TIMOTHY W. KOETH                                                                       

55 Sharon Road, Apartment B4, Robbinsville, New Jersey, 08691 • (609) 208-0353         

 

OBJECTIVE        To continue my education so as to maximize my career’s contribution to Physics.

 

EDUCATION      Rutgers University - Rutgers College - New Brunswick, New Jersey

                              B.S. in Physics, August 1997

 

EXPERIENCE            Rutgers University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Piscataway, New Jersey

                                 Junior Physicist, December 1998 – Present

                                   • R&D of CVD Diamond particle detectors

                                   • Characterization of diamonds at FNAL and CERN test beams

                                   • LHC’s CMS Si/diamond Forward Pixel Detector development 

                                         • Design of test beam Particle Detector Tracker Assembly

Rutgers University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Piscataway, New Jersey

   Primary Designer (personal pursuit), January 1998 – Present

     • Design, construction, and operation of 12-inch, 1-MeV research cyclotron

     • Studies of RF-beam loading effects, HOM RF BPM

     • Incorporation of cyclotron into upper level Modern Physics Lab course     

Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Batavia, Illinois

                                 RF Accelerator Engineer, March 1998 – December 1998

                                   • Intricate system design decision responsibilities

     • Computer Aided Modeling of RF structures

                                   • Design and testing of Super Conducting RF Cavities

                                   • Overseer for industry component production

Rutgers University Radiation, Health and Safety Department, REHS

                              Piscataway, New Jersey

                                  Assistant Health Physicist, May 1997 – March 1998

                             • Internal inspection and enforcement of NRC and NJDEP codes and regulations

     • Radiation Safety Training instructor

                             • Design and construction of specialized radiation survey equipment

                             • Maintenance and Calibration of all University radiological detection equipment

Rutgers University, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Piscataway, New Jersey

                                 Student Research Assistant, September 1995 - May 1997

                                   • Senior student group leader of efforts to detect the Magnetic Monopole

                                   • Construction and repair of Particle Position Detector electronics at Fermilab

                                   • All phases of production and implementation of thermal expansion correction

                                    monitor for KTeV Drift Chambers

                                   • Calibration of amplifier system for a 180 element scintillation detector array

Physics Department Electronics Shop, Serin Labs, Piscataway, New Jersey

                                 Undergraduate Electronics Technician, October 1994 -  September 1995

                                   • Co-designer of power supplies for detector circuitry, FNAL and CEBAF

                                   • Testing, troubleshooting, and repair of detector electronics

 

SKILLS                      • Skilled in electronics – RF, analog, and high voltage

                              • CAD:Mechanical – Ideas 2D drafting, AutoCAD; Electronic - PADS

                              • Computer code simulation – URMEL Code and P-SPICE

                              • Proficient machinist

                              • Posses FCC Extra Class amateur radio license, N2LPN     

 

PERSONAL         President Emeritus and Tech-Advisor of Rutgers Amateur Radio Club, WA2NPP

INTERESTS        QuarkNET Program as well as general public science education

Philosophy, Classical Music, Outdoor Sports and Activities

 

PUBLICATIONS

 

DEVELOPMENT OF DIAMOND TRACKING DETECTORS FOR HIGH LUMINOSITY EXPERIMENTS AT THE LHC.

By RD42 Collaboration (W. Adam et al.). CERN-LHCC-2000-011, Jan 2000. 21pp.

 

PERFORMANCE OF IRRADIATED CVD DIAMOND MICRO-STRIP SENSORS.

By RD42 Collaboration (w. Adam et al.) CERN-EP-2000-115, Aug 2000. 9pp.

 

MICRO-STRIP SENSORS BASED ON CVD DIAMOND.

By RD42 Collaboration (w. Adam et al.) CERN-EP-2000-041, Mar 2000. 10pp.

 

SUPERCONDUCTING RF CAVITY R&D FOR A SEPARATED KAON BEAM AT FERMILAB.

      By T. Koeth, IEEE Proceedings of the 1999 Particle Accelerator Conference, p995

 

AN RF SEPARATED KAON BEAM FROM THE MAIN INJECTOR : SUPERCONDUCTING

ASPECTS.
By J.D. Fuerst et al. FERMILAB-TM-2060, Nov 1998. 111pp

 

AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM TO STUDY CP VIOLATION AND SEARCH FOR CPT VIOLATION IN THE K(L) ---> K(S) SYSTEM.
By C. Bhat, et al. FERMILAB-P-0894, Apr 1998. 48pp.