Alumni

This page is dedicated to all of the graduates from the East Tennessee State University Department of Physics and Astronomy. If you have ever wondered where or what our graduates do after graduation this is the place to find out. Below you will find an alphabetical listing of past graduates. If you are thinking of majoring in Physics then this is an excellent way to see where you can go and what you can do with a Physics degree.

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If you are a graduate of the ETSU Department of Physics and Astronomy and you would like to be listed on this page or would like the information currently listed about you to be updated, or if you have information on anyone that is currently listed please email Dr. Beverly Smith.

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Rachel I. Baker (now Horn) (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2005
Current Location:
Current Status: Physics Teacher at Daniel Boone High School in Washington County Tennessee
Other Degrees: M.S. in Education, ETSU (2009).
E-mail: rachel.iva@gmail.com
URL: http://students.etsu.edu/ZRIH1/index.htm

Brett Bailey (B.S. Physics and Chemistry - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2011
Current Location:
Current Status:

Nathan J. Bailey (B.S. Physics, Chemistry, and Philosophy - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2004
Current Location: Nashville TN
Current Status: Registered Patent Attorney, Waddey & Patterson, P.C.
Other Degrees: M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Southern Illinois University Carbondale (2007); J.D., Southern Illinois University School of Law (2007)
E-mail: njbailey@yahoo.com

NEW! Kyle Barnes (B.S. Physics and Geology--ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status: In Fall 2012, will be attending graduate school in Geophysics at the University of Texas El Paso
E-mail:

Jason Beaulieu (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location: Johnson City TN
Current Status: Works at OSIsoft Corporation.
Other degrees: M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech
E-mail: jason86@vt.edu

David Begley (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2008
Current Location: Colorado
Current Status: Graduate student in Civil Engineering at the Colorado School of Mines
E-mail: David.Begley@ymail.com

NEW! Laura Buchanan (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Other Degrees:
E-mail: zlab42@goldmail.etsu.edu

John Burdette (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2011
Current Location: University of Florida Gainesville
Current Status: Graduate student in Material Science
Other Degrees:
E-mail: burdettj@goldmail.etsu.edu

Tommy Byrd (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2008
Current Location: College of William and Mary in Virginia.
Current Status: Graduate school in Physics
E-mail: tabyrd@wm.edu

NEW! Jake Carr (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status:
E-mail:

David Christopher Carver (B.S. Physics, B.S. History - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2009
Current Location:
Current Status:
Other Degrees: *NEW!* M.D. from Quillen Medical School, ETSU (2013)
E-mail: zdcc21@goldmail.etsu.edu

David Chamberlin-Long (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2002
Current Location: Laurel Maryland
Current Status: Works at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab
Other Degrees: M.S. in Applied Physics from Virginia Tech
E-mail: david.chamberlin-long@jhuapl.edu

Clayton Clark (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2001
Current Location: Murfreesboro TN
Current Status: Mathematics Instructor, Middle Tennessee State University
Other Degrees: M.S. Math, ETSU, 2005.
E-mail: claytonclark@gmail.com,cjclark@mtsu.edu

Kevin Crowe (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1996
Current Location: Elizabethton TN
Current Status: Business Analyst, Dentsply, Johnson City TN
E-mail: Kevin.Crowe@dentsply.com

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Philip Davis (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation : 2005
Current Location: East Tennessee State University
Current Status: Graduate Student in Mathematics
Other Degrees: M.S. Education, Milligan College, 2008.
E-mail: zphd1@goldmail.etsu.edu

Jesse Delatte (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location: China
Current Status: Teaching English in China
E-mail:

Walter Ryan Deskins (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2008
Current Location: Near Orlando, Florida
Current Status: Course director of Physical Science at Full Sail University
Other Degrees: M.S. in Physics, Florida State University, 2009
E-mail:

Benjamin Dykes (B.S. Physics-ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status:
E-mail:

Wyatt Desormeaux (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation:
1993 Current Location: South Africa
Current Status: Graduate Student in Mathematics at University of Johannesburgh
Other Degrees: M.S. in Mathematics, East Tennessee State University, 2008.
E-mail: mistraldes@gmail.com

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Wes Erbsen (B.S. Physics-ETSU
Date of Graduation: 2008
Current Location:
Current Status:
Physics Dept at Kansas State University
E-mail: werbsen@gmail.com

