About Me

I am an outdoorsman and Nature lover who has been blessed with freedom and a few useful talents. I am grateful to have been taught generously by my family, friends and colleagues who have enabled me to discover a sense of purpose and belonging. Presently, I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Cognitive and Brain Sciences (CAB) Psychology Program at the University of Minnesota, and I feel very fortunate to be part of the vision science community.

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Research Experience

Undergraduate and Graduate Research Assistant, Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research, Gordon E. Legge, Ph.D., Principal Investigator. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2000-present)

Graduate Research Assistant, Computational Perception and Action Lab, Paul R. Schrater, Ph.D., Principal Investigator. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2005-present)

Technical Experience

Mechanical and Electronics Shop Manager, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2008-present)

• PC and Peripheral Design, Construction, Modification and Repair  
• ShopBot 3D Computed Numerical Control (CNC) Prototype Design and Machining  
• General Machine and Wood Shop Tools, Metalwork and Fabrication  
• Plastic, Wax and Polymer Modeling and Fabrication  
• Mechanical and Electronic Apparatus Design and Prototyping  
• Digital and Analogue Circuit Design and Prototyping  

Instructional Technology Fellow, College of Liberal Arts. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN (2006-2008)

Developed and taught MATLAB short course to students, staff and professors. Gave one-on-one MATLAB instruction to Psychology students and professors for research projects, including:

• Data Restructuring and Reduction  
• Statistical and Numerical Data Analysis  
• File I/O and Publication-Quality Graphical Representations and Summaries  
• Perceptual and Behavioral Experimental Design  
• Mathematical Modeling of Psychophysical, Behavioral and Perceptual Phenomena  
• Serial Port Interfacing With Off-the-Shelf and Custom-Built I/O Hardware  
• Image Processing, Optimization, Splines, Statistics, Compiler, Psychometric and Psychophysics Toolbox  

Software

MATLAB, Illustrator, Photoshop, Windows, MS Office/OpenOffice, Dreamweaver, XHTML, Octave, Ubuntu Linux, Mac OS X Server, ArtCAM, Blender, R, MacAnova, SPSS

University of Minnesota   College of Liberal Arts   Graduate School   Psychology Department   Vision Research Labs   Minnesota Laboratory for Low-Vision Research   Computational Perception and Action Lab