Schedule

Education

• Ph.D., Physics, Texas A&M University, December 1996.
  Computer Simulation Studies of Phason-Phonon Coupling in Two-Dimensional Quasicrystals.
  Marko V. Jarić, advisor.
• M.S., Physics, Texas A&M University, August 1989.
  Computer Simulations of Two Dimensional Quasicrystals.
  Marko V. Jarić, advisor.
• B.A., Physics, Gustavus Adolphus College, June 1986.

Responsibilities

• Administration of the Math Department's computing systems
• Administration of the Calclab systems
• Manager of the Texas A&M Immersive Visualization Center
• Evaluation of grid technology for the Texas A&M campus
• Evaluation of new hardware and software products
• Unix system programming (C, C++, Perl, Bash, PHP, ...)
• Other day to day things that always keep coming up

Research Interests

• Quasicrystyals and incommensurate structures
• Simulations studies of magnetic systems
• Kosterlitz-Thouless theory of phase transitions
• Fractional Quantum Hall Effect
• Massively parallel Monte Carlo and Molecular Dynamics algorithms
• Domain-decomposition techniques for MIMD and SMP parallel computers

Current Projects

• Setup software stack for high throughput computing.
• Software evaluation for the IVC.
• Upgrade Condor on the department's desktops.
• Prepare volume visualization seminar using Paraview.
• Run scaling simulations for 2D and 3D harmonic random tiling models to determine phason-phonon coupling effects.
• Port random tiling simulations to grid environment.
• Work on parallelizing (using pthreads) a Monte Carlo simulation of a magnetic system on 8-core servers.

Notice to those seeking student worker positions

Each semester I typically receive dozens of cover letters and resumes via e-mail from students seeking employment. This is fine. However, any attachments sent in Microsoft Word format will be summarily deleted. If you want your resume read, then either send it as PDF. Better yet, send it as plain text.