COLLIN ZAJICEK
GLENCOE, MN ****6
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OBJECTIVE
TO USE ANALYTICAL SKILLS PROVIDING DATA THAT WILL AID IN THE DECISION MAKING PROCESS FOR A
BUSINESS. TO UNDERSTAND THE PRODUCTS THE COMPANY AND ITS PRODUCTS. TO SUPPORT THE
CUSTOMER WITH POTENTIAL PROBLEMS. TO USE ANALYTICAL SKILLS TO DETERMINE THE BEST POSSIBLE
SOLUTION FOR A CUSTOMER.
SUMMARY
SUCCESSFULLY PERFORMED NUMEROUS EXPERIMENTS IN A LABORATORY SETTING. ANALYZED DATA SETS
FROM EXPERIMENTS TO FORM CONCLUSIONS. LEARNED DIFFICULT THEORETICAL MODELS ABOUT VARIOUS
PHYSICAL PHENOMENA.
EDUCATION
GUSTAVUS ADOLPHUS COLLEGE
BACHELORS DEGREE ANTICIPATED IN JUNE 2014
MAJOR IN PHYSICS, MINOR IN MANAGEMENT
RELEVANT COURSEWORK: ADVANCED CALCULUS, ADVANCED MATHEMATICAL METHODS, OPTICS,
MECHANICS, ELECTRONICS, ELECTROMAGNETISM, THERMODYNAMICS AND STATISTICS, PROGRAMMING
IN C AND MATLAB, EXPERIMENTAL MODERN PHYSICS, AND OTHER VARIOUS PHYSICS CURRICULUM
COURSES
RELEVANT COURSE PROJECTS
● BUILT INTERFEROMETERS (MACH-ZENDER, FABRY-PEROT, MICHELSON) TO STUDY
INTERFERENCE PATTERNS TO STUDY VARYING THEORETICAL MODELS
● CREATED VARIOUS APPARATUS TO STUDY ASPECTS OF POLARIZATION, SUCH AS BIREFRINGENCE,
REFLECTION, SCATTERING, AND DICHROISM.
● CREATED AN ELECTRONIC DICE ON AN ELECTRONIC CIRCUIT BOARD THAT DISPLAYED
RANDOMLY GENERATED NUMBERS
● CREATED AN EXPERIMENT TO STUDY THE SCATTERING OF LIGHT THROUGH SMALL PARTICLES,
SUCH AS POLYSTYRENE NANOSPHERES
● CREATED A MATLAB PROGRAM TO SIMULATE TRAFFIC AT A 4-WAY INTERSECTION WITH
VARYING TRAFFIC LIGHT TIMING
SKILLS
● EXPERIENCE WITH COMPUTER SOFTWARE SUCH AS MATHEMATICA, LABVIEW, AND
MICROSOFT OFFICE
● KNOWLEDGE OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES SUCH AS C AND MATLAB
● GREAT PROBLEM SOLVER AND FASTER LEARNER
● GREAT COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND WORKS WELL WITH OTHERS
● ADAPTABILITY TO MANY WORKING SITUATIONS
EXPERIENCE
INTERN, MCLEOD COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT
HUTCHINSON, MN 2012 - 2013 (SUMMER)
● ASSISTED BUILDING AND REPAIRING COUNTY HIGHWAYS
● MAINTAINED AND SERVICED VEHICLES USED FOR ROAD REPAIR
● EVALUATED DATA FOR MATERIALS USED TO BUILD ROADS
ACTIVITIES
● MEMBER OF THE GUSTAVUS MEN'S BASKETBALL TEAM
● MEMBER OF THE OMEGA KAPPA FRATERNITY
● FREQUENT VOLUNTEER FOR ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS SPECIAL OLYMPICS, GOOD SAMARITAN
SOCIETY, AND CITY OF SAINT PETER
● PARTICIPATED IN INTRAMURAL SPORTS SUCH AS BASKETBALL, FOOTBALL, DODGEBALL,
SOCCER, AND VOLLEYBALL