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Matthew Lichtenberger
7454 Hudson Park Drive • Hudson, OH • 44236 • United States of America
(330)-802-0207
mjlichtenberger@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2011-Present University of Arizona Tucson, AZ
B.S. in Astronomy and Physics
Advisors: Dr. John Bieging, Dr. Alex Cronin
Minor in Spanish
Advisor: Dr. Yadira Berigan
Minor in Mathematics
Advisor: Dr. Laurie Varecka
EXPERIENCE
2014 Intern, Rincon Research Corporation College Intern Program
Project Supervisor: Mr. Ervin Frazier
 Developed an analysis of a proposed mission involving a Cubesat, including optimization of orbital parameters based on the constraints of the hardware system and the science mission
 Part of a coordinated research effort with three other interns, leading to a final report combining each intern’s individual results into recommendations on the feasibility of mission goals
2013-2014 Intern, NASA Space Grant Internship
Project Mentor: Dr. Yancy Shirley
 Conducted research on possible sites of future star formation involving data taken with the Submillimeter Telescope
 Presented at the 2014 NASA Space Grant Arizona Statewide Symposium
2013-2014 Technology Officer, University of Arizona Astronomy Club
Club Advisor: Dr. Yancy Shirley
 Responsible for updating and maintaining the University of Arizona Astronomy Club website, including posting notes summarizing the content of weekly meetings and updating links to academic resources
2013 Member, University of Arizona Astronomy Club Exoplanet Project
Advisor: Mr. Jake Turner
 Analyzed observations of an exoplanet system with the goal of constraining system parameters

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2012-2013 Member, University of Arizona Astronomy Club Radio Project
Advisor: Dr. Yancy Shirley
 Assisted with on-site data reduction of observations at the 12 Meter Telescope on Kitt Peak
AWARDS
2014 Academic Distinction, College of Science, University of Arizona
2014 Gregson Scholarship in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Arizona
2014 Glenn C. Purviance Scholarship in Physics, Department of Physics, University of Arizona
2014 Lucas Scholarship, Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
2014 Galileo Circle Scholarship, College of Science, University of Arizona
2013 Academic Distinction, College of Science, University of Arizona
2013 Galileo Circle Scholarship, College of Science, University of Arizona
2013 First Level Honors, Honors College, University of Arizona
2012 Dean’s List with Distinction, College of Science, University of Arizona
2009-2011 Member, National Honor Society, Hudson High School
2010 National Merit Commended Scholar
2010 Rotary Youth Leadership Awards (RYLA) Participant
Camp Leader: Mr. Marc West, Baldwin Wallace
COMPUTING SKILLS
 Completed two courses taught using the C programming language, PHYS 105A: Introduction to Scientific Computing and PHYS 305: Computational Physics, with a final grade of “A” in each, as well as writing programs for multiple physics classes
 Extensive experience with Microsoft Excel, including working with large data sets, performing statistical analyses, and developing text- and logic-based routines
 Have worked with IRAF, a data reduction package produced by NOAO, the Igor Pro data analysis suite, Visual Basic, and IDL in a graphic-display capacity

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 Experience with Super Mongo, a plotting package, and CLASS, a data reduction package produced by GILDAS, as part of the research done for the NASA Space Grant program
 Maintained the University of Arizona Astronomy Club website and gained a working knowledge of HTML
 Experience with specialized software:
 Prop Lab Pro, an antenna propagation simulation program
 GMAT, an open-source orbital simulation program
 STK, an orbital and communications simulation program produced by Analytical Graphics, Inc.