Joel David Sleppy 210 South Albany Street, Ithaca, NY 14850 · [email protected] · 317.797.6919 · www.joelsleppy.com My skills range from fundamental physics and mathematics to practical electronics and programming in both laboratory and industrial environments. I have worked in a technical research setting for over two years with experience in optics and nanoscience. Skills Photovoltaics • Electrical • Software Programming Web Optics Clean room Laboratory Trades Languages Education • • • • • • • • M.S. in Applied & Engineering Physics Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 2011-2014 B.A. in Physics & Mathematics Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO 2007-2011 Courses • • • • • • • Projects NABCEP entry-level PV exam, 18 hours training towards NABCEP certification in PV including: system sizing, electrical design, site evaluation, solar resource evaluation, grid-tie and off-grid system configuration, installation National Electric Code 2014, residential wiring, AC/DC circuit design, lock-in amplifier & measurement, electronics theory AutoCAD 2014, MATLAB, Mathematica, Origin, IGOR, ImageJ, MS Office, PVsyst, PVWatts Full-stack, object-oriented, and physical computing – .NET, C#, WPF, SQL, Python Django, HTML, CSS, Javascript Imaging, quantitative image processing, laser-based fluorescence microscopy and spectroscopy, single-molecule spectroscopy, diode lasers, CCD cameras, spectral calibration Photolithography, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy Chemical hygiene and waste handling, compressed gas, chemical vapor deposition (CVD), laser safety Machining, carpentry, plumbing, electrical; work with Tompkins County Habitat for Humanity Spanish, working proficiency Photovoltaic Installer Course at SUNY ESF Mechanics Circuits & Electronics Applied Electrodynamics Solid State Physics Advanced Experimental Laboratory Quantum Mechanics Improve Automated Optical Inspection (AOI) Stations AOI/Machine Vision Engineer, BinOptics Corporation, Ithaca, NY • Implemented improvements to AOI optical train to meet requirements for resolution, depth of field, and speed • Collaborated with software engineers to improve AOI image processing via focus stacking, deconvolution, and focusing algorithm 2014-present Absolute Raman scattering cross section measurement of individual carbon nanotube (CNT) molecules School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY • Designed improvements to laser-based microscope for rapid Raman spectroscopy • Developed a measurement and image processing protocol to quantify Raman scattering from single CNT molecules • Performed world’s first measurement of Raman cross section of single CNTs as a function of electronic structure 2013 Customer Service Leadership Publications Growth and characterization of aligned CNTs School of Applied and Engineering Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY • Grew clean CNT samples using photolithography and chemical vapor deposition • Built a darkfield microscope to characterize single CNT molecules with tunable supercontinuum laser source • Deduced exact atomic structure of CNT samples 2012 Reflection high-energy electron diffraction of InGaN thin films Greg Delos Summer Fellowship, Department of Physics, Washington University in St. Louis, MO • Simulated electron diffraction patterns of InGaN thin films – Python • Wrote program using GUI to find diffraction peaks and calculate atomic spacing – C 2010 Optical speckle for quantum simulation of disordered systems NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates, Department of Physics, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN • Used MATLAB to process images of laser speckle, quantify speckle size/anisotropy 2009 Technician Aramark Refreshment Services, Indianapolis, IN • Delivered product and collected orders for over 30 accounts across the state • Installed and maintenanced water filtration systems 2006 President, Society of Physics Students Washington University in St. Louis • Elected by peers to organize university chapter • Instituted a lunch seminar series to connect students with research faculty • Organized a tour of Fermilab national laboratory 2009-2011 Captain, Men’s Ultimate club team Washington University in St. Louis • Elected by peers to lead traveling sports team • Managed team finances, tournament trips, and recruiting • Ran practices and athletic conditioning for a team of over 20 players 2009-2011 R. W. Havener, C.-J. Kim, L. Brown, J. W. Kevek, J. D. Sleppy, P. L. McEuen, and J. Park, “Hyperspectral Imaging of Structure and Composition in Atomically Thin Heterostructures”, Nano Letters, 13, 3942-3946 (2013). Presentations • • • Honors • • • Memberships • • Cornell Center for Materials Research, Atomic Membranes Interdisciplinary Research Group – oral presentation Cornell NanoScale Science & Technology Facility annual meeting – poster session Presentation to visiting scientists from Korean universities – oral presentation Oct 2013 Sept 2013 Aug 2013 Greg Delos Research Fellowship – Washington University Research Experience for Undergraduates – Purdue University Dean’s List – Washington University 2010 2009 2008 American Physical Society Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honors Society 2012 2011
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