I'm an engineer and a teacher. I enjoy analyzing complex systems and communicating how these things work to other people.

Engineer @ Design, modeling, and analysis of physical and electronic systems. From July 2013 to April 2015 (1 year 10 months) San Francisco Bay AreaFinancial Analyst @ Tracking the current financial position of the company, and modeling how future variables and decisions will affect the company. From June 2012 to June 2013 (1 year 1 month) Analyst @ I model the performance of solar power plants. From October 2011 to June 2012 (9 months) San Francisco Bay AreaTeaching Assistant @ Prepare and lead discussion sections for introductory physics courses; hold tutoring hours; lead review sessions; write homework and exam solutions. From September 2010 to September 2011 (1 year 1 month) NUF Student Researcher @ Assisted in the characterization of a Czerny-Turner spectrometer. Wrote MATLAB programs to automate signal decomposition from spectrometer images. From June 2010 to August 2010 (3 months) Undergraduate Researcher @ Formulated and conducted experiments on through-flow and heat transfer characteristics of newly developed porous materials. From June 2009 to August 2009 (3 months) Research Assistant @ Designed and built a diffraction limited spot projector for use in the characterization of an optical sensor and navigation system of a proposed space telescope. From June 2008 to March 2009 (10 months)

Master of Science, Mechanical Engineering @ Stanford University From 2010 to 2011 Bachelor of Science, Engineering Physics @ Stanford University From 2006 to 2011 Mark Frichtl is skilled in: Matlab, Labview, Java, Engineering, Unix, Python, Data Analysis, Zemax, Physics, Modeling, Optics, SolidWorks, Characterization