Curriculum Vitae

David Kalliecharan

Research and Development Specialist
Physicist and Software developer that spans: embedded, data analysis, backend and frontend codebases. Halifax, NS

Education

PhD in Physics, Dalhousie University
MSc in Physics, Dalhousie University
BSc in Physics (Hons), Dalhousie University
BSc in Electronics Engineering Technology, DeVry Institute of Technolgy

Scholarships and awards

• Leiper Award 2019 — Presented to a graduate student with a special ability in pursuing a Graduate Degree in Physics.
• Nova Scotia Graduate Scholarship (NSGS) 2019 — 4 year scholarship to encourage exploration, discovery and innovation in research priority areas for Nova Scotia.
• Teaching Assistant Award 2016-2017 — for exceptional contributions to teaching in the department.
• Johnston Award 2016-2017 — for leadership qualities in engaging the public, their colleagues and/or scientific community to promote Physics and Atmospheric Science as areas of study, research and/or career path.

Experience

• Senior Backend Developer, Novonix Group (2022-2024)
• Physics Research Assistant, Dalhousie University (2014-2015)
• Embedded Design Technologist, Deltatee Enterprises Ltd. (2009-2013)

Research

1. S.A. Meynell, A. Spitzig, B. Edwards, M. D. Robertson, D. Kalliecharan, L. Kreplak, and T. L. Moncheksy, Growth on MnSi(0001), Phys. Rev. B 90, 184416
2. D. Kalliecharan, A. Tieu, B. Daniels, W. Yan, M. Xu, and T. L. Monchesky, Surface modification of medical grade titanium alloy by forced pulsed water jet (FPWJ), Water Jetting 2016: 23rd International Conference on Water Jetting, Seattle, USA
3. D. Kalliecharan, W. Germshied, R. Price, J. Stansbury and D. Labrie, Shrinkage stress kinetics of Bulk Fill resin-based composites at tooth temperature and long time, Dent. Mater., 2016
4. D. Kalliecharan, J. S. R. McCoombs, M. M. E. Cormier, B. D. MacNeil, R. L. C. Molino, T. L. Monchesky, Ferrimagnetism in sputtered MnxCoGe thin films, arXiv, pending review Phys. Rev. B
5. B. Sullivan, D. Kalliecharan, I. Kostylev, J. W. Stansbury, R. B. Price, D. Labrie, Photo-polymerization kinetics of a dental resin at a high temporal resolution, J. Mech. Behav. Biomed. Mater., Vol. 124, 104884, December 2021
6. P. Siahpour, M. Y., Amegadazie, E. D. Moreau, D. Kalliecharan, T. L. Monchesky, A. Tieu, B. Christensen, I. W. Donaldson, K. P. Plucknett, Surface characteristics and residual stress generation in Ti-6Al-4 V following ultrasonic pulsed water jet peening, Surf. Coat. Technol., Vol. 445, 128691, September 15th 2022

Skills and research interests

Science

• Surface Physics
• Solid State Physics
• Material Science
• Nanomagnetics

Techniques

• X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy
  • Analysis
  • xps python module
• X-ray Diffraction
  • Thin films
  • Stress-strain
• Finite Element Analysis
• Epitaxy Deposition: Magnetron sputtering and Molecular Beam Epitaxy
  • Custom design and build of MBE Cr/Au evaporator
  • Maintenance

Software

• Linux/*BSD (FreeBSD/OpenBSD)
  • Webserver, hosting, and embedded devices
  • Containers: Jails and Docker
• Python
  • Custom lab software, e.g., Chromatographer
  • Data driven applications (Django, Bokeh)
  • Data Analysis
  • Automation tasks
  • Hardware emulation
• Embedded C/C++
  • gnu-arm-none-eabi toolchain
  • Bare metal
  • Zephyr RTOS / west
• Rust
  • Backend infrastructure (Axum)
  • Data driven applications (Polars, Parquet)
  • Embedded STM32 devices

Hardware

• Microcontrollers: ARM Cortex, Atmega and 8051
• SBC: PC-104, Raspberry Pi and BeagleBone
• PCB design: KiCad and Altium

Current interests

Transitioning data tooling towards rust-lang for data science/engineering applications.

Social

ResearchGate
GitHub
GitLab

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