Software Developer Project

Jose A. McKinnon

San Antonio, TX ***** 956-***-**** **********@*****.***

Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Visual Basic, Java, SQL, C, C++, Python, Objective-C, LaTeX, awk,

sed, c-shell, bash.

Operating Systems: Unix, Linux, Windows, OS X, MS DOS.

Applications: MS Office, Matlab, Mathematica, MathCAD, AutoCAD, Xcode, gnu-plot.

Non-technical Qualifications: Excellent communication and presentation skills, documentation

skills, reliable, efficient, strong team player, problem solving skills, decision making, planning and

prioritizing, research/critical thinking, data analysis, experienced in working with medium to large

scale teams, ability to learn fast and determined to learn.

Work Experience

Astrophysicist Directed Researcher (Aug. 2013 - present)

Physics Department, University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX USA

Developed a code to clean astronomical images collected from a foreign telescope, thus a C++

SSH code was used to retrieve the data. Bash and C-shell scripts were created to analyze and

calibrate the data.

Gravitational Wave Astrophysicist Software Developer Intern (Summer 2013)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD USA

Developed a matched filtering C code to create hybrid gravitational waveform models required to

perform precise parameter estimation and measure the efficiency of detection of gravitational

waves.

Gravitational Wave Astrophysicist Software Developer Intern (Summer 2012)

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD USA

Developed a Galaxy density distribution C code based on the Markov Chain Monte Carlo method.

Code consisted to read and analyze large data sets to construct different realizations of the

Galaxy. Due to the large data sets, a parallel computing script was required during the analysis.

Physics and Astronomy Researcher (Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2012)

Gravitational Wave and Astronomy Center at University of Texas at Brownsville

Developed a Matlab Fisher Matrix code to simulate gravitational wave parameters from a Laser

Interferometer Space Antenna. Also developed C++, C, fortran, and python codes, awk scripts and

gun-plot to sort, interpret, do statistical analysis, and plot the data.

Education

• Ph.D. Physics - University of Texas at San Antonio (2013-Currently Enrolled)

• M.S. Physics - University of Texas at Brownsville (2009-2012)

• B.S. Engineering Physics - University of Texas at Brownsville (2003-2008)

Projects

iOS Application Project “Handy Astronomy” (August 2013)

Master Thesis Project “Mapping the Galaxy with LISA” (Jan. 2009 - Dec. 2012)

Physics Dept., University of Texas at Brownsville. Brownsville, TX USA

Undergrad Senior Project “A pure Sine Power Inverted” (Jan. 2008 - Dec. 2008)

Engineering Dept., University of Texas at Brownsville. Brownsville, TX USA

Honors, Awards and Presentations

• NASA Student Ambassador Virtual Community (February 2014)

Academic Disciplines in Engineering and Physics from the University of Texas at San Antonio

link: https://intern.nasa.gov/intern/content/ambassador-listing/ambassador-profile/index-

ambassador_id=1107.html

• NASA summer intern project winner (Summer 2012)

Virtual poster session and top honors position in the Human Exploration and Operations

category with the title “Mapping the Milky Way Galaxy with LISA”.

link: http://www.earthzine.org/2012/10/24/mapping-the-milky-way-galaxy-with-lisa/

• Presentation title "Mapping the Galaxy with LISA”

Emerging Researchers National Conference in Washington DC, USA. (February 2011)

American Physical Society Meeting in the University of Texas at San Antonio. (October 2010)

Symposium in the University of Texas at Brownsville. (March 2010)

Gravitational Wave Analysis Workshop in the University of Rome Sapienza, Italy. (Jan. 2010)

• NASA’s URC award for Graduates (2009-2012)

Gravitational Wave and Astronomy at the University of Texas at Brownsville.

Languages

English - Proficient

Spanish - Native Language

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