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MICHAEL BUKSAS
Los Alamos, New Mexico

SUMMARY
A software engineer with ten years experience developing high-performance science applications in C++. PhD in applied mathematics studying optimization, numerical analysis and mathematical modeling. Obsessive about improving software through continuous education, best practices and new technology. My LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelbuksas

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory	January 2009
Staff Scientist
Currently involved in two new projects Construction of software infrastructure for testing satellite flight software Developing GUI interfaces for code to identify objects in radiographic images

SKILLS
12 years of C++ software development 7 years of Python software development Objected-Oriented software design and construction Multi-language development, including FORTRAN/C++. Multi-platform code deployment and support. Mathematical modeling for physical problems. Algorithm development.

EDUCATION
North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC, September 1993 - October 1998
PhD in Mathematics, 4.0 Grade Point Average

AWARDS AND HONORS
Two LAAP (Los Alamos Award Program) awards for exceptional job performance. Defense Program Award of Excellence in 2005 for contributions to the Stockpile Stewardship Program.

TRAINING
"Software Project Management Boot Camp" by Steve Tockey of Construx Software "C++ Stroustrop and Sutter" at SD West

INTERESTS
Investigating functional programming languages for parallel and concurrent applications. Developing tools for software developers. E.g. Multiple build management and task scheduling. Continuous improvement of my software development skills.

PUBLICATIONS

V.A. Bokil and M.W. Buksas "Comparison of Finite Difference and Mixed Finite Elements for Perfectly Matched Layer Methods". Communications in Computational Physics 2007, vol. 2 no. 4 pp. 806-826

Densmore, J.D.; Urbatsch, T.J.; Evans, T.M.; Buksas, M.W. "A hybrid transport-diffusion method for Monte Carlo radiative-transfer simulations," Source: Journal of Computational Physics; 20 March 2007; vol.222, no.2, p.485-503.

Densmore, J.D.; Evans, T.M.; Buksas, M.W. "Discrete diffusion Monte Carlo for XY adaptive mesh refinement-style meshes" Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; 2006; vol.95, p.541-4.

M. W. Buksas. "Implementing the perfectly matched layer absorbing boundary condition with mimetic differencing schemes". In F. L. Teixeira, editor, Geometric Methods for Computational Electromagnetics, number 32 in Progress in Electromagnetic Research Series. EMW Publishing, Cambridge, Mass., 2001.

H. T. Banks and M. W. Buksas. "A semigroup formulation for electromagnetic waves in dispersive dielectric media". College de France Series on Partial Differential Equations and their Applications, 2000.

H. T. Banks, M. W. Buksas, and T. Lin. "Electromagnetic Material Interrogation Using Conductive Interfaces and Acoustic Wavefronts". Frontiers in Applied Mathematics. SIAM, Philadelphia, PA., 2000.

H. T. Banks, M. W. Buksas, and Y. Wang. "A time domain formulation for identification in electromagnetic dispersion". Journal of Math. Systems, Estimation and Control, 8:257-260, 1998.

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