1. APRIL BYRNE
aprilmbyrne@gmail.com § (239) 273 - 2746 § 16501 NE 33rd Ct, aptYY304 Redmond, WA 98052
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/aprilmbyrne
SUMMARY
• Experience in device testing techniques, acquired through development of novel sensing devices
• Knowledge of piezoelectric materials, gained through internship with ultrasound company and theo-
retical study for Master’s thesis
• Ability to work on multidisciplinary team, demonstrated by work with physicists, chemists, software
developers, and electrical engineers
EDUCATION
Master’s Degree in Physics May 2017
Fisk University
Thesis: A Biochemical Sensor Based on Piezoelectric Nanofiber Resonance
Graduate coursework taken at Vanderbilt University
Bachelor of Science in Physics and Computer Science May 2015
Florida State University
Dual Degree with Honors in the Major (Physics)
RESEARCH
Fisk University Aug 2015 - present
Research Assistant Nashville, TN
· Worked on proposed nanofiber device to sense harmful chemical agents through mass changes, similar
to quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) system
· Conducted electrical resonance measurements to characterize known piezoceramic device
· Developed measurement technique using lock-in amplifier to analyze resonance frequency of small-
signal device
· Used lithography to fabricate device to detect change in resonance of nanofiber
· Presented technical talks and status updates to research partners at the Department of Defense
Edgewood Chemical and Biological Center
· Managed the Electronics and Sensors Laboratory in the Nanomaterials and Sensors Group
Condensed Matter and Materials Physics at FSU Aug 2014 - May 2015
Research Assistant Tallahassee, FL
· Refined a localized annealing technique to create Ohmic contacts for quantum-dot Hall devices
· Conducted electrical device measurements with AC and DC signals
· Created an analog thermocouple with cold junction compensation in order to measure variations in
temperature
· Wrote custom LabVIEW program to collect temperature profile data from analog thermocouple
· Defended thesis on ”Optimization of Local Annealing Processes in GaAs/AlGaAs Heterostructures
for Spintronic Applications”

2. RELEVANT SKILLS
Electrical device characterization Sputtering deposition Temperature profile measurements
Lithography soldering circuit design & analysis
optical microscopy scanning electron microscopy atomic force microscopy
C/C++, Python advanced shell scripting MATLAB, LabVIEW
INTERNSHIPS
FUJIFILM SonoSite May 2016 - August 2016
FPGA Engineering Intern Redmond, WA
· Rewrote 12 Silicon Engineering tools in Python with object-oriented design, including tools to launch
grid jobs and generate online code coverage reports
· Created monitoring system that handles 100 regression tests daily, with each test running up to 200
or more testcases for hardware testing
Raytheon Missile Systems May 2014 - Aug 2014
Systems Engineering Intern Tucson, AZ
· Worked with team of 14 electrical engineers to achieve program milestone of releasing embedded
software Build 5.0
· Implemented custom software algorithm to create separate prelaunch and postlaunch telemetry streams
GE Healthcare May 2013 - Aug 2013
Engineering Intern Milwaukee, WI
· Analyzed hardware performance counter data and processor interconnect data to determine the opti-
mal resource conguration for GPU throughput
· Designed and implemented experiments on a high-performance server system
LEADERSHIP AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Materials Research Society Aug 2016 - May 2017
Vanderbilt Chapter Secretary Nashville, TN
· Coordinated events such as Chemistry Day and Nanoday at the Adventure Science Center
· Coordinated with other execute board members to increase recruitment in the Materials department
Association for Computing Machinery - Women Aug 2011 - May 2014
FSU Chapter President Tallahassee, FL
· Presented workshops and technical talks to ACM and ACM-W members
· Proctored programming contests
Ability1st Jan 2010 - May 2015
Assistant Project Manager Tallahassee, FL
· Directed crew of up to 15 people in building ramps for disabled residents
· Led safety demonstrations for new crew members
· Volunteered 120+ hours of service