Stephen Minter

Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Representative

University of California, Merced

sminter2@ucmerced.edu

polo_481@yahoo.com (preferred)

 

Curriculum Vitae

 

Education:

 

B.S. Physics, minor in mathematics, California State University, Stanislaus, 2005.

 

A.S. Physics, Modesto Junior College, 2003.

 

A.A. Political Science, Modesto Junior College, 1999.

 

 

Research Experience:

 

Senior Research Assistant, 1/2006 to present.  PI: Dr. Raymond Chiao, UC Merced.  Experimental and theoretical research in the production and detection of gravitational radiation, superconductivity, and new forms of particle/ion trapping.

 

Research Assistant, 9/2005 to 12/2005.  PI: Dr. Susan Mokhtari, CSU Stanislaus.  Theoretical research in general relativity.

 

Research Assistant, 12/2004 to 5/2005.  PI: Dr. Rose Zhang, CSU Stanislaus.  Experimental and theoretical research in high-Tc superconductivity.

 

 

Teaching Experience:

 

Instructor, UC Merced.  Physics 8 (calculus-based Newtonian mechanics), Math 21 (first-semester calculus), and Math 22 (second-semester calculus).

 

Teaching assistant, UC Merced.  Math 23 (vector calculus), and Math 32 (probability and statistics).

 

Teaching assistant, CSU Stanislaus.  Algebra-based Newtonian mechanics, calculus-based electricity and magnetism, and college algebra.

 

 

Awards, Honors, Publications and Presentations:

 

Colloquia:

 

2/2008, California State University, Fresno.  “Production and Detection of Gravitational Radiation by Means of a Two-Body Superconducting System.”

 

1/2008, UC Merced.  “Production and Detection of Gravitational Radiation by Means of a Two-Body Superconducting System.”

 

4/2007, UC Merced.  “Multiple-Equilibria Traps for Charged and Neutral Dielectrics.”

 

 

Contributed Talks:

 

3/2008, Pacific Coast Gravity Meeting, University of California, Santa Barbara.  “Production and Detection…”

 

10/2007, American Physical Society, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. “Production and Detection…” Awarded first-place Margaret Burbidge Prize for best talk on experimental research.

 

 

Publication:

 

Minter, S.J., and Chiao, R.Y., Can a Charged Ring Levitate a Neutral Polarizable Object? Can Earnshaw's Theorem Be Extended to Such Objects?, Laser Physics, Vol. 17, No. 7, 2007 (view pdf).

 

 

Professional Societies:

 

American Physical Society, since 2006.

 

American Institute of Physics, since 2004.