Coral Franklin (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2011
Current Location: University of Tennessee Space Institute
Current Status: Graduate student in Aviation Systems
Other Degrees:
E-mail: zrcl9@goldmail.etsu.edu

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Thomas Gemmer (B.S Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location: NEW! North Carolina State University
Current Status:Graduate student in Aeronautical Engineering
E-mail: tom.gemmer@gmail.com

Sharon Gray (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2009
Current Location: Tullahoma TN
Current Status: Graduate Student in Material Science and Engineering, University of Tenessee Space Institute
E-mail: zskg25@goldmail.etsu.edu

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Daniel Hall (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2003
Current Location: Chantilly Virginia.
Current Status: System Engineer for Lockheed Martin.
E-mail: zjdhall@gmail.com

David Haefner (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2004
Current Location: University of Central Florida
Current Status:
Other Degrees: Ph.D. in Optics, University of Central Florida, 2010.
E-mail: DHaefner@creol.ucf.edu

Brian Heaton (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1996
Current Location: Tennessee
Current Status: Works at Nuclear Fuels
E-mail:

Alfred Hopkins (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location:
Current Status:
E-mail:

Mike Houchins (B.S. Physics- ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2001
Current Location: North Carolina
Current Status: Works at Liquidia, a nanotechnology company.
Other Degrees: M.S. Material Science, Clemson University, 2006.
E-mail: mikehouchins@gmail.com

Sabrina Hurlock (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location: Tullahoma TN
Current Status: Graduate Student in Engineering Science, University of Tennessee Space Institute
E-mail: sabrinahurlock@hotmail.com

Chad Huffman (B.S. Physics- ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2004
Current Location: Johnson City TN
Current Status:
E-mail: thekreme@juno.com

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Randy Keeling (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2001
Current Location: Atlanta Georgia
Current Status: Algorithms Engineer for Ventyx (which is in the process of being bought by ABB)
Other Degrees: M.S. from ETSU
E-mail: randykeeling@gmail.com

Omar Khan (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2004
Current Location: Medical Resident, ETSU Medical School, Department of Pathology
Current Status: Resident in Pathology
Other Degrees: M.D. from Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland 2011
E-mail: khan01@etsu.edu

Joshua Kindle (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status:
Other Degrees:
E-mail:

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Ryen Lapham (B.S. Physics, B. S. Math - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2011
Current Location: New Mexico Tech
Current Status: Graduate Student in Physics and Astronomy
Other Degrees:
E-mail: zrcl9@goldmail.etsu.edu

Scott LaVoie (B.S. Physics- ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1999
Current Location: Washington County Department of Education
Current Status: High School Mathematics Instructor
Other Degrees: M.S. Math, ETSU 2003
E-mail: lavoiemath@comcast.net

Eric Lingerfelt (B.S. Physics, B.S. Math - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1998
Current Location: Oak Ridge Tennessee
Current Status: Software Engineer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Other Degrees: MS in Physics from Univ. of Tennessee, 2002
E-mail: lingerfeltej@ornl.gov

Qiongge Li (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location:
Current Status: NEW! Graduate student in Medical Physics at Duke University
E-mail:

Brandon Little (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2009
Current Location: Erwin Tennessee
Current Status: Health Physicist at Nuclear Fuel Services
E-mail: bwlittle@nuclearfuelservices.com

Sean Mathews (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2006
Current Location: Texas
Current Status: Medical Physicist at the Baylor Health Care System in Dallas Texas.
Other Degrees: M.S. in Medical Physics from the University of Kentucky, 2009.
E-mail: mathews.sean@gmail.com

Trisha Massenzo (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2011
Current Location: Virginia Commonwealth University
Current Status: Graduate student in Biomedical Engineering
Other Degrees:
E-mail: ztjm25@goldmail.etsu.edu

David McAllister (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2002
Current Location: Knoxville TN.
Current Status: Employed at Nova, Inc., Knoxville TN.
E-mail:

Rick McGill (B.S. Physics - ETSU) >
Date of Graduation: 1996
Current Location: Kingsport Tennessee
Current Status: Principal Physicist, Eastman Chemical Company
E-mail:rlmcgill@eastman.com

