Madison Howard

Advanced Particle Detector Laboratory (APDl)

I am currently a Undergraduate Research Assistant at APD Lab in Lubbock, TX where I am working on developing high fidelity readout schemes using FPGA systems for applications in Muon Telescopes. Previously, I have developed and installed a cyber-physical network of thermodynamic senors to serve a weatherstation for the lab

European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN)

I was a summer research intern at CERN through the UMich-CERN REU program. I developed a Machine Learning framework to calibrate topo‑cluster energy data using simulation data from the ATLAS collaboration

Green Bank Observatory

When I'm not busy with school or work, I am a collaborator at the GBO, where I conduct statistical and image analysis on various Pulsar datasets generated by the Green Bank Telescope. This project is in conjunction with the Pulsar Search Collaboratory and Dr. Joseph Romano, TTU Physics Department

TECHniques Center

I have been a peer instructor for a variety of physics, math and engineering classes in my sophomore and junior years at the TECHniques Center. I have provided course-specific tutoring to undergraduate students with documented evidence of learning disabilities and received Level 2 International Tutor Certification from College Reading & Learning Association (CRLA) as a result of my efforts.

Texas Tech University Student Housing (TTUSH)

I served as a Social Justice Advocate under the TTUSH. My responsibility for this position included providing leadership and advocacy in promoting advancement and development of diversity, multiculturalism, social identity and social justice through training, community development, programming educational interactions, and educational dialogues within assigned complexes. In my two years serving in this role, I prepared and delivered multiple presentions specializing on race, religion, coexistence and diversity.

Some resources on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion in STEM

Women In Physics (WiP)

I serve as the Vice President of the TTU Chapter of Women In Physics (WiP). Our organization's purpose is to improve the recruitment and retention of women in physics by providing opportunities for academic achievement and skill and professional development through free educational workshops, community building, networking, and mentoring. As the secratary, my responsibility is to ensure that meetings are effectively organised and minuted; records and administration documents are effectively maintained and the legal requirements of our organization's status under the Student Government Association are upheld.

The Free Market Institute

I have been a McLane scholar with the Free Market Institute since the Fall of 2019. As a part of the scholarship, we read and discuss selections from classic works and from contemporary scholars that address important questions in political economy and meet once a week for discussions facilitated by a Texas Tech University faculty member in addition to a biannual summit at SMU. This program stirred my interests in political and social aspects of economics and allowed me to utilize my knowledge of the STEM fields and experience as an SJA to stir data driven conversations advocating for STEM acceptance and awareness, gender equality, need for diersity, equal access to opportunities and changes to the current form of capitalism.

Texas Tech University Transition and Engagement

I was a part of the Red Raider Orientation Crew

in the summer of 2019. As a part of the crew, I was trained to assist at Red Raider Orientation by assuming the roles of guides, small group leaders, mentors and resources for incoming freshman. We also helped guide students and parents through many activities and sessions that take place during orientation and served as the liason between the TTU University System and the parents and students.

Lubbock Pre-Freshman Engineering Program (TexPREP-Lubbock) 2019

For the latter half of summer 2019, I served as a teacher for TexPREP which is a math, science, and engineering summer enrichment program for 6th - 12th graders. I was in charge of the College Readiness class where I shared resources and mentored juniors and seniors to prepare them for college success. I also assisted with creating robotics (LEGO Mindstorms) , physics and programming (Scratch IDE) projects to encourage multidisciplinary thinking and introduce problem solving approaches common in STEM disciplines.