MOMCHIL MIHNEV

765 57th Street, Fl. 2, Apt. B, Brooklyn, NY 11220
(646) 229-8477 (mobile)

momchil_mihnev@yahoo.com
　

EDUCATION:
Fall 2003 – Present

Polytechnic University, Brooklyn, NY

B.S. in Electrical Engineering, Minor in Mathematics, Honors College Program, Spring 2007

Grade: Senior; Major GPA: 4.00 on a 4.00 scale; Overall GPA: 3.99 on a 4.00 scale

Fall 1998 – Spring 2003

‘Joan Ekzarh’ Foreign Language High School, Varna, Bulgaria

High School Diploma, Foreign Language Program Specializing in English and German

Overall GPA: 5.98 on a 6.00 scale, Graduated with Distinction

　

PUBLICATIONS:
O. Gaathon, J. Culic-Viskota, M. Mihnev, I. Teraoka, and S. Arnold, “Enhancing sensitivity of a whispering gallery mode biosensor by subwavelength confinement”, Applied Physics Letters 89, 223901 (2006)

also published in Virtual Journal of Biological Physics Research, Volume 12, Issue 11 (2006)

　

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS:
O. Gaathon, J. Culic-Viskota, M. Mihnev, I. Teraoka, and S. Arnold, “Enhancing the sensitivity limit of the Whispering Gallery Mode Biosensor through sub-wavelength confinement of light”, CLEO Conference, Baltimore, 2007 (submitted Nov. 2006)

　

HONORS AND AWARDS:
Dean’s List, Polytechnic University, all semesters

Tau Beta Pi Scholarship, Record Scholar No. 191, 2006-2007

Myron M. Rosenthal Merit Award, Polytechnic University, 2006

Myron M. Rosenthal Academic Achievement Award, Polytechnic University, 2006

Student Activities Silver Award, Polytechnic University, 2005-2006

The National Dean’s List, 2006

Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges, 2006

Collegiate All-American Scholar Award, United States Achievement Academy, 2006

William J. Stolze Award, Polytechnic University, 2005

Othmer Institute Honors College Program, Polytechnic University, 2003-Present

Board of Trustee Scholarship, Polytechnic University, 2003-Present

　

ACTIVITIES AND ACHIEVEMENTS:
President of Eta Kappa Nu, Zeta Sigma Chapter, Polytechnic University, 2006-2007

Vice president of the International Students Organization, Polytechnic University, 2004-2006

Class President in high school, 2000-2003

Publication in the High School Almanac for the 50^th anniversary of the school

First and Third prizes in the National Competition in Mathematical Linguistics, Bulgaria

Second prize in a regional mathematics competition, Varna, Bulgaria

　

MEMBERSHIPS:
OSA, 2006-Present

IEEE, IEEE LEOS, IEEE Antennas and Propagation Society, 2006-Present

Eta Kappa Nu, Zeta Sigma Chapter, 2006-Present

Tau Beta Pi, New York Rho Chapter, 2005-Present

International Students Organization, Polytechnic University, 2004-Present

MENSA International, MENSA Bulgaria National Group, 2002-Present

High school teams of mathematics and mathematical linguistics

　

EXPERIENCE:
February 2005 – Present

Research Assistant, MicroParticle PhotoPhysics Laboratory, Polytechnic University

Participated in design and implementation of ultra-sensitive whispering gallery mode photonic biosensor;

Developed analytical models for light propagation within a resonant microsphere cavity using Mathematica software;

Performed data acquisition using LabVIEW software; Performed Atomic Force Microscopy

January 2005

Tutor in Mathematics, Department of Mathematics, Polytechnic University

April 2002 – July 2002

Information Technology Assistant, Varna University, Varna, Bulgaria

Provided technical support in the organization and conducting of The International Conference ‘Globalization and Sustainable Development’, 1-3 July, 2002, Varna, Bulgaria