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UniversityofCalifornia,Davis|SanFranciscoBayArea
ALEXANDER BROUGHTON
Phone:(925)997-9962|Email:[email protected]:545SycamoreLn.Apt.112,Davis,CA95616
Personal Statement
IamastudentattheUniversityofCalifornia,DavismajoringinphysicswithaninterestinpursuingaPh.D.Iamdedicatedtoapplyingmydiverseexperiencesandambitionstoexploringmanydifferentareasofphysicsresearch.
Background & Skills
InterestsCosmology,astrophysics,particlephysics,datamodeling,astrophotographySkillsResearch,Physics,C,DataAnalysis,Leadership,seealso:MATLAB,Python
RelevantCourseworkPhysics9HonorsSeries(MechanicsthroughQuantum&SpecialRelativity),Math21&22Series(throughDifferentialEquationsandMATLAB),ECS30(CProgrammingandUNIX-BasedOperatingSystems);PhysicsMajorGPA:3.9
Work Experience
UNDERGRADUATESTUDENTRESEARCHER– LawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratory– Berkeley,CA-Jun‘16–Sept‘16StudentassistantworkingintheBuildingTechnologyandUrbanSystemsDivision.IworkwithseniorscientistAlanMeier([email protected])atLawrenceBerkeleyNationalLabandRichardBrownontheTROPECproject.IworkwithtransactivenetworksbymodelingtheTROPECtestbedwiththeVolttronserver.Iamworkingonademonstrationofananogridforefficientenergyallocationacrossmultiplelinkeddevices.
Published Works
PRICE BASEDLOCAL POWERDISTRIBUTIONMANAGEMENTSYSTEM– VER. 01 LawrenceBerkeleyNationalLaboratory– Berkeley,CA-Jun‘16–Sept‘16LocalPowerDistributionManager(LPDMforshort).WorkedonthiscodewithStephenCzarnecki,MichaelSpears,RichardBrown,BruceNordman,MichaelVonHippel,andAnnaLiaoatLBNL.Tobepublishedsoon.
Education
FOOTHILL H IGHSCHOOL– BayArea,CA– 2011-2015● CompetedinScienceOlympiad(1st&2ndplacesoverallNorthernCalifornia),FoothillMathTournament(8thplace),RealWorld
DesignChallenge,and100+hoursofcommunityservice● ScoredwellonAdvancedPlacementexams(APScholarwithDistinctionAwardforaveragescore3.5+on5+exams)
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS – Davis,California– Aug2015–Jun2019(currentstudent)● UCDavisPhysicsClub● UCDavisSolarCarTeam(justjoined)
UpdatedasofOctober,2016