Research Interests:
My current research interests are concentrated in designing and characterizing novel thermoelectric materials, fitting and regression
algorithms used in computation, and some solid state physical theory.

Publications:
"Thermoelectric efficiency and compatibility",  G. Jeffrey Snyder, Tristan Ursell. Physical Review Letters,Volume 91, issue 14 (2003)
(primary author)

"Compatibility of Segmented Thermoelectric Generators", Proceedings of 21st International Conference on Thermoelectrics, (IEEE,
New York, 2002), p. 412 (primary author)

Education:
B.S. Physics; Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute – Summa Cum Laude, with minors in Materials Engineering and Spanish, also a member
of the American Physical Society, the American Institute of Physics, and the Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematicians.
(see unofficial transcript)

In addition these courses, I have taken 5 years of Spanish, studied in Spain, and can speak fairly well.

Computer Skills- CADD(AutoCAD 2000), Waterloo Maple (math programming language), C++ (general programming) MS Word,
Excel, PowerPoint

Currently I am a graduate student in the Applied Physics Department at the California Institute of Technology(Caltech)

Employment Experience:

H Power Corp. (Now Plug Power) - Employed for the summer of 2000 as an Associate Engineer, I designed and constructed
hydrogen fuel cell test rigs, emergency systems, and conducted cell compression and performance research for the military under
the headship of H Power Corp.

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Built a test setup for the temperature-time dependence of the optical absorption edge of quantum
dot glasses.  The final goal is to describe spectral absorption of quantum dot optical glasses for later use in optical logic gates.  Also
using X-Ray diffraction techniques for semi-crystalline material structure analysis.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) - Employed for the summer of 2001 as a Research Scientist, I worked on radio-isotope
thermoelectric generation systems (RTGs) for deep space power systems.  My research dealt with thermoelectric degradation
prevention, to prolong the beneficial electrical effects of specific materials.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA) - Employed for the summer of 2002 as a Research Scientist, I constructed a new model for
thermoelectric efficiency calculations in both cooling and power generation applications.  The method defined a new intrinsic quantity
for thermoelectrics, and may prove to be a new type of efficiency calculations for many more irreversible thermodynamical systems.

Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA)/Caltech - Employed for the summer of 2003 as a Research Scientist, I synthesized and examined a
new class of psuedo-binary thermoelectric materials.  I also developed a series of non-linear regression algorithms for use in 3D
crystal structure analysis to help determine the nature of molecular dynamics in nano-architectured materials.

Awards:
Dean’s List every semester at RPI, Hertz Foundation Finalist, Founder’s Award of Excellence (top 2% of undergraduate students),
The G. Howard Carragan Award for most promising graduating physics major.  Currently on Caltech’s Institute Fellowship.

Additional Experience:
At Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute I worked with the Formula SAE (Society of Automotive Engineers) race car team, where I was the
team power-train leader in 2000-01, designing and implementing state of the art engine technology.
During the 2000-01 school year, on a senior level design project I was contracted to Knolls Atomic Power Laboratory for materials
research on thin film thermo-couple sensors, used for failure analysis in nuclear reactor coolant systems.
During the 2001-2002 school year I conducted modeling research on non-linear beam deflection and retention of hemi-spherical
mechanical fasteners.