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Employment Experience

Assistant Professor Engineering Physics Department, University of Wisconsin-Madison
07/01 - present	(a) Developing independent research program based on the analysis of isotopic inventories in nuclear energy systems; developing new methodologies for simulating isotopic inventories (b) University level teaching
Research Associate Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
04/99 - 06/01	(a) Extending ALARA activation code for application to advanced nuclear energy systems, including advanced/future fission systems, fusion systems, and accelerator-based systems. (b) Developing equation of state methods and parallelization schemes for the DRACO radiation hydrodynamics simulation code.
Euratom Fellow/FZK Graduate Researcher Institute for Neutron Physics and Reactor Engineering, Karlsruhe Research Center, Germany
09/95 - 12/98	(a) Integrated code system for simulating engineering responses of neutron sources. Analyses the conceptual design for the International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility [IFMIF] using this code system. (b) Assisted with computer system administration.
College of Engineering Fellow/Research Assistant Fusion Technology Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison
09/92 - 08/95 & 01/99 - 03/99	(a) Developed and implemented new physical modeling techniques and mathematical methods for the induced nuclear activation simulation code ALARA. (b) Investigated usage of WWW as a graphical user interface for scientific computing.
Internet Server Administrator Trace R&D Center, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11/94 - 09/95	Installed and administered an internet server with a variety of services including HTTP, Gopher, FTP, ListProc and POP3.
WWW Task Force College of Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison
05/94 - 08/94	Independently developed the first WWW pages in the College of Engineering for the Nuclear Engineering Department. This led to working with a team of other research assistants to implement the first comprehensive WWW site for the entire College.
Student Safety Analyst IDEA Research, Toronto, ON
05/91 - 08/92	Updated physical models in Canadian nuclear industry codes used for the simulation of fuel pins under steady state and accident conditions including the calculation of radioactive source terms.

Education

Ph.D.	Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics	May 1999	University of Wisconsin - Madison
	Thesis: Analytic and Laplacian Adaptive Radioactivity Analysis Advisor: Douglass L. Henderson
Dr.-Ing.	Mechanical Engineering	January 1999	Technical University of Karlsruhe
	Thesis: Neutronics of the IFMIF neutron source: development and analysis. Advisor: Gunther Kessler
M.Sc.	Nuclear Engineering	May 1994	University of Wisconsin - Madison
B.A.Sc.	Engineering Science	June 1992	University of Toronto
	Thesis: Two-Phase Cross-Flow Induced Vibrations in Steam Generator U-tubes Advisor: M. Kawaji

Awards

Marie Curie Research Training Grant [120,264 ECU ~ $126,000]: Individual research grant awarded by the European Community Fusion Programme (No. 5004 CT96 5013, September 1996, through September 1999).
American Nuclear Society's Presidential Citation [1996]: for independently assuming responsibility for the development of the WWW presence of the ANS and continuing support of its development.

Scholarships

College of Engineering Assigned Fellowship: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1993-1994 academic year. Awarded by Nuclear Engineering Department once every six years.
Nuclear Engineering and Engineering Physics Cash Prize: University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992-1994 academic years.
Canada Scholar: Awarded by the Government of Canada, University of Toronto, 1988-1992 academic years
Dow Chemical Higher Education 'A' Scholar: Awarded by Dow Chemical Canada, Inc., University of Toronto, Full tuition and fees for 1988-1992 academic years.
Alexander Rutherford Scholar: Awarded by the Government of Alberta, University of Toronto, 1988