Charles Camp

National Science Foundation Teaching Fellow

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Bethesda, Maryland, United States

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About me
Project Leader, Electrical Engineer at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
Education
- University of Maryland College Park
  2003 - 2005
  Master of Science (M.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  Specialization: ElectrophysicsThesis Advisors: Prof. Julius Goldhar and Dr. Christopher Richardson (DoD)Thesis: "Patterned Active Region Multimode Switches for Optical Thresholding: Theory and Simulation"
- University of Maryland College Park
  1999 - 2003
  Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  Honors Thesis Advisor: Prof. Julius Goldhar
- Georgia Institute of Technology
  2005 - 2011
  Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  Activities and Societies: Tae Kwon Do Club Dissertation Advisor: Prof. Ali AdibiTechnical Interest Group (TIG): Optics and PhotonicsMinor TIGs: Bioengineering, Microelectronics, and ElectromagneticsMinor: Chemistry (Physical, Analytical, Biochemistry)Dissertation: "Label-Free Flow Cytometry Using Multiplex Coherent Anti-Stokes Raman Scattering (MCARS) Spectroscopy"
Experience
- University of Maryland
  Jan 2001 - Jan 2002
  National Science Foundation Teaching Fellow
  Introduced 36 first-year engineering students (per semester) to the various fields of engineering through lectures, team-building exercises, and exams.
- University of Maryland
  Aug 2003 - Aug 2005
  Graduate Research Assistant
  * Designed a new class of optical devices for use in all-optical switching and thresholding: patterned active region multimode switches (PARMS).* Created a robust software package in MATLAB for the analysis of semiconductor waveguides with non-linearities.
- Georgia Institute of Technology
  Aug 2005 - May 2006
  Graduate Teaching Assistant
  * Conducted laboratory lectures and demonstrations, graded lab reports and homeworks, and held office hours for the course Introduction to Signal Processing.* Assisted with course lectures, graded homeworks, and proctored exams for the Senior course Laser Theory and Applications (awarded university-wide Georgia Tech Outstanding Teaching Assistant Award).
- Georgia Institute of Technology
  Jan 2009 - Aug 2011
  * Developed the first label-free flow cytometer using multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (MCARS) for biological and material analysis.* Coordinated and authored several grant proposals for submission to the National Institute of Health (NIH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF).* Constructed the first interferometric multiplex coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (iMCARS) system using photonic crystal fiber laser source.* Established the first biophotonics research program within the Photonics Research Group. Show less
  - Graduate Research Assistant
    Aug 2005 - Aug 2011
  - Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) Mentor
    Jan 2009 - Jan 2009
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
  Aug 2011 - now
  * Developed the world’s fastest broadband coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (BCARS) microscope for label-free, functional imaging for use as a NIST divisional core imaging technology.* Investigating the application of BCARS imaging to attack significant questions in tissue engineering, biology, and medicine in collaboration with experts across technical disciplines.* Developing software tools for bioinformatics, hyperspectral imaging, image processing, and electromagnetic simulations. Show less
  - Project Leader, Electrical Engineer
    Nov 2019 - now
  - Electrical Engineer
    Aug 2013 - Nov 2019
  - National Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow
    Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
Licenses & Certifications
- Neural Networks and Deep Learning
  Coursera
  Sept 2018
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- Improving Deep Neural Networks: Hyperparameter tuning, Regularization and Optimization
  Coursera
  Oct 2018
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