Rahmi ÜNALAN, PhD

Wayne, New Jersey, *****

973-***-**** • adm5xe@r.postjobfree.com

Fully Work Authorized. No Visa Sponsorship Required PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY

Physicist with 5+ years of systems engineering experience for both civil and military projects from the conceptual phase to their shipment, 5+ years of experience in scientific coding and analysis in C++ and Python KEY SKILLS

• Systems Engineer and Tester • Conceptual Model Developer

• Code Writer and Reviewer (C++, Python) • Researcher in Particle Physics

• Team Leader • Bilingual in English and Turkish

• Computer Skills: Microsoft Office, Open Office, • C/C++, Python, JavaScript, GNU/Linux, R, Bash PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

Physics and Science Teacher, 08/01/2020 - now

Bergen Arts and Sciences Charter School, Hackensack, New Jersey, USA State of New Jersey Public School System

• Thought physics and astronomy classes by using latest educational methods;

• Mentored Engineering and Algebra classes

Tutor, 11/01/2019 - 03/15/2020

C2Education, Wayne, New Jersey, USA

Company helping students and their families benefit from a better education

• Mentored and guided more than 20 (K7 - K12) students to gain deeper understanding of physical and mathematical concepts

Systems Engineer, 11/10/2011 - 02/01/2019

HAVELSAN, Ankara, Turkey

State owned software and systems company having business presence in the defense and IT sectors

• Worked as Systems Engineer for wildfire spread models in OYMES project. Analyzed wildfire spread models such as FARSITE and combined different event-based and agent-based models with home brewed models that are used in wildfire simulations by Forestry of Turkey

• Modeled and incorporated effects of using fire attacking helicopters, planes and bulldozers on simulated wildfires based on the information collected from experimentations and previous wildfires

• Tested and validated wildfire motion and spread under different weather, terrain, tree type and wind conditions

• Developed systems requirements for projects such as submarine simulators, armored and non-armored personnel carriers

• Composed conceptual models for tactical environment and models running in it

• Planned work load of a team of 4 engineers who were working in different projects Physics Instructor, 08/01/2010 - 08/01/2011

TAF College Prep-School, Osmaniye, Turkey

State managed company for helping students living under-served areas of Turkey

• Taught Algebra based Physics, Mathematics and Geometry classes to students from underdeveloped regions of Turkey.

Assistant Professor of Physics, 10/01/2009 - 06/15/2010 Nile University of Nigeria, Abuja, Nigeria

Private university dedicated to providing its students with the best academic, social and personal experience

• Instructed Calculus based Physics. Provided clear and consistent directions to keep the class focused and on track.

Research Assistant, 04/30/2004 - 05/15/2009

Fermilab, Batavia, IL, USA

America’s particle physics and accelerator laboratory

• Analyzed Tevatron RunIIb data for the calculation of DiBoson Production cross section

• Wrote, debugged, maintained C++ code used for analysis of data produced by detector

• Maintained D Level1 Calorimeter calibration code, provided assistance cable labeling process of Calorimeter.

Teaching Assistant, 01/07/2002 - 04/29/2004

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

One of the top research universities in the world, pushing the boundaries of discovery and providing life-changing opportunities

• Instructed general physics laboratories to freshmen level students. Delivered upper level physics students with electronics laboratories including diodes, transistors and FPGA programming using VHDL Teaching Assistant, 09/01/1999 - 11/01/2002

Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey

Leading institution of higher education that shapes the future through being a pioneer in education, teaching and research

• Taught advanced physics laboratories such as radio activity, Frank-Hertz, gravitational constant of Earth EDUCATION

Doctorate, Physics, 05/09/2009 Michigan State University, MI, USA BS, Physics, 06/15/1999 Boğaziçi University, İstanbul, Turkey

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