Amanda Moffett (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2006
Current Location: Chapel Hill North Carolina
Current Status: Graduate Student in Astronomy at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill.
E-mail: moffamanda@gmail.com

Rachel Miller (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2009
Current Location: Brekenridge, Colorado
Other Degrees: M.S. in Physics, University of Tennessee, 2010
E-mail:

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Jason Osborne (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1999
Current Location: Boston Massachusetts
Current Status: Instructor in the Mathematics Department at Boston University
Other Degrees: Ph.D. Math, North Carolina State University, 2007
E-mail: josborne@bu.edu
URL: http://math.bu.edu/people/josborne/

Daniel Phillips (B.S. Physics, B. S. Biology - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location:
Current Status: Graduate student in Microbiology at the University of Maryland in Baltimore
E-mail:

NEW! Aaron Ross Ponder (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status:
E-mail: zarp17@goldmail.etsu.edu

Charles Scott Price (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2009
Current Location: Knoxville TN
Current Status: Radiological Engineer at Safety and Ecology Corporation in Knoxville TN.
E-mail: csprice82@gmail.com

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James Qualls (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2007
Current Location: Morristown Tennessee
Current Status: Information Technology/Network Technician at Rogers Petroleum
E-mail: zjpq1@goldmail.etsu.edu

Jeremy Qualls (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1994
Current Location: California
Current Status: Assistant Professor in Physics and Astronomy Department at Sonoma State University, California
Other Degrees: Ph.D. in Physics from Florida State University, 1999
E-mail: quallsj@sonoma.edu
URL: http://www.phys-astro.sonoma.edu/people/faculty/qualls/

Jonathon Qualls (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2007
Current Location: Boone, N.C.
Current Status:
Other Degrees: M.S. degree in Engineering Physics from Appalachian State University
E-mail: quallsjm@appstate.edu

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Moises Serrano (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2005
Current Location:
Current Status: Graduate Student in the Biomedical Science program at ETSU
NEW! Read the article about his Ph.D. research in the Fall 2012 Issue of the ETSU Illuminated Magazine
E-mail:

Cameron Shawver (B.S. Physics, B.S. Chemistry - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2009
Current Location: Lincoln Memorial University
Current Status: Medical student
E-mail:

David Simpson (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2007
Current Location: Pennsylvania
Current Status: Graduate student in Physics at Penn State.
E-mail: tertsu@gmail.com

Twyla Smith (now Hall) (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2003
Current Location: McLean VA
Current Status: Now working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Senior Engineering Consultant
Other Degrees: M.S. in Aerospace Engineering, Virginia Tech, 2006; M.B.A. at The George Washington University, 2010
E-mail: twylag81@hotmail.com

Kristin Stone (now Holmes) (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2005
Current Location: Virginia
Current Status: Works for the U.S. Navy.
Graduate student in Computational Sciences and Informatics at George Mason University.
Other Degrees: M.S. in Mathematics, ETSU, 2009.
E-mail: kristoni@gmail.com

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James Tittle (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 1976
Current Location:
Current Status:
Other Degrees: M.S. in Chemistry, ETSU, 2000.
E-mail: pkem2@yahoo.com

Weisong Tu (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2010
Current Location: Knoxville TN
Current Status: Graduate student in Physics at the University of Tennessee
E-mail:

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Jason Watts (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2001
Current Location: Nuclear Fuel Services, Erwin TN
Current Status: Nuclear Measurements Specialist/Health Physicist
E-mail: jasonhwatts@earthlink.net

Melvin Joseph Weatherly (B.S. Physics-ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location: Erwin TN
Current Status: Works at Nuclear Fuel Services
E-mail:

Jessica Webb (now Miller) (B.S. Physics-ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status: Now a teacher at Unicoi County High School starting Fall 2012
E-mail:

Jack West (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2002
Current Location: Appalachian State University, Department of Physics and Astronomy
Current Status: Grad student in Physics and Astronomy
E-mail: jackie.west@gmail.com

Nicholas Willis (B.S. Physics-ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2012
Current Location:
Current Status:
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Gabriel Zimmer (B.S. Physics - ETSU)
Date of Graduation: 2003
Current Location:
Current Status: E-mail:

Last modified: 1/7/2013 by B. Smith