Resume

• 2015

  Doctor of Philosophy - PhD

  May 2018

  Physics

  Sigma Pi Sigma

  Golden Key Honours Society

  Texas Tech University

• 2012

  French

  English

  Master of Science - MS

  Physics

  Sigma Pi Sigma

  Golden Key Honours Society

  Texas Tech University

• 2005

  Bachelor of Science - BS

  Physics and mathematics

  University of Arizona

  Fluid Dynamics

  Solid State Physics

  Nanoscale Energy Transport

  Semiconductor Physics

  The Physics of Phase changes

• Materials Science

  Molecular Modeling

  Atomic Force Microscopy

  French

  C++

  Teaching

  Density Functional Theory

  Data Analysis

  C

  Higher Education

  MD simulation

  Programming (C

  C++

  Bash

  regular expressions)

  Statistics

  Microsoft Excel

  Mathematica

  Science

  Physics

  two-electrode voltage clamp

  Matlab

  Removing Heat from Si with a “Thermal Circuit”: An Ab-Initio Study

  Trey Vincent

  SK Estreicher

  We looked at how nanowires of different materials embedded in a block of silicon would change the rate of heat being removed from the block.

  Removing Heat from Si with a “Thermal Circuit”: An Ab-Initio Study

  We showed that isozyme-specific voltage dependence of NaK pumps has a role to play in the cardiac action potentials.

  Importance of the voltage dependence of cardiac Na/K ATPase isozymes

  This was a methods paper in which me and my colleagues showed the details for a method that we developed to study heat flow MD simulations.

  Phonon-phonon interactions: First principles theory

  Abstract: The electrical and structural properties of two levels (E90 and H180) in diluted n- and p-type Si1 − xGex alloys (0 ≤ x ≤ 0.070) are investigated by high-resolution Laplace deep level transient spectroscopy measurements and first-principles calculations. By exploiting the presence of Ge atoms close to a substitutional C atom

  we show that E90 and H180 belong to the same C–H pair (labeled CH1BC) with H in a bond-centered configuration (C—HBC—Si). The relative energies of the various configurations of the CH pair are calculated

  and the complete vibrational spectra in the lowest-energy structures for each charge state are predicted.

  Identification of the donor and acceptor states of the bond-centered hydrogen–carbon pair in Si and diluted SiGe alloys

  We found a novel way to calculate Kapitza resistance using ab-initio MD simulations.

  Phonon dynamics at an oxide layer in silicon: Heat flow and Kapitza resistance

  This publication looks at the different results of testing methods in Computer Science classes.

  Providing Insight into the Relationship Between Constructed Response Questions and Multiple Choice Questions in Introduction to Computer Programming Courses

  Heat flow across an oxide layer in Si

  Heat flow across an oxide layer in Si

  Abstract: Specific heat at constant pressure (Cp) for diamond Si and wurtzite GaN is calculated using a novel

  first principles method based on density functional theory. This method

  termed the Beyond Quasi-Harmonic method

  completely takes into account all anharmonic vibrations–both from changes in volume and phonon interactions. Our calculated values for Si show excellent agreement with the generally accepted experimental values. For GaN

  however

  there is a large discrepancy between two sets of experiments. From an analysis of the available literature

  and our own data we develop a set of recommended values.

  Specific heat at constant pressure from first principles: Contributions from fully anharmonic vibrations

  We showed that phonon scattering

  at the very least

  has it's limits in describing thermal resistance at material interfaces (aka Kapitza resistance)

  and that a better description is probably phonon decay.

  Temperature dependence of phonon-defect interactions: phonon scattering vs. phonon trapping

  Christopher

  University of Indianapolis

  Texas Tech University

  Lubbock

  Texas Area

  I taught labs

  led discussions

  and did research.

  Research/Teaching Assistant

  Texas Tech University

  Lubbock

  Texas Area

  Graduate student qua Lecture Instructor

  Graduate Professional Teaching Instructor (GPTI)

  Texas Tech University

  Indianapolis

  Indiana Area

  Assistant Professor of Engineering

  University of Indianapolis

  Indianapolis

  Indiana Area

  I teach Computer Science

  particularly C programming.

  Adjunct Professor of Engineering

  University of Indianapolis