Sharon L. Kotz
360 Huntington Ave
Boston, MA 02115
617-373-8297
kotz.s@husky.neu.edu
Education
Ph.D.; Mechanical Engineering; Northeastern University, Boston, MA (in progress)
Master of Engineering; Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering; Cornell University, Ithaca, NY; May
2009
BA; Astrophysics; Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA; May 2008
Research Interests
Microbattery electrode architectures
Directed assembly of nanoparticles
Experience
Research Assistant, Center for High-Rate Nanomanufacturing, Northeastern University, September
2010-present
Currently working on Carbon Nanotube Lithium Ion Microbattery Project
Masters Project, Microscale Infinite Impulse Spacecraft Group, Cornell University, September 2008May 2009
Worked with an interdisciplinary team of engineers toward designing a spacecraft on a chip
Teaching Assistant, Cornell Mechanical Engineering Department, Cornell University, January 2009May 2009
Taught a laboratory section for Mechanical Engineering 3260, System Dynamics
Supplemental Instruction Leader, Wellesley College Physics Department, August 2007-December 2007
Working with another physics major, led 1.5 hour review sessions for Physics 104, focusing on
effective ways of thinking through introductory physics problems
Disability Services Assistant, Wellesley College Disability Services, January 2007-May 2007
Assisted a blind student in her introductory electromagnetism and optics course
Department Tutor, Wellesley College Computer Science Department, September 2006-May 2007
Held drop-in tutoring hours for students taking the Computer Science Department’s MATLAB
programming course
Physics Assistant, Wellesley College Physics Department, September 2005-May 2007
Graded introductory physics homework for two professors
Skills
Micro/Nanofabrication
Directed assembly of nanoparticles
High resolution imaging using a scanning electron microscope
Certified SolidWorks Associate (Certificate ID: C-2KBJ53EZKC)
Experience programming in MATLAB and Simulink