADERSHIP

University of Rochester Sproull Fellowship

Graduate Student Mentor (2010 present)

Board member, OSA Rochester Section (2009 present)

Co-founder, UR SPIE student chapter (2009)

Senior Graduate Student Representative, Institute of Optics (2008 2009)

Teaching Assistant of the Year, Northwestern University ECE Dept. (2004)

UR Graduate Community Assistant for Graduate Housing (2007 present)

PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

A slow-light laser radar system with two-dimensional scanning, Aaron Schweinsberg, Zhimin Shi, Joseph E.

Vornehm, and Robert W. Boyd, Opt. Lett. 37 (3) 329-331 (2012).

A System for All-Optical Spectrum Recognition using a Spatial Light Modulator, Joseph E. Vornehm, Zhimin Shi,

and Robert Boyd, presented at Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, paper FTuC4 (2011).

Demonstration of a slow-light laser radar, Aaron Schweinsberg, Zhimin Shi, Joseph E. Vornehm, and Robert W.

Boyd, Opt. Express 19 (17-157**-***** (2011).

Phase Locking of SBS Slow Light in a 2.2-km Single-Mode Fiber, Joseph E. Vornehm, Aaron Schweinsberg, Zhimin

Shi, and Robert Boyd, Slow and Fast Light, paper SLMA4 (2011).

Low distortion, continuously tunable, positive and negative time delays by slow and fast light using stimulated

Brillouin scattering, Zhimin Shi, Aaron Schweinsberg, Joseph E. Vornehm Jr., M. Alejandrina Mart nez G mez, and

Robert W. Boyd, Phys. Lett. A 374, 4071-4074 (2010).

Slow and Fast Light, Joseph Vornehm Jr. and Robert W. Boyd, Chapter 19 in Complex Photonic Media, Mikhail A.

Noginov, ed., SPIE Press, Bellingham, WA (2009).

Quantum Memory Using Raman Gain in Rubidium Vapor, Joseph Vornehm, Gour S. Pati, M. Selim Shahriar,

presented at Frontiers in Optics/Laser Science, paper LWA3 (2006).

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