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Resume of Gary Alan Miller

Education:
Degree: Seeking Bachelor of Science in Physics and Astronomy
Where: Northern Arizona University
Graduation Date: May 1998
GPA: 4.0
Status: In senior year of program and have completed all but one core class
Graduation with Honors

Work Experience:
Research Assistant:                          June 1995 - Present
Northern Arizona University Department of Physics and Astronomy

Hooper Undergraduate Research Award
        Mentors: David M. Cornelison and T. Randy Dillingham
        Project: X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) and Mass
		Spectrometry (RGA) of Thin Ice Films

Research Assistant:                            August 1995 - June 1997
Northern Arizona University Department of Physics and Astronomy

NAU-NASA Space Grant  Program
	Mentor: Caitlin A. Griffith
        Project: Atmospheric and Surface Properties of Titan

Program Assistant:                          December 1994 - Present
Northern Arizona University Honors Program

Honors Database System 
Design, edit, produce the Course Description Book
Webmaster for the Honors Program Web Page (http://www.nau.edu/honors)  

Volunteer Activities:
BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA, Committee Member Troop 451, Mesa, AZ
NAU CHORAL UNION
TINSLEY HALL COUNCIL Wing Representative, Advisor on Judicial Board Activities
TINSLEY HALL JUDICIAL BOARD Chairman, Secretary
TINSLEY HALL ORIENTATION TEAM Orientation leader
SOCIETY OF PHYSICS STUDENTS President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary
LOS ARCOS NURSING HOME Organized activities with seniors
FLAGSTAFF FALL FESTIVAL OF SCIENCE Participant booth
NAU STUDENT PAPER, THE LUMBERJACK Science Columnist

Academic Associations:
ALPHA LAMBDA DELTA NATIONAL ACADEMIC HONOR SOCIETY FOR FRESHMAN
PHI ETA SIGMA NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
PHI KAPPA PHI NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HONORS PROGRAM Program Assistant, Student
GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY
NATIONAL DEAN'S LIST 6 Semesters

Honors and Awards:
HOOPER UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARD 97-98
NAU-NASA SPACE GRANT RECIPIENT 95-96, 96-97, Summer 97
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY DEAN'S LIST 6 Semesters
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HONORS SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENT
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HUDSON OUTSTANDING JUNIOR AWARD
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HIGHEST RANKING SCHOLARS AWARD
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HONORS BOOK AWARD 95, 96, 97
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY HONORS "BEST OF CLASS" ESSAY AWARD 95
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY TALENT SHOW SCHOLARSHIP 95,96
NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY PARENT'S ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP
ASSOCIATED STUDENTS OF NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY SCHOLARSHIP
MILDRED ADAMS FENTON AND CARROL LANE SCHOLARSHIP
GOLDEN KEY NATIONAL HONOR SOCIETY OUTSTANDING JUNIOR SCHOLARSHIP
PHI KAPPA PHI HONOR SOCIETY CENTENNIAL SCHOLARSHIP
OUTSTANDING FRESHMAN PHYSICS AWARD
JUNIOR SLIPHER SCHOLARSHIP
SENIOR SLIPHER SCHOLARSHIP
MCDONNELL-DOUGLAS HELICOPTER COMPANY SCHOLARSHIP
COMMISSIONED CHORAL PIECE "If Our Prayers Were Music" at 1997 NAU Choral Dinner
EAGLE SCOUT RANK
1993 BOYS STATE REPRESENTATIVE Senator

Research Activities
	Summer Internship at NASA Ames Research Facility in Mountain View, CA.
	Observing Run at the Kitt Peak National Observatory on the 4 meter
		telescope. 
        NASA Space Grant Symposium Talk in Tucson, Arizona April 1996 and
		Tempe, Arizona April 1997. 
        Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Colloquium Talk on
		"Evidence For Weather on Titan." 

Papers and Presentations
        Poster presentation on "Titan: A Study of the Surface and Lower
		Atmosphere" at the 1996 American Astronomical Society's Division
		of Planetary Science Meeting in Tucson, Arizona. 
        "X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Mass Spectroscopy Studies of
		X-ray Processed Solid CO2." D.M. Cornelison, T.R.
		Dillingham, S.C. Tegler, K. Galle, G.A. Miller, B.L. Lutz. 
            Astrophysical J. (Submitted for Publication) 
        "Evidence For Weather on Titan." Caitlin A. Griffith, Tobias Owen,
		Gary A. Miller, Thomas, Geballe. Science. (Submitted for
		Publication)