Marten T Beels

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Sep 2008 to Jun 2012
Teaching Assistant
Mauell Corporation
Dillsburg, PA
Nov 2007 to Jun 2008
Engineer
Tyco Electronics
Harrisburg, PA
May 2006 to Nov 2007
Engineer
Grove School
Madison, CT
May 2005 to Aug 2005
Teacher

Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
2008 to 2013
PhD in Physics
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
Jan 2010
Masters of Science in Physics
Messiah College
Grantham, PA
May 2006
Bachelor of Science in Engineering
Goshen College
Goshen, IN
May 2003
Bachelor of Arts in Physics

Optics and Lasers Performed Degenerate Four-Wave Mixing (DFWM) experiments with a chirped pulse laser and a TOPAS Designed and implemented free-space optics setups for Pump & Probe, Z-scan Re-aligned TOPAS (optical parametric amplifier and frequency mixer) Demonstrated ability to maintain and operate Clark-MXR chirped pulsed laser, including replacing mirrors, fixing mounts, optimizing timing of pulse train, aligning the injection, and adjusting the compressor Solid-State Physics Created organic thin films of high optical quality by Molecular Beam Vapor Deposition Experienced with vacuum equipment and in-situ monitoring of sublimation rates, while controlling environmental conditions such as applied electric fields and substrate temperatures Characterized thin films, including both linear and non-linear optical qualities Performed Non-collinear Third-Harmonic Generation (THG) Maker-Fringe experiments Used Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) to measure surface features of films Analysis and Computational Developed custom C programs, Python, and Bash scripts for data collection, analysis, and visualization Wrote new and modified existing Labview VIs to interface with detectors and automate data collection Created system for automatically monitoring thin film depositions remotely via the web (http://www.lehigh.edu/~mtb308... Experienced with commercial & GNU software packages such as Matlab, Origin, Excel, Sage, Labview Setup computational chemistry calculations on linux workstations and analyzed results Electrical Engineering Successfully invented electrical device to automatically track small aircraft Developed firmware in ASM and C for microcontrollers to communicate between proprietary radio systems, computers running open source software, external EEPROMs, and other microcontrollers Designed PCB layouts for prototyping and production using SMD (1206, 0805, SOIC, TSSOP, etc) Experienced with the development of electrical devices from concept to small scale production