Jonathan Knight Black
Graduate Research Assistant
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Graduate Research Assistant, Brigham Young University
May 2023 – Current
- Studying damping in PBF AM parts
Teaching Assistant, Brigham Young University
August 2022 – April 2023
- Held office hours to help teach undergraduate and graduate-level dynamic system modeling
Research Fellow, Los Alamos National Laboratory
June 2022 – August 2022
- Researched dynamic finite element updating of bolted joints with experimental modal analysis
Undergraduate Research Assistant, Brigham Young University
August 2022 – April 2023
- Studied neuromorphic nanostrand networks
- Developed GPU-accelerated software for simulating large nonlinear resistor networks
- Worked on a team to redesign and manufacture a pneumatically actuated joint for a soft robot
Programmer, Contracted
February 2016 - May 2022
- Dynamic website development
- Created the server-side and client-side programs and designed the user interface
Volunteer, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints – Pernambuco, Brazil
October 2017 - October 2019
- Maintained rigorous 60+ hour work weeks
- Led groups of 6 to 30, providing training, support, and supervision
Brigham Young University, Provo, UT
2016 - Present
- Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering (Expected April 2025)
- Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering (April 2023)
- Scholastic honors: magna cum laude (GPA: 3.99)