Transcript Steven Gronstal

Steven Gronstal
A Professional Prospectus
Omaha, NE
Early Interests
• Weather
– Witnessed a funnel develop & touch down at
age 4.
• Computers
– Cracked my first program at age 10.
• Door-to-Door Sales
– Self-funded most Boy Scout adventures.
Central High School
• Summer Program - UNO Aviation Institute
– “Your teaching him to fly before he learns to
drive? Isn’t that a little half-ass backwards!”
• Mathematics
– Finished Calculus 1 & 2 before leaving HS.
• Marketing
– Distributed Education Clubs of America.
School Search
• Jesuit Institutions:
– Creighton University, Omaha, NE
– Regis University, Denver, CO
– Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO
– Loyola University, Chicago, IL
• Other Institutions:
– Iowa State, Ames, IA
– Notre Dame, South Bend, IN
Creighton University
What to Study?
• Mathematics!!!
• Economics?
• Physics?
The Real World
“Why, oh why didn’t I take the blue pill?!?!”
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Job Experiences:
– Creighton Janitor - 5 yrs
– All-State Emergency Road Service Dispatcher – 6 months
– Local Cell Phone & Pager Activations Line – 3 months
– BCBS Health Insurance Customer Service – 3 months
– Marlboro Miles Customer Service– 3 months
– Direct TV Technical Support – 9 months
– Amoco Gas Station Attendant – 6 months
– Security Guard – 3 months
– Citibank Credit Application Processor – 6 months
– Cruise Travel Guide Salesman – 3 months
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What am I qualified for?
– More School
– Radio Shack!
More Schooling
• Computer Programming
–C
– C++
– COBOL
– Visual Basic 6.0
– UNIX
– PC Care, Maintenance, & Repairs
– Database Operations
– Electronics
Radio Shack
• Recognitions:
– One of the Best Salesmen in Omaha
– Acting Assistant Manager
• Benefits:
– Time off to play Poker
– Sexy coworkers
• Drawbacks:
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Unstable Money
No Benefits
Too many hours
I was living at home 
 Head to Grad School!!!!!
Brookhaven National Lab
The STAR Experiment
Time Projection Chamber
The Electromagnetic Calorimeters
My Work & Star
Graduation!!!
• Now What????
– Search for a job
– Search for a job
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– Search for a job
– Search for a job
Metropolitan Community College
• Science Lab Coordinator:
SOC
FOC
EVC
Metropolitan Community College
• Adjunct Faculty:
– General Physics
– Beginning Algebra, Part 1 & 2
– Accelerated Beginning Algebra
– Intermediate Algebra
– College Algebra
– Introduction to Science
Where’s the Cream Filling?
• Good Job
– Excellent Pay
– Excellent Benefits
– Excellent Co-workers
• Needed More!!!
Mental Stimulation
• More Courses
– Java, VB.NET, SQL, Networking,
– Energy Systems
• University of Nebraska, Omaha
– Combinatorics
– Probability Modeling
– Coding Theory
• Worked on independent project for Dr. Rykov
Back To Grad School
• My Strengths:
– Excellent of understanding complex Mathematics.
– Capable computer programmer.
– Solid understand of physical processes.
• Potential Areas
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Physics?
Mathematical Physics?
Statistics?
Atmospheric Science?
Arlen Huggins
• Education
– B. S. 1969 Kansas State University Physics
– Graduate Study 1972-75 Colorado State University Atmospheric
Science
• Professional Experience:
– 1987 - Present Associate Research Scientist, Desert Research
Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, Nevada
– 1979 - 1987 Research Meteorologist/Principal Investigator,
Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project (SCPP), Electronic Techniques,
Inc., Fort Collins, Colorado
– 1975 - 1979 Support Scientist, National Hail Research
Experiment (NHRE), National Center for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, Colorado
– 1972 - 1975 Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State
University, Fort Collins
My Project
Model the
Plume
dispersion of
cloud seeding
materials to
help verify
transport.
Funded By the State of Nevada
My Future
• Ph.D.!!!!!!
– Specializing in What?
• Continued Research
• Teaching