Stephen Minter

Ph.D. Candidate, Applied Mathematics Graduate Student Representative

University of California, Merced

Advisor: Dr. Raymond Chiao, Depts. of Natural Sciences and Engineering

sminter2@ucmerced.edu

Numerical simulation of superconductor levitation Interior of dilution refrigerator used in GR experiments Magnetic field of a current-carrying washer

Education:

Ph.D. Candidacy, Applied Mathematics, University of California, Merced, 2008.

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

Publications:

Minter, S.J., Kirk Wegter-McNelly, and Raymond Chiao, Charge Separation Within Superconductors in the Presence of Tidal Gravitational Fields, American Institute of Physics Conference Proceedings for the 2009 International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (ICNAAM 2009), Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, 2009. (preprint)

Minter, S.J., Kirk Wegter-McNelly, and Raymond Chiao, Do Mirrors for Gravitational Waves Exist? Physica E, doi:10.1016/j.physe.2009.06.056, 2009. (link) (preprint)

Minter, S.J., and Raymond Chiao, 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. (link) (preprint)

Minter, S.J., Kirk Wegter-McNelly, and Raymond Chiao, Laboratory-Scale Superconducting Mirrors for Gravitational Radiation, submitted for review. (preprint)

Minter, S.J., A Stable Multiple-Equilibria Trap for Diamagnetics, in preparation.

Research Experience:

Laboratory Manager, Senior Research Assistant, January 2006 to present. PI: Dr. Raymond Chiao, UC Merced. Experimental and theoretical research in:

• Production and detection of gravitational radiation

• Field coupling between gravitation and electromagnetism

• Interaction between tidal gravitational fields and macroscopic quantum matter

• New forms of particle and ion trapping

• Numerical field and scattering simulations

Research Assistant, September 2005 to December 2005. PI: Dr. Susan Mokhtari, CSU Stanislaus. Theoretical research in general relativity.

Research Assistant, December 2004 to May 2005. PI: Dr. Rose Zhang, CSU Stanislaus. Experimental and theoretical research in high-T_c superconductivity.

Teaching Experience:

Instructor, UC Merced. Math 24 (linear algebra and differential equations)

Instructor, UC Merced. Math 22 (second-semester calculus)

Instructor, UC Merced. Math 21 (first-semester calculus)

Instructor, UC Merced. Physics 8 (calculus-based Newtonian mechanics)

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

Teaching assistant, UC Merced. Math 23 (vector calculus)

Teaching assistant, CSU Stanislaus. Physics 2260 (Calculus-based electricity and magnetism)

Teaching assistant, CSU Stanislaus. Physics 2100 (Algebra-based Newtonian mechanics)

Teaching assistant, CSU Stanislaus. Math 1070 (College algebra)

Volunteer, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA. (Online assistance at all levels of math, physics, and chemistry)

Presentations and Awards:

Invited Colloquia:

Sept 2009, University of California, Merced. "Charge Separation Within Superconductors in the Presence of Tidal Gravitational Fields."

Apr 2009, California State University, Fresno. "Do Mirrors for Gravitational Waves Exist?"

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

Jan 2008, University of California, Merced.  “Production and Detection of Gravitational Radiation by Means of a Two-Body Superconducting System.”

Apr 2007, University of California, Merced.  “Multiple-Equilibria Traps for Charged and Neutral Dielectrics.”

Contributed Talks:

Sept 2009, International Conference of Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece. "Charge Separation..."

Apr 2009, Central California Research Symposium, California State University, Fresno. “Laboratory-Scale Superconducting Mirrors for Gravitational Radiation.”

Oct 2008, California Section of the American Physical Society, California State University, Dominguez Hills. “Do Mirrors for Gravitational Waves Exist?”

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

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

Posters:

Apr 2009, University of California, Merced Research Week. “Laboratory-Scale Superconducting Mirrors for Gravitational Radiation.”

Apr 2008, University of California, Merced Research Week. “Production and Detection…”

Apr 2007, University of California, Merced Research Week. “At the Interface of Quantum Mechanics and General Relativity.”

Professional Societies:

American Physical Society, since 2006.

American Institute of Physics, since 2004.