Shawn Hurley
School Address:
2444 Meloy Road
Kent, Ohio 44240
Cell: 740-605-4392
E-Mail:
shurley@kent.edu

Web Site:
www.shawnhurley.com

Permanent Address:
3245 Dutch Ridge Road
New Straitsville, Ohio 43766
740-342-4206

OBJECTIVE To solve the technical problems in physics and engineering that will improve electronic devices by applying my multi-disciplinary research skills and experience.
EDUCATION Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, Expected May 2010
Liquid Crystal Institute
     Doctor of Philosphy in Chemical Physics
Grade Point Average: 4.000
Doctoral Candidacy Exam Passed, August 2006

Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, June 2005
Honors Tutorial College
     Bachelor of Science in Engineering Physics
Russ College of Engineering and Technology
     Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
     Minor in Mathematics
Grade Point Average: 3.710
RESEARCH
EXPERIENCE		 Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent, Ohio
Graduate Assistantship, August 2005 - Present
Dr. Deng-Ke Yang, Advisor
  • Design, modeling, construction, and testing of liquid crystal displays for switchable window and light shutter applications. A specialization in polymer stabilized liquid crystal systems enables high transmittance and scattering of unpolarized light, fabrication using lightweight flexible plastic substrates, and low power consumption.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Athens, Ohio
Honors Thesis, June 2003 - June 2005
Dr. Larry Wilen, Advisor
  • Researched the optical properties of biaxial minerals in thin section. A method to automatically determine the crystal orientation was produced by measuring the extinction angles through crossed polarizers and comparing it to a theoretical model. Labview programs were written to control data collection, analysis and file management.
Department of Physics and Astronomy, Athens, Ohio
Research Assistant, June 2002 - July 2005
Dr. Larry Wilen, Advisor
  • Traveled to the National Ice Core Laboratory in December 2002 to collect image data of ice thin sections with a special instrument originally designed and built at Ohio University. Returned in July 2005 to upgrade the computer control system hardware.
  • Wrote Labview programs that augmented the existing analysis procedure by improving its accuracy while also saving time.
  • My research contribution was featured in a special undergraduate edition of Perspectives magazine. Click Here to read the article.
School of EECS, Athens, Ohio
Senior Design Team Member, September 2004 - June 2005
Dr. Wojciech Jadwisienczak, Advisor
Dr. Henryk Lozykowski, Advisor
  • Our team designed, constructed, and tested a user-friendly computer interfaced automated measurement system to analyze the optical and electrical parameters of Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs).
PUBLICATIONS AND
PRESENTATIONS

Hurley, S., Ma, Ji, & Yang, D. -.K, "A flexible display using dye-doped PSCT." Conference Record of the SID 2009 International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition, San Antonio, TX, USA. (2009).

Matsuoka, K., Wilen, L., Hurley, S. P., & C. F. Raymond, “Effects of birefringence within ice sheets on obliquely propagating radio waves.” IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 47(5), 1429-1443 (2009).

Hurley, S., Yang, Y. -.C, Yang, D. -.K, Shi, J., & C. Mullin, "Driving dynamics of VA-LCDs with small pretilt angles." Conference Record of the 28th International Display Research Conference, Orlando, Florida, USA. 164-167. (2008).

Matsuoka, K., Wilen, L., Hurley, S. P., & C. F. Raymond, "Effects of birefringence within ice sheets on bistatic radar measurements." Eos Trans. AGU, 88(52), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract T13B-1335, (2007).

Hurley, S., Yang, D. -.K, Shi, J., & C. Mullin, "A systematic optimization of normal-white STN-LCDs." Conference Record of the SID 2007 International Symposium, Seminar, and Exhibition, Long Beach, CA, USA. (2007).

Yang, D. -.K, Zhou, F., Hurley, S., & L. Shi, "An analytic approach in designing film STN LCDs." Conference Record of the 26th International Display Research Conference, Kent, Ohio, USA. 235-238. (2006).

Di Prinzio, C., Hurley, S., Wilen, L., Alley, R., Spencer, M. & J. Fitzpatrick, “Study of the Texture and Fabric in the Taylor Dome Ice Core.” Eos Trans. AGU, 84(46), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C11C-0834, (2003).

