JARED CARL WORKMAN

EDUCATION

Present    Doctoral Program,     Astrophysics    Graduating Summer 2009

  • University of Colorado           Boulder, CO

2005       M.S.,   Astrophysics                                                                3.94 GPA

  • University of Colorado           Boulder, CO

2003       B.S.,   Physics and Mathematics        Summa Cum Laude    3.94 GPA 

  • Temple University                  Philadelphia, PA

2000       B.A.,   Psychology                               Summa Cum Laude     3.96 GPA

  • Temple University                  Philadelphia, PA

AWARDS

W.W. Smith Scholarship 1998-2000

Murray Greene Award

Presidential Scholars Award 2000 and 2003

COMPUTER SKILLS

Operating Systems - Windows, Linux, MacOs

Software Packages - Microsoft Office, Mathematica, Maxwell’s 3d Simulator

Programming Languages, Extensive Experience - C, IDL, Fortran, (X)HTML/CSS

Programming Languages, Basic Proficiency - JAVA, PHP, MySQL

Programming Languages, Familiarity – OpenMP, MPI

Extensive experience with Open MP and MPI parallelized MHD & Fluid grid based codes

Extensive experience using supercomputing platforms - Teragrid and Columbia

Extensive experience developing application specific software using multiple languages

RESEARCH EXPERIENCE

Spring  2005 - Present         JILA - Phil Armitage's Group              Boulder, CO

Research Assistant

Performed numerical simulations using OpenMP and MPI parallelized grid based hydrodynamic and Magnetohyrodynamic Fortan and C based codes to study a variety of physical and astrophysical phenomena ranging from relativistic jets to black hole – molecular cloud mergers.  Wrote and designed routines in IDL, C, and Fortran to handle the shell scripting, data analysis and visualization of terabyte sized data sets.  Developed numerical routines to add physics to existing codes as well as to efficiently solve complex numerical equations. Published in multiple, peer-reviewed journals.  Presented several talks to faculty and students.  Oversaw the development, implementation and analysis of multiple, concurrent projects.  Collaborated on local, national, and international research projects.

2004 -  2005                         SWRI - Solar Physics Group                  Boulder, CO

Research Assistant

Modeled the thermal response of satellite hardware using IDL. Developed image filtering/manipulation routines image and data analysis routines to examine sounding rocket solar images.

Summer 2000                      Physics Department                                Temple University

Research Assistant

Conducted research and performed computer modeling in project to detect a candidate for dark matter. Responsibilities included object modeling using “Maxwell’s 3D Simulator” (an AutoCAD like program designed to measure electrical and magnetic field forces), examining naturally occurring radiation output from a steel containment chamber, and information analysis. 

1996 - 2003                         Counselors for Management Inc.              Abington, PA

Research Assistant 

Worked as an independent contractor assisting in government and industry sponsored projects. Projects have involved technical assessment of new and emerging products and processes. Responsibilities include database construction, data analysis, and report creation.  

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2003 –  2008               Astrophysical Department               University of Colorado

Teaching Assistant

Developed review session, exams, and homework assignments.  Created a very efficient database driven system to record the grades of hundreds of students from multiple sources.

2001 –  2003               Mathematics Department                 Temple University

Adjunct Faculty

Served as primary instructor in introductory mathematics courses at Temple University.  Increased the proficiency of entering calculus students and taught hundreds of students.

2000 –  2002               Math & Science  Resource Center      Temple University 

Tutor

Tutored math and physics courses, prepared students for tests and ran final review and recitation sessions. 

1998 - 2000                 Morgan Printing                                    Willow Grove, PA

Machine Operator

Maintained, operated and troubleshot production machinery such as tag machines, folders, printing presses.