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MICHAEL CHA

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ac9gea@r.postjobfree.com · mdcapps.weebly.com · youtube.com/user/TheMichaelCha EDUCATION

AMHERST COLLEGE, AMHERST, MA EXPECTED MAY 2019

BACHELORS OF ARTS IN PHYSICS

Majored and focused on physics, but also took a significant amount of math and computer science courses:

Newtownian Synthesis; Maxwellian Synthesis; Modern Physics; Statistical Mechanics and Thermodynamics; Dynamics; Signals and Noise Lab; Electromagnetic Theory; Quantum Mechanics; Quantum Field Theory; Multivariable Calculus; Linear Algebra; Intro to Analysis; Group, Rings, and Fields; Computer Systems; Data Structures; Data Mining. GPA: 3.23/4.00. TECHNICAL SKILLS

Developed apps on Unity in C# and released to

App Store and Google Play Store

Conducted physics research using C++, Python, 3D SolidWorks and ANSYS simulations, MATLAB, and

Mathematica

Used LaTeX to write a physics thesis

Run YouTube Channel on puzzle solving

tutorials

Planned events and designed event goods

using MS Office and Photoshop

EXPERIENCE

MDC APPS, LANSDALE, PA JUNE 2016 – AUGUST 2017

FOUNDER/DEVELOPER

Developed/tested/released mobile game apps for iOS and Android. More information can be found at: mdcapps.weebly.com.

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

AMHERST COLLEGE, AMHERST, MA JUNE 2018 – PRESENT

PHYSICS THESIS STUDENT, AMHERST COLLEGE

Conducted quantum computer related physics research under Professor Charles Collett. Studied dimers of molecular nanomagnets as potential qubit systems. AMHERST COLLEGE, AMHERST, MA JUNE 2017 – SEPTEMBER 2017 PHYSICS RESEARCH INTERN, AMHERST COLLEGE

Conducted computational research under Professor William Loinaz on simulating random walks with C++ for Amherst's SURF Program.

SKILLS

Coding Proficiency: Java, Python, C++, C#, Hadoop MapReduce, Unity

Spatial Awareness and Visualization Ability

Puzzle/Problem Solving

Event/Project Organization

Language Speaking Proficiency: English,

Korean, Japanese

Language Reading Proficiency: Latin, Ancient

Greek

INTERESTS

Developing games, making puzzle tutorials (YouTube channel), martial arts, and badminton.