Amber Threlkeld
PhD Candidate in Physics
About
Education
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
Bachelors, Physics / May, 2021
University of Alabama in Huntsville
PhD, Physics / May, 2030 (anticipated)
Experience
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Undergraduate Research Assistant / January, 2018 — January, 2019
Wrote Python programs to create two dimensional histograms to map the locations of neutrons after they were accelerated and collided with the sensor during a computer simulation.
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Undergraduate Research Assistant / January, 2019 — January, 2020
Wrote Python programs that created plots that showed the radii per second of computer simulated supernovae.
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Undergraduate Research Assistant / June, 2020 — August, 2020
Simulated the performance of the segmented scintillator detectors used in nuclear physics research. The segmented scintillator detectors are able to localize the interaction of interactions in the detector material. This is necessary for e.g. decay measurements in radioactive beam facilities where spatial and time correlations are required to associate ion implantation signals with its radioactive decay induced signal. Recently a model for the detector using Geant 4 simulations code was developed allowing to optimize the performance of the detector. The simulations were important to find the optimal diffuser length for a detector that can be used in rare isotope beam experiments. A diffuser is a device that diffuses photons created by the scintillator, thus allowing for less photons to impact the Photomultiplier Tube, also known as PMT.
University of Tennessee Knoxville
Undergraduate Research Assistant / August, 2020 — December, 2020
Data were collected from a scientific paper of Gold-Gold and Deuteron-Gold nuclear collisions that produced Quark-Gluon-Plasma and dijets. The data were entered into an Excel spreadsheet. Then the data were copied into a specially formatted file and uploaded into HEPData. The data were then downloaded into a yoda file and ACF was used to write code in C++ for the data. Rivet was used to run an analysis on the code of the data. The code was run the create plots of the data.
QTEC Aerospace
Software Engineer / September, 2021 — May, 2022
Created a program from scratch in Python. This program was an API that ran an existing simulation software program multiple times. After it ran the simulations it collected the data and saved the data in files. Wrote object oriented programs in Python. Tested a simulation software program for missile defense. Created order of battle. Worked on GMD. Worked with MDA.
T & W Operations
Software Engineer / May, 2022 — August, 2022
Wrote software changes to a database program in C#. Accomplished Full Stack Web Development using C#, HTML, and SQL.
Boeing
Software Engineer / October, 2022 — October, 2023
Created a Python program from scratch. The program compares two files and shows detailed similarities and differences between the files. Reverse Engineered some of a C++ program. Writing Object Oriented programs in Python. Making software changes to programs in Ada and proprietary scripting languages.
ITS LLC
Software Engineer / October, 2023 — Present
Making software changes and bug fixes to software in C++, Perl, Java, and Python. Supporting the MDA.
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