Assistant Engineering
Resume:
Brian W. O'Shea
Urbana, IL 61801
abqre4@r.postjobfree.com
Objective
To obtain a position in which I can utilize and improve my teaching and research skills in an academic environment.
Research Experience
Research Assistant
With Professor Michael L. Norman (my Thesis advisor)
Laboratory for Computational Astrophysics
Center for Astrophysics and Space Sciences
University of California at San Diego
January 1999 - present
Research Assistant
With Professor Joseph J. Mohr
University of Illinois Department of Astronomy
January 2001 - May 2002
Research Assistant
With Professor John Dickel
University of Illinois Astronomy Department
August 1997 - December 1998
Teaching Experience
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Physics Department
Physics 319 - The Philosophy of Physics
January 2002 - present
With Professor Michael Weissman
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Physics Department
Physics 111 - Mechanics for Scientists and Engineers
January 2002 - present
With Professor Thomas Junk
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Physics Department
Physics 199 HON: Honors Seminar: Topics in E&M
January 2001 - December 2001
With Professor George Gollin
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Physics Department
Physics 498 CP: Computational Physics and Astrophysics
August 2000 - December 2000
With Professor Stuart Shapiro
Teaching Assistant
University of Illinois Physics Department
Physics 112: General Physics (Electricity and Magnetism)
August 1998 - May 2000
My name is on The Incomplete List of TA's ranked excellent by their
students, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000
Ranked "Exceptional" Spring 1999, Fall 1999,Spring 2000
Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award, Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999, Spring 2000
I received the from the University of Illinois in Spring 2002.
Education
Pursuing a PhD in Astrophysics
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Department of Physics
Expected graduation date: 2004
For a complete list of graduate coursework, click
M.S. Physics
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
Department of Physics
January 2002
B.S. Engineering Physics (with Honors)
Concentration: astrophysics and computational physics
University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign
College of Engineering
Received May 2000
For a complete list of undergraduate coursework, click
Publications
Baryons in the Warm-Hot Intergalactic Medium
Romeel Dav, Renyue Cen, Jeremiah P. Ostriker, Greg L. Bryan, Lars Hernquist, Neal Katz, David H. Weinberg, Michael L. Norman, Brian O'Shea
astro-ph/0007217, submitted to the Astrophysical Journal
The Effects of Preheating on Galaxy Cluster Formation
Brian W. O'Shea & Joseph J. Mohr
In preparation for submission to the Astrophysical Journal
Implementing Star Formation and Feedback in an Adaptive Mesh Refinement Code
Brian W. O'Shea, Greg L. Bryan, Michael L. Norman, Renyue Cen & Jeremiah Ostriker
In preparation for submission to the Astrophysical Journal
"The Runaway Universe"
Videos made from simulations in collaboration with Michael Norman and Greg Bryan are shown in this PBS special, which originally aired on November 21, 2000
Awards and Activities
U of I College of Engineering Dean's List, Fall 1996, Spring 1997,
Fall 1998, Spring 1999, Fall 1999
Undergraduate Studies Committee, Physics Department
Invited Speaker, Student Education Association workshop, Spring 2000
James Scholar in Engineering
Physics Society (Communications Officer)
Society of Physics Students (Secretary)
Member, American Institute of Physics
Member, American Astronomical Society
University of Illinois Astronomical Society
Physics Van Physics Out-Reach Program
Engineering Open House
College of Engineering Honors Council
Anderson Consulting Outstanding Student Award
Tau Beta Pi Engineering Honors Society
Golden Key National Honorary Society
Skills
Extensive tutoring experience in all levels of mathematics and physics
Experience with Windows 3.1/95/98/ME/NT, Macintosh OS 7.x, 8.x, 9.x,
Solaris 7.x, 8.x, SGI Irix 6.x, Redhat Linux 6.x,7.x
Familiar with basic parallel supercomputing methods and techniques (completed workshop 5/1999)
Proficient in ANSI C, C++, Fortran, HTML, Perl, Shell scripting, AutoCAD R.10-13
Experienced with the AIPS and Miriad astronomical image-processing
packages
AVS, IDL, Cactus, Microsoft Office, FirstClass, Claris HomePage, Adobe Pagemill
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