Neil Aaronson

Current

• Assistant Professor at Richard Stockton College

Past

• Research Assistant at Michigan State University
• Professor at Lansing Community College
• Computer Lab Manager at The College of New Jersey

• Research Intern at NEC Technologies

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Education

• Michigan State University
• The College of New Jersey

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Neil Aaronson’s Summary

Physicist and acoustician focused on scientific research and education with substantial publications and experience in both fields. Specializing in matters affecting sound localization and perception by human listeners. Interested in research-based applications of acoustics, physics education, and interaction between the scientific community and the general public.

Neil Aaronson’s Specialties:

Data analysis, statistical methods, C++, Fortran, IDL, Mathematica, MATLAB, Visual Basic, MINITAB, R, S-Plus, LaTeX, SoundForge, PLT, standard computer operating systems including Linux and standard office software packages.

Neil Aaronson’s Experience

• Assistant Professor

  Richard Stockton College

  (Educational Institution; 501-1000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2008 — Present (1 year 4 months)

  Professor of Physics, responsible for research in acoustics. Responsible for lecturing and grading for a full range of undergraduate physics classes, including laboratory sections. Original research in psychoacoustics and architectural acoustics aims to involve students in a meaningful way. Responsible for the establishment and facilitation of an acoustics laboratory.

• Research Assistant

  Michigan State University

  (Educational Institution; 10,001 or more employees; MSU; Higher Education industry)

  August 2002 — August 2008 (6 years 1 month)

  Research scientist in the MSU Psychoacoustics Lab within the Department of Physics & Astronomy. Design and implementation of experiments, analysis of data, hypothesis testing, and writing for scientific publication. Areas of specialization include electrical engineering (signal processing), statistical analysis, and physics.

• Professor

  Lansing Community College

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2004 — May 2008 (3 years 10 months)

  Full responsibility for course instruction including lecturing, supervising laboratory work, creation of exams and other course materials, grading, and academic advising. Developed and implemented new laboratory experiments, in-class exercises, and teaching methods.

• Computer Lab Manager

  The College of New Jersey

  (Educational Institution; 1001-5000 employees; Higher Education industry)

  August 2000 — May 2002 (1 year 10 months)

  Managed operations, scheduling, maintenance, supplies, and staff of the Music Computing Lab. Responsible for eight employees. Advised and facilitated upgrades and improvements to computers, MIDI equipment, and ergonomics.

• Research Intern

  NEC Technologies

  (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Computer Hardware industry)

  May 2001 — August 2001 (4 months)

  Carried out research on initiation of growth of well-ordered monolayer polystyrene arrays on SiN substrates. Developed, tested, and implemented a new scalable, automated method for growing very large ordered systems.

Neil Aaronson’s Education

• Michigan State University

  Ph.D. , Physics , 2002 — 2008

  Recipient, College of Natural Science Fellowship. M.S. in Physics, December 2003. M.S. in Electrical Engineering, May 2006. Dissertation titled "Matters Affecting Sound Localization in Diverse Environments." Published in J. Acoust. Soc. Am., March 2006. Additional publication currently in review.

  Activities and Societies:

  Physics Department Choir (founder and musical director), Department of Physics & Astronomy Recruitment Committee, Department of Physics & Astronomy Ad-hoc Committee

• The College of New Jersey

  B.S. , Physics , 1998 — 2002

  Graduated Summa Cum Laude. Armstrong Scholarship, 1998. Edward J. Bloustein Distinguished Scholar, 1998. Hank-Moses-Pregger Award for Excellence in the Study of Physics, 2002.
  
  Worked as physics departmental tutor, 2000-2002. Published work in physics in College of New Jersey Journal of Student Scholarship in both 2001 and 2002.
  
  Lead violist in symphony orchestra, 1999-2002. President of TCNJ chapter of Aikido Kokikai, 2000-2002, renewed college funding of the organization and increased membership. Member of search committee for new dean of the school of Arts, Music, and Communication.

  Activities and Societies:

  College Chorale, Symphony Orchestra, Opera Orchestra, Aikido Club, Physics Club, the Trentones College A Cappella (founder and musical director), Jo and the Boys Contemporary String Quintet, The Guys Contemporary Barbershop Quartet, Sigma Pi Sigma Physics Honor Society.

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