Steven Gronstal A Professional Prospectus Omaha NE Early

Steven Gronstal A Professional Prospectus

Omaha, NE

Early Interests • Weather – Witnessed a funnel develop & touch down at age 4. • Computers – Cracked my first program at age 10. • Door-to-Door Sales – Self-funded most Boy Scout adventures.

Central High School • Summer Program - UNO Aviation Institute – “Your teaching him to fly before he learns to drive? Isn’t that a little half-ass backwards!” • Mathematics – Finished Calculus 1 & 2 before leaving HS. • Marketing – Distributed Education Clubs of America.

School Search • Jesuit Institutions: – Creighton University, Omaha, NE – Regis University, Denver, CO – Rockhurst University, Kansas City, MO – Loyola University, Chicago, IL • Other Institutions: – Iowa State, Ames, IA – Notre Dame, South Bend, IN

Creighton University What to Study? • Mathematics!!! • Economics? • Physics?

The Real World “Why, oh why didn’t I take the blue pill? !? !” • Job Experiences: – Creighton Janitor - 5 yrs – All-State Emergency Road Service Dispatcher – 6 months – Local Cell Phone & Pager Activations Line – 3 months – BCBS Health Insurance Customer Service – 3 months – Marlboro Miles Customer Service– 3 months – Direct TV Technical Support – 9 months – Amoco Gas Station Attendant – 6 months – Security Guard – 3 months – Citibank Credit Application Processor – 6 months – Cruise Travel Guide Salesman – 3 months • What am I qualified for? – More School – Radio Shack!

More Schooling • Computer Programming –C – C++ – COBOL – Visual Basic 6. 0 – UNIX – PC Care, Maintenance, & Repairs – Database Operations – Electronics

Radio Shack • Recognitions: – One of the Best Salesmen in Omaha – Acting Assistant Manager • Benefits: – Time off to play Poker – Sexy coworkers • Drawbacks: – – Unstable Money No Benefits Too many hours I was living at home Head to Grad School!!!!!

Brookhaven National Lab

The STAR Experiment

Time Projection Chamber

The Electromagnetic Calorimeters

My Work & Star

Graduation!!! • Now What? ? – Search for a job – Search for a job

Metropolitan Community College • Science Lab Coordinator: SOC FOC EVC

Metropolitan Community College • Adjunct Faculty: – General Physics – Beginning Algebra, Part 1 & 2 – Accelerated Beginning Algebra – Intermediate Algebra – College Algebra – Introduction to Science

Where’s the Cream Filling? • Good Job – Excellent Pay – Excellent Benefits – Excellent Co-workers • Needed More!!!

Mental Stimulation • More Courses – Java, VB. NET, SQL, Networking, – Energy Systems • University of Nebraska, Omaha – Combinatorics – Probability Modeling – Coding Theory • Worked on independent project for Dr. Rykov

Back To Grad School • My Strengths: – Excellent of understanding complex Mathematics. – Capable computer programmer. – Solid understand of physical processes. • Potential Areas – – Physics? Mathematical Physics? Statistics? Atmospheric Science?

Arlen Huggins • Education – B. S. 1969 Kansas State University Physics – Graduate Study 1972 -75 Colorado State University Atmospheric Science • Professional Experience: – 1987 - Present Associate Research Scientist, Desert Research Institute, Division of Atmospheric Sciences, Reno, Nevada – 1979 - 1987 Research Meteorologist/Principal Investigator, Sierra Cooperative Pilot Project (SCPP), Electronic Techniques, Inc. , Fort Collins, Colorado – 1975 - 1979 Support Scientist, National Hail Research Experiment (NHRE), National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, Colorado – 1972 - 1975 Graduate Research Assistant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins

My Project Model the Plume dispersion of cloud seeding materials to help verify transport. Funded By the State of Nevada

My Future • Ph. D. !!!!!! – Specializing in What? • Continued Research • Teaching