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Education

• PhD Candidate, Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia
  Passed compresensive exams October 2007
  Pursuing research in airspace congestion management through dynamic pricing and user incentives
  Advisor, Ellen Bass
  
  
• M.S. Computational Operations Research, College of William and Mary, May 2002
  Project: "A General Simulation Model for Traffic Intersection Performance"
  Advisor, Larry Leemis
  
  
• B.S. Mathematics and Physics, St. Lawrence University, May 2000
  
  

Awards

• Chancellor's Graduate Student Fellowship, Virginia Community College System, Spring 2008
• Ph.D. Student Partial Fellowship, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Discrete Choice Analysis Course, Spring 2007
• Finalist, The MITRE Corporation 2005 Best Paper Competition
• Early Career Profile, American Mathematical Society, Spring 2005
• Special Recognition Award, The MITRE Corporation, Spring 2005
• Excellence in Tutoring Award, St. Lawrence University, Spring 2000
• Pi Mu Epsilon, National Mathematics Honorary Society, Spring 1999

Teaching Experience

• Adjunct Instructor, Math Department, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Spring 2008
  • Taught two sections of a 4 credit hour developmental math course with total enrollment of 36 students
  • Responsible for course preparation, delivery, and grading
• Instructor, Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University, Summers 2002, 2003, 2004
  • Responsible for curriculum development, and selecting textbooks and course materials
  • Mentored teaching assistants and assessed student performance with written evaluations
  • Planned and implemented appropriately challenging lessons for gifted young students
    • Mathematical Excursions, Bristol, RI, 2002, two sessions of 105 instruction hours each
    • Flight Science, Alexandria, VA, 2003, one session of 64 instruction hours
    • Flight Science, Chestertown, MD, 2004, one session of 90 instruction hours
• Teaching Assistant, Systems and Information Engineering, University of Virginia, Spring 2006
  • Conducted review sessions for up to 30 students of Discrete Event Simulation
  • Graded assignments and consulted on applied simulation projects
• Teaching Assistant, Math Department, College of William and Mary, Fall 2000-Spring 2002
  • Taught calculus labs to complement lectures given by professor
  • Graded papers and held tutoring sessions to help struggling students
• Peer Tutor, Academic Skills Office, St. Lawrence University, Fall 1997-Spring 2000
  • Worked one-on-one with struggling math/physics students
  • Held question and answer sessions for groups of up to 15 students
• Teacher's Assistant, Math Department, St. Lawrence University, Fall 1999-Spring 2000
  • Graded papers and conducted review sessions for an introductory math course

Industry Experience

• Sr. Simulation Modeling Engineer, The MITRE Corporation, McLean, VA, Fall 2002-Present (part-time consultant since Fall 2005)
  • Worked in Performance and Economic Modeling and Analysis group of MITRE's Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD)
  • Performed simulation studies of Traffic Flow Management actions in the National Airspace System
  • Implemented a forecasting procedure for predicting future flight activity
  • Performed quick-turnaround analyses for sponsors at Air Traffic Control System Command Center
• Research Assistant, Virginia Transportation Research Council, Charlottesville, VA, Summer 2002
  • Studied current highway standards for signalized and unsignalized intersections
  • Implemented a simulation model for analysis of threshold turn conditions
• Analyst, Systems Planning and Analysis, Alexandria, VA, Summer 2001
  • Obtained security clearance at the secret level for access to classified information
  • Assisted in simulation studies for multiple Department of Defense contracts
• NSF REU Program in Industrial Mathematics, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Summer 1999
  • Applied various mathematical techniques to a shape optimization problem for a local company
  • Presented results in both presentations to the company and a written report
• Physics Intern, Xerox Corporation, Webster, NY, Summer 1998
  • Conducted experiments and organized data related to the study of powder mechanics
  • Presented the results at a Development Technology Council Seminar for approx. 100 representatives from manufacturing and research departments

Publications

Other Conference Presentations

Professional Affiliations

• Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS)
  • President, University of Virginia Student Chapter, 2006 - Present
  • Member, 2003 - Present
• American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA)
  • Member, University of Virginia Student Chapter, 2006 - Present
  • Professional Member, 2005 - Present
• Human Factors and Ergonomics Society (HFES)
  • Member, University of Virginia Student Chapter, 2006 - Present
• Transportation Research Forum (TRF)
  • Member, 2005 - 2006

Academic Service

• Reviewer, Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics
• Session Chair, Systems and Information Engineering Design Symposium, 2006
• Volunteer Math Tutor, Charlottesville High School, 2006, 2007
• Course Mentor for Flight Science, Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University, 2005
• Session Chair, Winter Simulation Conference, 2004
• Curriculum Committee for Flight Science, Center for Talented Youth, Johns Hopkins University, 2004
• Reviewer, Applied Stochastic Models in Business and Industry, 2002
• Secretary, Pi Mu Epsilon Honorary Society St. Lawrence U. Chapter, 1999-2000

Professional Development

• "New Horizons in Teaching and Research", University of Virginia, May 2007
• "Discrete Choice Analysis", École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, March 2007
• "Tomorrow's Professor Today", University of Virginia Teaching Resource Center, Fall 2006 - Present
• "Tools for Discovering Patterns In Your Data: A Survey of Modern Data Mining Algorithms", Elder Research, Sept. 2004
• "Sector Design and Analysis Tool (SDAT) Training", Federal Aviation Administration, August 2004
• "Presenting Data and Information", Edward Tufte, May 2004
• "Private Pilot Ground School", Dulles Aviation, June 2003
• "Communication, Navigation, Surveillance/Air Traffic Management", MITRE Aviation Institute, March 2003
• "Introduction to Air Traffic Management", MITRE Aviation Institute, January 2003