Materials Engineer

Micah Sean Walsh Schamis

Materials Engineer

**** ***** ******** **.

Bethesda, MD 20817

Phone: 917-***-****

email: ********@*****.***

Objective

• To find a position that allows me to utilize my math, physics and engineering experience and my passion for material science.

Education

• December 2011 - The Catholic University of America , Washington, DC

M.S. Materials Science and Engineering Advisor: Dr. Biprodas Dutta

• 2005 – 2006 – The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, New York, NY

Non-matriculated graduate-level physics coursework

• May 2001 - Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

B.A. Mathematics , minor in Japanese

Research Experience

2011 Graduate Thesis, conducted at The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD, under Dr. Winnie Wong-Ng

“Pulsed Laser Deposition of CeFe4Sb12 – Sb Combinatorial Films for High Throughput Thermoelectric Power Factor Screening”

• Calibration of a pulsed laser deposition system

• Deposition of thin film thermoelectric materials in combinatorial libraries

• Rapid characterization of thermoelectric properties of thin films

2000 Kenyon College Summer Science Program, Kenyon College, Gambier, OH

"Computer Modeling of Multi-particle Ion-Screened Interactions in a Colloidal System”

• Theoretical work and computer modeling of electrostatic interactions

1999 Physics Research for Undergraduates Program, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS

• Construction and calibration of an excitation laser system

• Analysis of beamline experimental data

Technical Experience

• Thin film deposition

• Class IV excimer laser operation

• SEM/TEM

• XRD: 2θ scans

• XPS

• EDX

• 4-probe/Van der Pauw resistivity measurement

• Seebeck coefficient measurement

• Combinatorial materials science methods

• Experiment automation via Labview

• Data analysis with Matlab

• Scientific computing via Matlab, Mathematica, Python and C

• Photolithography

• Refractory furnace

• Glass fiber draw tower

Professional Experience

2011 – present: National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), Gaithersburg, MD

NIST Associate

• Conducted research pursuant to the completion of my Masters thesis in conjunction with the NIST Ceramics Division, Functional Properties Group in Gaithersburg, MD.

• My research area is pulsed laser deposition of thin film thermoelectric materials and combinatorial libraries for high-throughput screening of materials properties.

• My NIST adviser was Dr. Winnie Wong-Ng.

2006 - 2010: Hudson Valley Systems, Inc., New York, NY

Quality Assurance and Production Support Specialist

• Used Microsoft SQL Server 2005 and Transact SQL to develop and implement Quality Assurance tests for Galaxy, the NYC Dept. of Education’s web-based budgeting and staffing application.

• Created and maintained a program of data integrity reports using Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Management Studio . Wrote end-user materials (manuals, patch notes, etc.) with Microsoft Word and Excel, Microsoft PowerPoint presentations.

• Conducted training sessions for users and new developers, and directing User Acceptance Testing for completed Galaxy features with Dept. of Education end-users and managers .

2005-2006: New York City Dept. of Education, New York, NY

Information Analyst and Audit Consultant

• Located and evaluated documentation, and organized and analyzed large amounts of information, in both physical and electronic formats, gathered in response to several multi-million dollar federal audits of Special Education services provided by New York City Public School System.

• Developed and maintained an MS Access database to store and organize and reports to display the resultant data.

2001-2003: Tokushima Prefectural Board of Education, Tokushima Prefecture, Japan

Teacher

• As a participant in the JET program, I was an English teacher at three high schools in Komatsushima City, on the Southeast coast of Shikoku.

• Taught first-and second-year students at Komatsushima High School, all grade levels at Komatsushima Nishi High School, Special Needs (severely handicapped) students at Hinomine School for the Handicapped, beginner-level adult English conversation class organized by the Komatsushima International Exchange Association.

• Acted as an adviser to an advanced translation class held by the Tokushima International Association.

1998-2001: Kenyon College Department of Physics, Gambier, OH

Lab Assistant

• Served as lab assistant and proctor for the Introductory Physics lab and as a grader for the Introductory Physics and Astronomy classes.

Additional Skills

• Excellent verbal and written skills in Japanese

• Basic knowledge of French and Russian

• Familiar with Microsoft Office products, as well as typesetting with LaTeX

References

Biprodas Dutta

Associate Professor of Physics and

Director, Materials Science & Engineering Program

303 Hannan Hall; The Catholic University of America

620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064

e-mail: ******@***.***; Office: 202-***-****

Lawrence P. Cook

Research Associate, Dept. of Chemistry and

Lecturer, Materials Science & Engineering Program

22 Maloney Hall; The Catholic University of America

620 Michigan Ave., NE, Washington, DC 20064

e-mail: *****@***.***; Office: 240-***-****

Dr. Winnie Wong-Ng

Project Leader

Functional Properties Group

Ceramics Division

A256 MATLS

National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)

100 Bureau Dr., Stop 8520

Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA

Tel: 301-***-****, FAX: 301-***-****, E-mail: ******.****-**@****.***

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