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Michael George Anderson

411 B St.: Davis, CA 95616: (530) 756-7585: manderso@nuclear.ucdavis.edu

Education
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
  • Bachelor of Arts, Physics, June 1995
  • Minors: Mathematics, Spanish

    University of California, Davis
    Davis, CA 95616
  • Master of Science, Physics, Nov. 1998


    • University of California, Davis
    Davis, CA 95616
  • Ph.D., Physics
    expected completion date: August 2002
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    Related Experience
    Associate-In Teaching, April 2000 - June 2000, September 2001 - December 2001
    Physics Department, University of California
    Davis, CA 95616
    Lecturer for lower division physics class of 500 students (Physics 7C). Lectured, prepared class notes for students, prepared exams, and assigned grades.

    Satellite Systems Engineer, January 2001 - present
    Lockheed-Martin, 1111 Lockheed Martin Way
    Sunnyvale, CA 94089
    Conduct mission/program specific real-time spacecraft/satellite flight operations during readiness, execution, and evaluation phases. Provide technical direction for on-orbit mission support, plan for critical vehicle malfunctions and recommend alternate operating techniques to continue maximum mission support. Analyze and validate software performance.

    Research Assistant, June 1997- present
    Physics Department, University of California
    Davis, CA 95616
    Working with Nuclear Physics Group for STAR experiment at Brookhaven National Lab, Upton, NY. Designed and implemented web accessible temperature monitoring system for world's largest Time Projection Chamber (TPC); duties included installing ADC readouts, constructing temperature sensors, and creating web readout. Maintained STAR TPC; duties included diagnosing electronics problems, monitoring gas system, installing cooling system, and other general maintanence. Developed C++ analysis code.

    Teaching Assistant, Oct. 1995 - Dec. 1999
    Physics Department, University of California
    Davis, CA 95616
    Teaching Assistant for lower division physics lab classes of 20+ students.








    Computer Skills
    Operating Systems: Windows, Mac, and UNIX (Solaris, HP UX, and Linux).

    Languages: Fortran, C , C++, ROOT, and HTML.

    Programs: MS-Word, Excel, Mathematica, FileMakerPro, PowerPoint and Physics Analysis Workstation (PAW).

    Presentations
  • Hardware Performance of the STAR TPC,
    Michael Anderson, STAR Collaboration;
    April 29-May 2, 2000, American Physical Society, Long Beach, California.

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    Publications
  • Elliptic Flow in Au+Au Collisions at sqrt(s) = 130 GeV
    STAR Collaboration; Submitted to Phys. Rev. Lett.

  • Elliptic Flow: Transition from Out-of-Plane to In-Plane Emission in Au + Au Collisions
    C. Pinkenburg and the E895 Collaboration;
    Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 1295 (1999). (Available also on the LANL preprint server as nucl-ex/9903010).

  • STAR TPC Temperature Monitoring System
    W. Betts, M. Anderson, H. Wieman;
    Star Note 407. (Available to look at http://nuclear.ucdavis.edu/~manderso/SN0407.html).

    A complete publication list is available upon request.
    • References
  • Assoc. Prof. Daniel Cebra, UC Davis, Physics Dept., Davis, CA 95616 Tel:(530)752-4592 E-mail:cebra@nuclear.ucdavis.edu

  • Dr. Blair Stringfellow, Purdue University, Physics Dept., 1396 Physics Building, West Lafayette, IN 47907 Tel:(765)494-5390 E-mail:string@physics.purdue.edu

  • Dr. Wendell Potter, Dept. Vice-Chair, UC Davis, Physics Dept., Davis, CA 95616 Tel:(530)752-3305 E-mail:potter@physics.ucdavis.edu

  • Dr. Spencer Klein, Staff Physicist, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Bldg. 70-319, Berkeley, CA 94720 Tel:(510)486-5470 E-mail:SRKlein@lbl.gov