Assistant Mechanical

Charles A. Hagedorn

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University of Washington Seattle, WA 98125

Seattle, WA 98195

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Education:

University of Washington, Seattle WA, M.S. Physics, June 2006. PhD. expected February 2013.

Cornell University, Ithaca NY, B.A. Physics and Mathematics, May 2004

Blacksburg High School, Blacksburg VA, June 2000

Experience:

Research Assistant 8/2004-Present

University of Washington, CENPA/E t-Wash Gravity Group - Dr. Jens Gundlach, Advisor

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- Thesis: Testing Newton s gravitational inverse square law at distances shorter than 100 microns.

- First measurement of the distance-dependence of proximity-enhanced gas damping.

- Development of next-generation autocollimators and wireless environmental sensor network.

- Mentored four undergraduate students to become contributing members of our research group.

- Designed, constructed, implemented, and operated a modern torsion balance. Sensitivity to 10 14 N-m/ Hz.

- Developed, constructed, and characterized high Q quartz torsion bers.

Teaching Assistant 8/2004-6/2005

University of Washington, Physics Department

- Instructed calculus and algebra-based labs, tutorials, study center.

Research Assistant 6/2001-7/2004

Cornell University/LASSP - Dr. Eberhard Bodenschatz, Advisor

- Built and maintained camera/framegrabber software to image chaotic systems

- Designed and built mechanical stages for in-situ laser calibration of a turbulent ow experiment

- Developed and implemented process for thick SU-8 structures on thick silicon substrates

Research Experience for Undergraduates 6/2002-8/2002

University of Colorado, Boulder CO - Dr. Charles Rogers, Advisor

- Assisted with the development of mechanical tweezers for connection to molecular circuitry.

- Lithography: UV contact, e -beam. SEM

Whitewater Kayaking Instructor/Teaching Assistant 8/2001-5/2004

Cornell University, Ithaca NY - Theo Theobald, Supervisor

- Facilitated student growth/exploration through whitewater paddling

Patent:

- Interferometric quasi-autocollimator. Turner, Gundlach, Hagedorn, Schlamminger. US Patent Application 201********.

Honors:

- 2011 Outstanding Referee, Review of Scienti c Instruments

- Hartman Prize, Cornell University - Most Outstanding Undergraduate Experimental Physicist

- Dean s List, Cornell University

Skills:

- Inventive problem solving, Data analysis, Precision measurement, Mechanical design.

- Hardware: Metalwork (Lathe, Mill, Sheet metal), Rapid prototyping and development, Electronics/Design, Lapping, Pho-

tolithography, High Vacuum, Fiber Fizeau Interferometer, Arduino/XBee, . . .

- Software: Linux, Windows, QNX, Data Acquisition, Simulation, MATLAB/Octave, Gnuplot, C/C++/Java, NIDAQ, . . .

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