- Technical Skills
- Languages:
- Python, PHP, Perl, Shell scripting
- Database:
- PostgreSQL, SQL, mySQL, Sybase, PL/SQL, Oracle, ColdFusion
- Web:
- Flask, Laravel, Symfony, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Apache, Nginx, Docker
- Systems:
- Mac, PC, Unix, Linux, Solaris
- Resume
- Chandra X-ray Center, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
- 2009-Present
- IT/Data Specialist
- Conducted statistical research on Chandra proposal trends
- Administered Sybase and mySQL databases
- Developed web-based database applications supporting the Chandra Director’s Office operations
- Developed and maintained a Subversion SCM wrapper to streamline code updates
- Developed plagiarism checking system written in Python
- Redesigned Chandra’s science website
- Collaborated on a multi-institution Cepheid research group
- Conducted original research and created visualizations showing Chandra observing trends
- Provided technical support to users as part of the Chandra HelpDesk
- Harvard Extension School, Dynamic Web Design
- 2017
- Teaching Assistant
- Led TA sessions and answered student questions
- Helped create and grade weekly quizzes and exams
- G2 Technology Group
- 2016
- Web Development Intern
- Developed an automation and billing integration for Amazon Web Services using EC2, Docker, and the Symfony PHP framework
- Wesleyan University
- 2006-2009
- Research Assistant
- Designed, implemented, and maintained data reduction pipeline
- Created, edited and maintained data analysis scripts
- Conducted public observing and tours of Van Vleck Observatory
- Observed various objects, including galaxies and T Tauri stars
- Education
- Harvard University, School of Continuing Education
- 2010-2016
- M.L.A., Information Management Systems
- Wesleyan University
- 2008-2009
- M.A., Astronomy
- Thesis Title: "CCD Photometry of BM Orionis"
- Wesleyan University
- 2004-2008
- B.A., Astronomy
- Thesis Title: "Observations of the Solar Limb with TRACE and SUMER"
- High Honors
- Evan Tingle
- I'm an astrophysicist/technical assistant working in the Director's Office for the Chandra X-ray Observatory. When I'm not looking at stars, I maintain databases, manage webpages, and research the non-astronomical aspects of X-ray astronomy.
- I live in Somerville with my wife and hound.
- Projects
- In an effort to save on 3rd party software, I developed a plagiarism checking system in Python that compares submitted proposals against a massive custom vector database representing almost every published paper on astronomy.
- I redesigned the main Chandra science webpage, cxc.harvard.edu, incorporating accessibility and responsiveness principles. To facilitate webpage updates among a development team, I built a Subversion SCM wrapper system to streamline code updates.
- We realized after an AAS meeting that the Chandra handout materials were either too dense and technical or too basic for students and scientists just entering the world of X-ray astronomy. A colleague and I wrote the Chandra Pocket Guide and An X-ray Data Primer to fill this gap.
- I am responsible for Chandra's presence at the biannual American Astronomical Society meetings and develop scientific and public outreach materials. A colleague and I created an outreach activity called "Catching X-ray Light" to demonstrate grazing incidence in X-ray mirrors.
- For the last several years I have been researching Cepheid companion stars. Using Hubble observations of ~70 Cepheids, we are looking for young companion stars to then observe in the X-ray band with Chandra and XMM-Newton. This tells us how these stars are formed, and gives insight into overall stellar formation.
- NASA Headquarters tasked the Chandra Director's Office to determine if gender discrepancy existed in awarded proposal time on the telescope. Compiling the Chandra Gender Statistics entailed database creation/administration, data mining, data entry, statistical analysis, and data visualization.
- katelevybookbinding.com is my wife's bookbinding portfolio website. It uses a standard responsive Bootstrap template that has been modified to her specifications.
