Julia Adams Liakhova
7169 Arbor Glen Drive
Eden Prairie, MN 55346-3113
(952)402-7591 (w)
liak0001@umn.edu, Julia.Liakhova@Seagate.com, jliakhova@gmail.com
Objective
An intellectually challenging position in R&D that utilizes my strong analytical skills, mathematical modeling knowledge, and extensive technology experience, that would also offer me the possibility of moving to a corporate finance/business development position in December 2008, when I finish my MBA.
Education
- PT MBA program, January 2005 -- present, Finance portfolio, Carlson School of Management, University of Minnesota.
- Ph.D. in Mathematics, December 1999, emphasis in Applied
and Industrial Mathematics, minor in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics,
University of Minnesota;
- ADVISER: Mitchell Luskin
- THESIS TITLE: `A Theory of Magnetostrictive Thin Films with Applications.''
- M.S. in Mathematics, July 1997, emphasis in Applied and
Industrial Mathematics, minor in Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics, University of Minnesota;
- ADVISER: Mitchell Luskin
- INDUSTRY ADVISER: Cynthia T. Clague
- THESIS TITLE:
``Modelling the Steady State Blood Flow over Bumps in a Blood Pump.''
- Diploma with honors in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science, June 1992,
emphasis in Numerical Analysis, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia.
Professional/Research Experience
- 11/2001 - present, Seagate Technology
Staff Development Engineer
- I am currently one of key contributors to the CSPM project, responsible for ideas and modeling
of fundamental function and technology optimization.
- Supplied ideas and conducted simulations that were instrumental in designing servo-writing optimized longitudinal and perpendicular writers for MDW, capable of serving several generations of products.
- Participated in several product troubleshooting missions.
- Analyzed servo performance sensitivity to various system parameters. Gave system design recommendations.
- Developed approaches to proper modeling of perpendicular servo-writing processes
by adapting Jim Miles' micromagnetic package for our purposes.
- 4/2000 - 11/2001, Seagate Technology
Senior Development Advisory Engineer
- Developed approaches to modeling of various servo-writing processes by modifying
internal micromagnetic software and writing my own postprocessing routines.
- Obtained recording density servo performance trends for longitudinal recording and
correlated them with experimental data.
- Evaluated alternative approaches to servo-writing, such as various kinds
of servo-patterned media and contact printing.
- 1/1997 - 12/1999, University of Minnesota
Research Assistant:
- Developed and analyzed a 2-D mathematical model for
thin magnetostrictive films.
- Developed applications for some ferromagnetic shape-memory
alloys that can be a basis for microactuators driven
exclusively by external magnetic field.
- 6/1996 - 9/1996, Medtronic Inc.
Intern:
- Developed a mathematical model for the effects on the
steady state blood flow within a blood pump of bumps on
the moving rims of rotating parts of the pump.
- Found out which types of bumps are ``acceptable'' and which ones
are not using the standard technique of perturbation of the boundary.
Publications
- ``Computational Modeling of Ferromagnetic Shape Memory Thin Films'', J. Liakhova, M. Luskin, T. Zhang.
In "Ferroelectrics", Taylor & Francis, vol. 342/2006, pp. 73-82.
- ``Patterning of Magnetic Media via Contact Printing with High Saturation Magnetization,
High Permeability Stamper'', with other Seagate co-inventors.
Patent was filed on March 9, 2001. Application number 60/274,386.
Teaching Experience (University of Minnesota)
- 1/2000 - 5/2000
Visiting Assistant Professor teaching Short Calculus.
- 9/1999 - 5/2000
Grader for Numerical Analysis and Scientific
Computing (graduate level).
- 9/1993 - 12/1996
Teaching Assistant: Conducted recitation
sessions for undergraduate courses in first- and second-year Calculus, Short Calculus,
and Precalculus.
- Summer 1995
Lecturer for Single-variable Calculus.
Other Relevant Experience
- Summer Fellowship, University of Minnesota, 1994.
- An offer of a summer research grant from Clay Mathematics Institute Liftoff Program, which I had to decline in order to accept a position at Seagate.
- Computer Skills:
- PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES: : C/C++, Fortran, OMP, Java, HPF, MPI, Pascal.
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- OPERATING SYSTEMS::
UNIX ("power user" level), MS DOS, Windows (NT, XP, 98).
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- SOFTWARE::
Matlab, Microsoft Office, Minitab, Maple, XFIG, LATEX, HTML.
- Languages: English (fluent), Russian (native), French (reading).
References: available upon request.