MARINA, CA 93933

TIMOTHY MCKNEW

EDUCATION

1998 - 2002	University of California, Santa Cruz
Bachelor of Science / Physics
Expected Graduation: Spring 2004
* 2002 - Awarded Highest Honors in Physics
* 2002 - Received Elmer A. Fridley Award for Scholarship in the Physical Sciences
* 2001 - Nominated for Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship
* 2001 - Received Elmer A. Fridley Award for Scholarship in the Physical Sciences
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2002- 2004	Art f/x Greetings
Staff
* Database-driven website design, updating and maintenance
* Office duties including order processing, accounting and technical support

2000 - 2002	Strongly Correlated Electron Physics Laboratory, UCSC
Research Assistant
* Maintenance, troubleshooting and operation of research equipment including grating and Fourier transform spectroscopes, vacuum and cryogenic equipment and detection and signal processing electronics
* Development and use of data-processing systems and processes using custom programs (ANSI C, FORTRAN) along with Mathematica software
* System-level design (optics and vacuum) for a custom Fourier transform Interferometer instrument
* Interpretation of scientific results culminating in a senior thesis and two papers for publication in research journals (in progress)

2000-2001	University of California, Santa Cruz
Teaching Assistant
* Elementary Physics Lab - Phys 7L
Facilitated lab session for a course on introductory Physics for majors in other sciences
* Intro to Modern Physics - Phys 101B
Led classroom discussion section for introductory course on Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Mechanics and Nuclear Physics for upper division Physics majors 

1996- 1998	Ultima Networks
Systems Architect
* Planning and implementation for a wide range of web-based services. Technologies included HTML, DHTML, JavaScript, CSS, Coldfusion, Microsoft Access and SQL

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