Thomas D. Gutierrez
Department of Physics
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA 95616
530-752-2280
tgutierr@altair.ucdavis.edu
http://nuclear.ucdavis.edu/~tgutierr
Education
- Ph.D. program, physics, University of California at Davis
(1994-present)
- M.S., physics, San Jose State University (1994)
- B.S., physics, San Jose State University (1991)
- Minor, mathematics, San Jose State University (1991)
- Minor, music, San Jose State University (1991)
Research
- Theoretical high energy nuclear physics and phenomenology of
higher twist effects in heavy quark and light gluino hadroproduction, University
of California, Davis and Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National
Laboratory (1995-present)
- Experimental infrared tunable diode laser spectroscopy and computational
physics, San Jose State University and NASA Ames Research Center
(1989-1994)
Awards and Honors
- Ryan Couch Memorial Travel Award, Department of Physics,
University of California, Davis (1998)
- Nominated for Outstanding Graduate Student Teaching Award,
University of California, Davis (1995 and 1997)
- Nominated for Outstanding Thesis, San Jose State University (1995)
- Computational Physics Award, Department of Physics, San Jose State
University (1994)
- Outstanding Student Award, Department of Physics, San Jose State
University (1993)
- Frederik N. Fitting Award, School of Science, San Jose State
University (1993)
- San Jose State University Finalist, California State Univeristy
Student Research Competition (1993)
- Outstanding Student Award, Department of Physics, San Jose State
University (1992)
- Multicultural Awareness Award, School of Science, San Jose State
University (1992)
- Graduate Student Researchers Grant recipient, NASA (1991)
- Research Experience for Undergraduates grant recipient, San Jose State
University, National Science Foundation (1989)
Publications
- Young/Freedman University Physics Instructors Solutions Manuel
Vol. 2, Addison Wesley Longman, work in progress.
- ``Higher Twist Effects in R-Hadron Phenomenology at Large x_F,'' T.D. Gutierrez,
R. Vogt, J.F. Gunion, work in progress.
- ``Doomsday Fears at RHIC,'' T.D. Gutierrez, work in progress.
- ``Leading Charm in Hadron-Nucleus Interactions in the Intrinsic
Charm Model,'' T. Gutierrez and R. Vogt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and
University of California, Davis, hep-ph/9808213,
Nucl.Phys.B539:189-214 (1999)
- The Measurement and Modeling of Carbon Isotope Fractionation
During Thermal Degassing of Magnesium Oxide, Master's Thesis (1994)
- ``An Overview of Isotopic Analysis Using Tunable Diode Laser
Spectrometry,'' T. B. Sauke, J. F. Becker, M. Loewenstein, T. D. Gutierrez, C. G.
Bratton Spectroscopy, 9, 34-40 (1994)
- ``Improved Stable Isotope Laser Spectrometer and its Application to
Soil Analysis,'' J. F. Becker, T. B. Sauke, T. D. Gutierrez, C. G.
Bratton, in Novel Laser Sources and Applications, (J. Becker, J.
Gruber, and L. Lam, eds. SPIE Publ., Bellingham, 1994).
Teaching Experience
- Teaching Assistant, Physics for Engineers and
Scientists, University of California at Davis (1994-present)
Computer Skills
- UNIX
- Mathematica
- FORTRAN
- BASIC
- IDL
- LaTeX
- Web Development (HTML, PERL, JavaScript, and CGI)