Resume: Jeffrey Hammel

Summary

Software engineer with background in web development; the open source software community; systems tools; scientific computation; computational geometry. Strong interest in application development and architecture using forward-facing technologies. Searching for a position that matches my skills and interests in a quality work environment.

Software Development Experience

August 2006 - January 2010

Software Engineer - The Open Planning Project

Developed web applications using a wide variety of web frameworks and tools
Participated actively in several open-source communities, including Python, Trac, and Zope
Deployed and maintained web sites and internal software systems
Documented software and operations procedures

Portfolio: http://k0s.org/portfolio/software.html

Research Experience

August 2001 - August 2006

Graduate Student Researcher -
Plasma Theory and Simulation Group, University of California at Berkeley

Computationally modeled plasma resonances and DC discharges for plasma processing applications
Expertise in numerical methods with emphasis on computational geometry, parallel processing, and efficiency
Served as system administrator of a cluster of research computers

Portfolio: http://ptsg.eecs.berkeley.edu/~jhammel

June 2000 - August 2001

Research Assistant - Computational Gas and Plasmadynamics Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Development of an electrostatic solver using computational geometry
Computational modeling of rarified gas and plasma flows
Extended gas model to accomodate more complex gases

Teaching Experience

January - Summer 2006

Instructor, Part Time - Art Institute of California in San Francisco

Taught undergraduates operating systems, design patterns, and data structures in the Visual and Game Programming department. Lectured and developed curricula.

Graduate Student Instructor - University of California at Berkeley

Spring 2006

E170B: Introduction to Modeling and Simulation II, Professor Verboncoeur

Instructed students in computational simulation methodologies and MATLAB

Fall 2001

EE117: Electromagentics, Professor Gustafson

Organized discussion sections and supervised labs

Education

August 2001 - August 2006

University of California at Berkeley

Ph. D., Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
All but dissertation; left to pursue position at The Open Planning Project

June 2000 - August 2001

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering

August 1996 - May 2000

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Bachelor of Science, Mechanical Engineering
National Merit Scholar
Summer 1999

Internship - NASA Glenn Research Center

Proficiencies

Interests: web application development, software architecture, parallel computing, computational geometry
Languages: Python, C++, JavaScript, HTML, CSS, bash, SQL, LaTeX, MATLAB
Protocols: HTTP, WSGI, MPI
Frameworks: Pylons, Paste, Zope, Plone, jQuery, Trac
Tools: Firebug, gdb, valgrind

Publications

J. Hammel, K. Kovalev, N. A. Gatsonis, “ Unstructured Adaptive Monte Carlo Simulations of Flows in Micronozzles”, AIAA Paper 2001-2891, presented at the 35th AIAA Thermophysics Conference, Anaheim, CA, June, 2001.
Jason R. Potts, Stephen W. Pierson, Paul P. Mathisen, Jeff R. Hammel, Vlad C. Babau, “Wind Energy Resource Assessment of Western and Central Massachusetts”, AIAA Paper 2001-0060, 2001.

Jeffrey Robert Hammel

Summary

Software Development Experience

Software Engineer - The Open Planning Project

Research Experience

Graduate Student Researcher - Plasma Theory and Simulation Group, University of California at Berkeley

Research Assistant - Computational Gas and Plasmadynamics Laboratory, Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Teaching Experience

Instructor, Part Time - Art Institute of California in San Francisco

Graduate Student Instructor - University of California at Berkeley

E170B: Introduction to Modeling and Simulation II, Professor Verboncoeur

EE117: Electromagentics, Professor Gustafson

Education

University of California at Berkeley

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Proficiencies

Publications

Graduate Student Researcher -
Plasma Theory and Simulation Group, University of California at Berkeley