Cornell University - Nicholas Valles

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Nicholas Valles
nrv5 at cornell.edu

105 Newman Lab
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853

May 2011. Earned Master's Degree at Cornell. Admitted to Ph. D. Program.
June 2009. Completed Qualifying Exam at Cornell University.
Fall 2008. Began study at Cornell University, pursuing Ph. D. in Physics.
Summer 2008. Began work with Cornell University's Superconducting RF group.
Spring 2008. Graduated Summa Cum Laude from Andrews University with a B.S. in Physics and a B. S. in Mathematics.
2004 - 2005. Studied Spanish in Argentina at la Universidad Adventista del Plata.

Fluent in Matlab/Octave for programming, optimization and data reduction.
Strong in both procedural and object oriented languages such as C, C++ and Python.
Long history working with Mathematica.
Experience with Finite Element Codes ANSYS, CLANS/CLANS2, and the ACE3P software package produced by SLAC.
Extensive experience with Parallel Computing applied to Optimizations using MPI and OpenMP.
Working knowledge of AutoCAD, MathCAD and IDL.
Fluent with Microsoft Office Suite as well as LaTeX. Proficient with both Windows and Linux Operating Systems.

Strong experimental background, proficient in experiment design, assembly and execution.
Familiar with clean room practices, working with experiments demanding class 10 clean room cleanliness.
3 years experience with RF tools such as Network Analyzers, Lock-in Amplifiers, and Spectrum Analyzers.

List of scientific publications
July 2008 - Present. Graduate Research Assistant working in Superconducting Radio Frequency Physics under Matthias Liepe. Projects include working on the Cornell Energy Recovery Linac and studying the material properties of niobium.
May - June 2008. Teaching Assistant/Lab Assistant for Introductory College Physics at Andrews University
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008. Teaching Assistant/Lab Assistant for AP Physics Class for Berrien Independent School District, Michigan.
Fall 2007 - Spring 2008. Research Assistant working on data quality logging system for LIGO collaboration.
Summer 2007. Participant in Astrophysics REU at UCLA, studying Polluted White Dwarf Stars.
Fall 2006 - Spring 2007. Research Assistant working on data quality logging system for LIGO collaboration.
Summer 2006. Internship with Citibank, designing study of financial literacy of Los Angeles County Hispanic population and analyzing results.
Fall 2005 - Spring 2008. Mathematics tutor for Andrews University Mathematics Department.

Summer 2012. Won 1st place student poster prize at HOMSC12.
Summer 2012. Awarded student support grant by HOMSC12 committee.
Summer 2011. Awarded student support grant by SRF 2011 organizing committee.
Fall 2010. Awarded student support grant by Linac 2010 organizing committee to present material at Linac 10.
Fall 2009. Awarded student support grant by SRF 2009 organizing committee to present research at 14th RF Superconductivity Workshop.
Spring 2009. Awarded student travel grant by PAC09 organizing committee to present research in Student Poster Competition.
Fall 2008. Awarded SAGE fellowship by Cornell University, equivalent to one full year of tuition, health and living expenses.
2003-2004, 2005-2008. Recipient of Andrew's Partnership Scholarship
2007. Recipient of Paul Pelley III scholarship for Excellence in Physics