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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)
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