Justin T. Stimatze

P.O. Box 2526
Paradise, CA 95967
(530) - 893 - 1206
justin@justinstimatze.com


Education:
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Georgetown University - Fall 2007 to Current
Industrial Leadership in Physics Program
Doctor of Philosophy in Physics
Expected May 2014
Physics Dept Representative, Graduate Student Organization
Member, Academic Integrity Committee

California State University, Chico - Fall 1999 to Fall 2005
Bachelor of Science, Cum Laude
Triple major in Physics (Professional), Computer Science, and Mathematics
(Applied).
Honors in the Major: Computer Science
Overall GPA: 3.75/4.00
Awarded ten merit-based scholarships, two in national competition.
Co-authored two award-winning science outreach grant proposals.


Technical
Experience:
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Java Software Engineer - Stanford University - 
Computational Semantics Lab, Center for the Study of Language and Information
Full Time, Aug 2006 to Aug 2007

Short-term appointment to develop and improve an existing research software
framework used by researchers in the Computational Semantics Laboratory. The
software employs cutting-edge Semantic Web technology to support critical corpus
management, annotation, and processing tasks. Responsibilities include working
with researchers to design and develop new software capabilities, modify
existing code to increase performance, stability, and ease of use, and
independently develop tools and packages that support ongoing research software
development.
(Official position description.)

Technical Consultant - CSU, Chico - Dr. David L. Brown
Part Time, Spring 2003 to Aug 2007

Worked with Dr. Brown on multiple research projects as a technical consultant on
issues such as hardware acquisition and installation, maintenance and upgrade of
dusty-deck simulation code, custom programming, and parallel computing
implementations.  Utilized a broad range of interdisciplinary technical
experience to advise and support Dr. Brown in his ongoing work.

Help Desk Analyst - CSU, Chico - User Services
Part Time, Fall 2002 to Spring 2003

Front-line Faculty and Staff computing support for the various Macintosh,
Windows, and UNIX platforms on campus. Requests for computing assistance were
typically received in the form of telephone calls, e-mail, and walk-in
customers. Utilized strong personal communication and trouble-shooting skills. 

Computer/Network Technician - Butte Community College -
Instructional Resources and Services / Center for Academic Success
Continuous, Fall 1998 to Summer 2002 (Ages 15 to 19)

Responsible for client and server configuration and administration, LAN
management, instructional lab image creation and distribution, custom
programming in multiple languages (MS-DOS batch, perl, JavaScript/WSH, C), basic
network security implementation and monitoring, and basic web content creation.
Supervised our computer tutors and provided them with basic training in
hardware/software trouble-shooting. Also provided user support as needed.


Research:
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Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ
With Dr. Jonathan Menard
Summer Internship, 2005. (US Dept. of Energy, Science Undergraduate Laboratory
Internship)
"Numerical Modeling of Magnetic Island Structure in High-beta NSTX Plasmas"

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, Princeton NJ
Non-Neutral Plasmas Group, with Dr. Igor Kaganovich
Summer Internship, 2004. (National Undergraduate Fellowship)
"Numerical Simulation of Bi-Maxwellian Electron Distribution Function Formation
in Low Pressure Capacitively Coupled Plasmas"

National Institute of Standards & Technology, Gaithersburg MD
Semiconductor Electronics Division, with Dr. Eric Vogel 
Summer Internship, 2003. (Society of Physics Students National Internship)
"Numerical Modeling of Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Device Characteristics"


Conferences:
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Industrial Physics Forum, 2003, 2007
Sigma Xi Student Research Conference, 2003 (Gold Ribbon), 2005 (Blue Ribbon)  
American Physical Society - Division of Plasma Physics, 2004, 2005
Sigma Pi Sigma Quadrennial Congress, 2004
Society of Physics Students, National Council Meeting, 2005, 2006, 2007

Penny Arcade eXpo, 2006 (Enforcer), 2007 (Enforcer)
Game Developers Conference, 2007 (Conference Associate), 2008 (Conference Associate)
ACM SIGGRAPH, 2006 (Student Volunteer), 2007 (XSV - GraphicsNet)


Affiliations/
Memberships:
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O'Reilly Media, Academic Fellow (Spring 2006 to Fall 2006)

Upsilon Pi Epsilon International Computer Science Honor Society
Sigma Pi Sigma National Physics Honor Society
Sigma Xi National Research Honor Society
Phi Kappa Phi National Honor Society
Association for Computing Machinery - SIGGRAPH
International Game Developers Association
Society of Physics Students
Electronic Frontier Foundation