Last Updated on October 13, 2017 William Tahoe Schrader Oro Valley, AZ [email protected] | 972.539.8274

EDUCATION WORK EXPERIENCE DUKE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH ASSISTANT at Duke University NO DEGREE ADVISOR: JUNGSANG KIM | JUN. 2016 – SEP. 2016 Aug. 2016 - May 2017 | Durham, NC • Designed a tunable apparatus in OnShape CAD that housed a surface trap, UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO laser paths, and mirror BA IN PHYSICS WITH HONORS • Characterized mirrors with a Zygo 3D profiler and Atomic Force Microscope Awarded Jun. 2016 | Chicago, IL UNDERGRAD RESEARCH ASSISTANT at University of Chicago Thesis: “A Technique Toward Hybrid Quantum ADVISOR: JON SIMON | OCT. 2014 – JUN. 2016 Memory” • Created circuits to control lasers using EagleCAD and soldered them • Built lasers and predicted how they affected atoms using Mathematica LINKS • Coded 3D models of a Fresnel lens array using Python LinkedIn:// tahoe-schrader • Simulated microwave cavities using ANSYS HFSS, designed them in Inventor GitHub:// tahoeschrader CAD, and ultimately hand-machined them to my specifications using lathes and mills COURSEWORK • Wrote an honors thesis which demanded coding simulations, CAD, Classical Mechanics machining, optics, data analysis, and scientific writing Quantum Mechanics ADVISOR: JUAN COLLAR | JAN. 2014 – OCT. 2014 Electronics • Developed a vibration detector and coded a program in LabVIEW that Mathematical Methods in Physics attempted to differentiate foot vibrations from particle detections Computational Physics Electromagnetism • Coded a program in LabVIEW that opened and closed a cryogenic valve to Statistical/Thermal Physics cool a particle detector Relativity ADVISOR: DON YORK | MAY 2013 – MAY 2015 Practice of Research • Beta-tested a FORTRAN program that detects/quantifies atomic features in Intro. to Emerging Technologies stars Experimental Physics Academic and Professional Writing TEACHING EXPERIENCE SKILLS TEACHING ASSISTANT AND LAB INSTRUCTOR at Duke University PROGRAMMING AUG. 2016 – MAY 2017 | DEPT. OF PHYSICS PHYS174 Frontiers of Biophysics Python • Mathematica • LATEX Basic LabVIEW • Basic MatLAB PHYS414 Introduction to Biophysics PHYS141L General Physics DESIGN PHYS151L Introductory Mechanics EagleCAD • ANSYS HFSS • Inventor OnShape • Lathe • Mill • Soldering AWARDS AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS HOBBIES 2017 Successful thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail Climbing • Hiking • Reading 2014-16 Dean’s List at the University of Chicago 2015 James Franck Institute Fellowship 2012 Chicago Academic Achievement Program CLUBS Graduate Student Organization, Hitchcock House Council Society of Physics Students, University of Chicago Scavenger Hunt (judge) Ryerson Astronomical Society, WHPK 88.5FM

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