Wilen, L., Di Prinzio, C. & S. Hurley, “Application of Novel Fabric and Texture Analysis Techniques to GISP2.” Eos Trans. AGU, 83(47), Fall Meet. Suppl., Abstract C62A-0910, (2002).

COMPUTER
SKILLS		 LabVIEW Programming Language, MatLab Mathematics Software, Mathematica Technical Computing Software, Computer Programming in C, HTML Web Page Design and Layout, and Protools Audio Production Software.
PROFESSIONAL AND RELATED EXPERIENCE Hurley Signature Sound, Self-Employed
Mobile Disc Jockey, 1995 - Present.
  • Provide music and entertainment for school dances, proms, parties, community functions and sporting events.
Corning, Incorporated, Corning, NY
Intern, Summer 2008.
  • Developed a proprietary software package using the Matlab programming language to analyze birefringence data caused by laser damage in fused silica glass. Created a graphical user interface and support documentation to assist users and future developers of the software.
Liquid Crystal Institute, Kent State University
LabVIEW Course Designer and Teacher, 2007.
  • Member of a three person team that taught a free non-credit course on the LabVIEW programming language. Responsibilities included the complete course design and implementation as well as budgeting and aquisition of equipment. Instruction consisted of six three hour-long combined lecture and lab sessions over two weeks. Read the news release here.
Academic Advancement Center, Ohio University
Supplemental Instruction Leader, 2001.
  • Led three one hour-long study sessions per week for calculus math courses taught at Ohio University.
Honors Tutorial College, Ohio University
Talented and Gifted Tutor, 2001.
  • Designed a course in HTML web page design and then taught the material to local middle school Talented and Gifted students.
Admissions, Ohio University
Tour Guide, 2001.
  • Led three one hour tours per week for prospective students and their parents.
AWARDS AND
SCHOLARSHIPS		 Kent State University Community Excellence Leadership Award, 2008.
State of Ohio Fundamentals of Engineering Exam, Passed 2006.
Outstanding Outreach Student Presentation Award, Liquid Crystals in
      Optics and Photonics, 2005.
Order of the Engineer, Ceremony, 2005.
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Grant, 2003 - 2004.
Kathy Steven's Award For Senior Marching 110 Member, 2004.
Marching 110 of Ohio Ballzando Trumpet Award, 2000.
Anthony Austin Memorial Award for Outstanding Freshman
      Marching 110 Member, 2000.

Scholarships: Kennedy Dist. Prof. '02 & '04; R. Gecsy Physics '03; D. Huwe '03; W. J. Jones ‘00 & '01; Stocker '01; National Tylenol '00; O.U. President's '00; J. Shipman '00; MacGahan Liberator of Bulgaria '00; T. Brown Mem. '00; New Lexington H.S. Alumni '00; E. Allison '00.

PROFESSIONAL
MEMBERSHIPS		 IEEE, 2009 - Present.
SID - Society For Information Display, 2006 - Present.
     Kent State Student Branch President, 2007 - Present.
Sigma Xi, Scientific Research Society, 2005 - Present.
SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering, 2006 - Present.
PREVIOUS
ORGANIZATIONS
AND LEADERSHIP
POSITIONS 		Ohio University Marching 110, 2000 - 2004.
     Field Commander, 2004.
     Dance Commander, 2002 & 2003.
The Singing Men of Ohio, 2001 - 2005.
Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia, Music Fraternity, 2002 - 2005.
     Alumni Secretary, 2003 & 2004.
Sigma Pi Sigma, Physics Honor Society, 2005.
Golden Key International Honour Society, 2003 - 2005.
VOLUNTEER WORK
AND COMMUNITY
SERVICE 		Kent State United for the Gulf Coast, Kent State University
Van Driver and Crew Leader, 2007.
  • Traveled to Biloxi, MS for a week to aid in the disaster relief rebuilding effort. My responsibilities included taking shifts driving a 15 passenger van and leading a five person work crew assigned to building a fence and patching a leaky roof. Contributed to a blog published by the Akron Beacon Journal.

References are available upon request.