Assistant Safety
Resume:
Last Updated on *th March ****
Colin McElroy
mbmlab.ucsd.edu www.linkedin.com/pub/colin-mcelroy/ *********@*****.*** 858-***-****
EDUCATION SKILLSET
MACHINING EXPERIENCE UCSD PHYSICS DEPT. MACHINE SHOP
U C SAN DIEGO
September 2008 - January 2015 La Jolla, CA
PHD IN PHYSICS
Jan 2015 La Jolla, CA • Experience using mill, lathe, band saw, drill press, and soldering.
Correlated Electron Phenomena in • Assembled and used ultra-high vacuum systems, and low temperature systems
Single Crystalline LaFeAsO... (including the safe use of liquid cryogens).
MS IN PHYSICS NANOFABRICATION CAL IT2 NANO3 CLEANROOM
June 2011 La Jolla, CA February 2012 - June 2012 La Jolla, CA
GPA: 3.49 • Trained with lithography using a RAITH 50 E-beam writer, and a HTG Mask Aligner,
BS IN PHYSICS and thin film deposition using a Temescal BJD 1800 Ebeam Evaporator .
December 2006 La Jolla, CA
PROGRAMMING UCSD MAPLE GROUP
GPA: 3.21
September 2008 – January 2015 La Jolla, CA
• Maintained home-built software for measurements using C++, & LabVIEW.
COURSEWORK • Created startup scripts to backup data to group server.
WRITING/PRESENTATIONS UCSD MAPLE GROUP
GRADUATE
2011 - January 2015 La Jolla, CA
Stochastic Methods
Parallel Computing • Authored published scientific articles using (LTEX & BibTEX).
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Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics • Participated in preparation of grants, progress reports, and helped maintain the
Equilibrium Statistical Mechanics group website using Microsoft Office and HTML.
Plasma Physics • APS March Meeting 2013 (Baltimore, MD); Presentation ”Magneto-transport
Solid State Physics properties of single crystal LaFeAsO at ambient and high pressure”.
Advanced Classical Electrodynamics
PROJECT & PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT UCSD MAPLE GROUP
Quantum Mechanics
September 2008 – January 2015 La Jolla, CA
Theoretical Mechanics
• Maintained/updated ledger monitoring and optimising liquid helium consumption
Mathematical Physics
(expenditures lowered by > 30%)
(Teaching Assistant)
• Safety contact for Environmental Health & Safety and associated county agencies.
Algebra-based physics laboratory
Coordinated safety guidelines and training credentials for laboratory personnel.
Upper-division laboratory classes
• Member of committees to set job description and hiring parameters for employees,
UNDERGRADUATE
interviewing candidates, and nominating candidates for hire.
Mechanics
Statistical & Thermal Physics
RESEARCH
Electromagnetism
Quantum Physics CORRELATED ELECTRON PHYSICS UCSD MAPLE GROUP
Condensed Matter Physics September 2008 – January 2015 La Jolla, CA
Mathematical & Computational Studied the interplay of correlated electron phenomena including superconductivity,
Physics magnetic order, and quantum criticality in novel materials including heavy fermion
Experimental Techniques systems using cutting-edge research equipment and techniques.
Physical Measurements
MATERIALS UCSD MAPLE GROUP
C/C++ Programming
June 2006 – January 2015 La Jolla, CA
Synthesized high-quality single crystals of (La,Gd,Th)FeAsO, (U1 x Cax )Fe2 As2,
SOCIETIES (Ce1 x Ybx )CoIn5, Ce1 x Ndx CuO4 δ, and PrOs4 Sb12, and polycrystalline YBa2 Cu3 O7 δ,
and Li2 BPt3 . Synthesized epitaxially-grown thin films and multilayer compounds including
2007-present
YBa2 Cu3 O7 δ and TbMnO3 .
American Physical Society
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
OUTREACH
• Electrical Resistivity of Single Crystals of LaFeAsO Under Applied Pressure
Del Mar Pines Science Day
• Magnetotransport properties of single-crystalline LaFeAsO
’07, ’12, ’13, ’14
• Correlated Electron State in Ce1 x Ybx CoIn5 Stabilized by Cooperative Valence
Founders Day (UCSD)
Fluctuations
’12, ’13
• Vortex avalanches in the noncentrosymmetric superconductor Li2 Pt3 B
Young Physics Program
’10
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