Aaron Denney

Aaron Denney has a long history of work experience in software development, system administration, and research. Aaron began their career in 1997 as a Sysadmin for an undergraduate-run computer cluster at the California Institute of Technology, where they maintained an integrated cluster of 35 HP 9000s700, Linux/ia32, and SGI workstations with over 1000 users. In 1999, they took a role as a Kernel Intern at Sun Microsystems, where they examined high latency of pipes under SunOS, implemented a prototype of a new system call method, and wrote an MDB debugger module to examine x86 page tables and related registers. Aaron then moved to Fulcrum Microsystems in 2000, where they worked as a CAD Software Developer, porting a digital circuit simulator from C to Java, maintaining a parser for a proprietary Hardware Description Language, and maintaining a layout vs schematic tool. From 2003 to 2012, they worked as a PhD Graduate Student at the University of New Mexico, where they oversaw introductory lab sections for a freshman physics course, gave mini-lectures explaining physical principles and goals of lab, and graded homework and lab experiments. Finally, they worked as a Software Developer at Applied Minds from 2012 to 2014, and again at Applied Invention from 2014 to the present.

Aaron Denney received their Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Physics from Caltech between 1995 and 2000. Aaron then went on to The University of New Mexico, where they earned their Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Physics in 2012.