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Mark Andrews
Professional Summary
September 2, 2011
Business address:
The University of Texas at Austin
Bureau of Economic Geology
University Station Box X
Austin, Texas 78713-8924
E-mail address:
[email protected]
Academic Background
Advanced High School Diploma with Honors, Westwood High School, Austin, May 1998
B.A. Geology, Texas A&M University, May 2004
Areas of Expertise
A. Software knowledge: full suite of Windows operating systems; minimal Mac OS, UNIX, Solaris,
DOS; full suite of Microsoft Office products; HP-VEE Dasy Lab, Maple; minimal Lab View, Unix
shell scripting, HTML, Pascal, Perl.
B. Excellent soldering skills.
C. Experience using lathes, mills, and all manner of power/hand tools.
D. Numerous small electronics, oscillators, sensors, and high voltage-low current experiments.
E. Assistance in all aspects of building a two-seat, single-engine RV-8A airplane.
F. Building of seismometer—built from scratch using plans for a Shackleford-Gunderson
seismometer; vertical pendulum style with three-plate capacitor sensor; capable of detecting large
teleseismic events; recorded earthquakes in the Philippines and South America.
Professional Work Experience
A. Present Position: Research Scientist Associate, Bureau of Economic Geology, The University of
Texas at Austin (September 2008 - Present).
B. Lab Analyst, BJ Services (November 2007 - September 2008).
Routine lab duties, including measurement of Young’s modulus, Poisson's ratio, brinell hardness,
and single grain proppant testing; running of 250,000 lbf GCTS rock deformation load frame;
running of multiple smaller load frames; maintenance of standards in an ISO-9001 certified
laboratory; interfacing of load, displacement, pressure and temperature sensors with data logging
computer; performance of physical wiring, soldering; use of Dasy Lab to write algorithm for
processing, filtering, displaying, and saving data.
C. Accelerator Technician, Cyclotron Institute, Texas A&M University (July 2005 - November 2007).
Work on all manner of high vacuum equipment including all types of pumps, pump controllers and
valves; maintenance of cryogenic helium refrigeration system used to cool superconducting K500
cyclotron; construction and service of many electronic devices used in high-wattage RF supply;
tuning and monitoring
of 240-kilowatt RF supply and beamline magnets used in generating and accelerating heavy ion
beam; liaison between experimenters and accelerator physicists.
D. Technician, Venturi Staffing Partners (February 2004 - July 2005).
Computer configuration; office administrative work.
E. Sample Preparation Technician, Electron Microprobe Laboratory, Texas A&M University (2001 2003).
Maintenance of equipment associated with the operation of a Cameca SX-50 Electron
microprobe; preparation of samples for analysis in the electron microprobe; operating, cleaning,
and servicing of a carbon coater; instructor of researchers in the techniques of sample
preparation; cataloging of a large mineral collection; construction of a series of web pages
exhibiting the capabilities of the electron microprobe.
F. Equipment Technician, Tectonophysics Laboratory, Texas A&M University (Summer 2001 - Fall
2001).
Building of sensor electronics for measuring acoustic emissions of samples stressed in rock
deforming apparatus; use of HP-VEE to create a program for monitoring pressure and
temperature sensors monitoring hydrothermal mineralogy experiments.
G. College Intern, Tivoli Systems, a division of IBM (Summer 1999 - Fall 1999).
Maintenance of a group of UNIX shell scripts used in testing translated language files; part of a
team of international developers insuring the smooth flow of data between software developers
and language translators.
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