Bio
EDUCATION
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL [degree] [transcript]
PhD Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2022
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
University of Florida, Gainesville, FL [degree]
M.S. Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2018
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering
Gustavus Adolphus College, St. Peter, MN
B.A. Mathematics and Computer Science, 2015
Honors Math, Cum Laude
CERTIFICATIONS AND LICENSES
Painted Lady Records, LLC [lookup]
Florida Music Heritage Foundation, INC
Passed Fundamentals of Engineering (FE) in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Amateur Radio Technician Class License Holder [KN4VBN]
EMPLOYMENT
Executive Directoy, Florida Music Heritage Foundation [Gainesville, FL]
Founding executive of music heritage non-profit preserving florida music traditions
Owner, Painted Lady Records, LLC [Gainesville, FL]
Owner and operator of independent record label with four signed artists
Owner, Painted Lady Publishing, LLC [Gainesville, FL]
Owner and operator of independent publishing company with four signed artists
Independent Performing Artists [Gainesville, FL]
Performs regularly around the state of Florida and across the United States
[website]
Notable Appearances: GramFest (2021), Heartwood Music Festival (2022), Townes Fest (2022), DylanFest (2022), Florida Folk Fest (2022), Barberville Music Festival (2022)
Notable Awards: Nominated for Best Songwriter by Songwriter Showcase of America (2021)
Graduate Research Fellow, University of Florida [Gainesville, FL]
Led a team of engineers to build and deploy VLF receivers meeting project deadlines and checkpoints.
Implemented amplitude and phase calibration software for very low frequency magnetic field antennas
Made first observations of Q-burst waveforms in data acquired from the University of Florida’s VLF receiver at Palmer Station, Antarctica and seen at multiple sites around the world
Intern, Faurecia (Emissions Control Technologies) [Shanghai, China]
Created VBA macros to consolidate large finance excel files into manageable and understandable formats for executives
Corresponded with colleagues across Asia to gather company status reports, inventory updates, and financial reviews
Created monthly business plans and slideshows for finance division to present to management
Reported weekly to customer business unit manager and director of finance
Data Analyst Intern, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [Greenbelt, MD]
Analyzed Coronal Mass Ejections using data gathered by the MK3 white light coronagraph atop MLSO
Wrote automation scripts using IDL and Bash to process images for analysis
Worked both independently and in collaboration with colleagues in the Heliophysics division, met deadlines, and contributed in multi-weekly meetings
Tutor, Gustavus Adolphus College Mathematics Department [St. Peter, MN]
Worked with students one on one and in group settings to assist in understanding of mathematics.
Used white boards to illustrate points and facilitate in demonstrating how to approach problem.
Grader, Gustavus Adolphus College Mathematics Department [St. Peter, MN]
Graded papers for calculus and statistics courses.
Met deadlines, created grading rubric, and provided feedback to students.
SERVICE
University of Florida Graduate Curriculum Committee, Student Representative 2018-2020 [Gainesville, FL]
Provided student perspective on graduate curriculum at twice monthly meetings
Organized first ever graduate student town hall for students to provide feedback directly to department chair
University of Florida ECE Graduate Student Organization, Officer 2017-2019 [Gainesville, FL]
Organized review sessions to prepare incoming PhD students for the written qualifying exam
Lead qualifying exam review sessions in digital logic, microprocessors design, and computer architecture (2017-2019)
University of Florida Graduate Recruitment Volunteer and Mentor 2016-2020 [Gainesville, FL]
Served as a mentor to rising juniors and prospective UF graduate students.
Recruited PhD students to UF, served on student panel, and lead tours of labs
Eagle Scout, Troop 14 [Brookings, SD]
Led a project to construct a wheel-chair accessible raised flower garden at local retirement community
Created blueprints, budgeted required equipment, projected and kept to task timeline
Oversaw and managed between 5 and 12 scouts during construction
Attained 29 merit badges over course of troop membership
MEMBERSHIP
UF ECE Graduate Student Organization, officer
Florida Institute for National Security (FINS), student fellow
Sigma Xi Research Society, student member
American Geophysical Union, student member
Gustavus Honor Board, former member
Gustavus Academic Technology Committee, former member
Gustavus Adolphus College President’s Scholarship [top scholarship award]
Rotary Club, student exchange ambassador
Boys Scouts of America, Eagle Scout
PUBLICATIONS
In preparation for publication: The Excitation of the Schumann Resonances by Q-bursts, N-bursts, and V-bursts
In preparation for publication: On the Radio Signatures of Transient Luminous Events, Nature Geosciences
Excitation of the Schumann Band by Lightning and Other Transient Events [Flint, 2022]
MLSO Mark II K-Coronameter Observations of the CME Rate from 1989-1996 [St Cyr, O.C.; Flint, Quincy; et al, 2015]
CONFERENCES AND WORKSHOPS
2022 URSI Presentation
2021 AGU Poster Presentation
2020 AGU Poster Presentation
2019 AGU Poster Presentation
2018 Radio-Frequency Ionospheric Interactions (RFII) Workshop Presentation, Arlington, VA
2017 SRI Incoherent Scatter Radar Workshop Attendance, Arecibo Observatory, PR
2017 Radio-Frequency Ionospheric Interactions (RFII) Workshop Attendance, Denver, CO
2017 AGU Poster Presentation
2016 Radio-Frequency Ionospheric Interactions (RFII) Workshop Attendance, Albuquerque, NM
2016 AGU Poster Presentation
2014 AGU Poster Co-Author
2014 Nobel Conference Poster, St Peter, MN
2013 AGU Poster Co-Author
2013 Nobel Conference Poster, St Peter, MN
2013 Mid States Consortium for Math and Science, Chicago, IL
APPLICABLE SKILLS
Hardware coding experience in VHDL and Verilog. Experience with software simulation of hardware.
Object oriented (Java, Python), assembly language, and scientific programming (Matlab, IDL) programming.
Experience using Eclipse, Atmel Studios, ModelSim, Quartus programming and simulation packages.
HTML, PHP, and CSS website development. (This site was made from scratch)
Experience with Windows, Linux, and Mac operating systems
HOBBIES
Guitar, woodworking, automotive repair, tennis, photography, riding/fixing bikes, reading, and puzzles. Software and hardware development and anything that requires math and engineering solutions.