Brooke Phillips Quinlan
Email: bquinlan@hccfl.edu
Website: www.hccfl.edu/facultyinfo/bquinlan
EDUCATION:
May 2004 West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
M.S. in Mathematics
Concentrations: mathematics education, applied/industrial mathematics
Master's Thesis: “Synchronized Cicada Emergences: A Mathematical Explanation of a Natural
Phenomenon”
Advisor: Dr. Joseph Wilder, Department of Mathematics, West Virginia University
August 2000 The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
M.S. in Biomedical Engineering
Concentrations: medical imaging, signal processing
Master’s Thesis: “An Observer Study to Determine Thresholds of Detectability of Patient Setup Errors
in Simulated Portal Images”
Advisor: Dr. Edward L. Chaney, Department of Radiation Oncology, UNC-Chapel Hill
Honors: Honored every section (mathematics, digital signal processing, biomedical instrumentation,
and physiology) of the Biomedical Engineering department comprehensive exam required for degree
May 1998 Tulane University School of Engineering, New Orleans, LA
B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering
Minor: Electrical Engineering
Bachelor’s Thesis: “Using LabVIEW to Automate an Acoustooptic Imaging Device”
Advisor: Dr. James Greenleaf, Ultrasound Research Laboratory, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Honors: Graduated Magna Cum Laude with Departmental Honors, received full-tuition academic
scholarship, Tau Beta Pi, Alpha Eta Mu Beta, Phi Eta Sigma
TEACHING EXPERIENCE:
August 2004 – Hillsborough Community College, Tampa, FL
Present Mathematics Instructor
Courses: Prealgebra, Intermediate Algebra, College Algebra, Precalculus, Business Calculus,
Calculus I, Calculus II. For all courses, formulated course structure and requirements, lectured, and
administered grades.
January 2003 – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
May 2004 Co-Instructor
Course: Calculus I. Team-taught a section of Calculus I in addition to duties as a graduate research
assistant. Prepared lesson plans and helped students during office hours.
January 2002 – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
May 2004 Graduate Research/Teaching Assistant
Courses: MERIT Functions and Calculus; MERIT Number and Algebra. (MERIT courses are distance
learning courses for middle school math teachers in West Virginia.) Assisted in development of course
structure and content requirements. Extensively searched journals and the internet for supplemental
course materials. Developed and maintained course layout on WebCT. Utilized Texas Instruments
graphing calculators as well as the TI CBR and CBL for course activities.
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August 2002 – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
December 2002 Graduate Teaching Assistant
Course: College Algebra. Lectured, designed quizzes, and administered grades.
August 2001 – Salem International University, Salem, WV
August 2002 Instructor in Departments of Mathematics, Computer Science, and Biology
Courses: College Algebra, Internet Publishing, Structured Systems Analysis, Computer Literacy, and
Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology. For all courses, formulated course structure and
requirements, lectured, and administered grades. Served as secretary for Faculty Executive Committee.
January 2002 – West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV
May 2002 Calculus Workshop Instructor
Held workshops for students taking calculus courses. Assisted students with worksheet and homework
questions and performed test reviews.
RELATED EXPERIENCE:
2000 – 2001 Cerner Corporation, Kansas City, MO
Systems Analyst: Taught client facilitators and end users how to use the Cerner tools and applications,
installed application software at client sites, served as primary contact for the client's product-specific
training, troubleshooting and consultation, developed appropriate policies and procedures for managing
departmental operations changes, and coordinated multiple tasks through disciplined status reporting
and issue management. Specially trained in Adult Education and Facilitation techniques.
1999 – 2000 UNC-CH Departments of Radiation Oncology, Computer Science, and Biomedical Engineering,
Chapel Hill, NC
Medical Imaging Research Assistant: Organized an observer study to evaluate radiation oncologists'
ability to detect errors in portal films, co-wrote observer study computer programs which created
digitally reconstructed portal images, presented the images to the observer via a graphical user
interface, and analyzed the data; programs written in C and Tcl programming languages.
1999 UNC-CH Department of Radiation Oncology, Chapel Hill, NC
Medical Physics Intern: Participated in radiation dose data collection for different medical linear
accelerators, performed monthly and annual accelerator quality assurance testing and calibration of
accelerators, and assisted in calibration for radio-surgery procedures.
1997 Mayo Clinic Ultrasound Research Laboratory, Rochester, MN
Summer Research Intern: Designed a LabVIEW computer program that automated an acoustooptic
imaging device and assisted in data collection using the acoustooptic imaging device.
1996 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA
Research Intern for Human Genome Project: Worked to close a 125 bp gap in Chromosome 19
which contains the breakpoint for the translocation that causes thyroid adenoma while utilizing such
procedures as gel electrophoresis, PCR, and autoradiography.
PUBLICATIONS:
Phillips, B., Jiroutek, M., Tracton, G., Elfervig, M., Muller, K., Chaney, E. (2002), Thresholds for
Human Detection of Patient Setup Errors in Digitally Reconstructed Portal Images of Prostate Fields,
International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, Vol. 54, No. 1, pp. 270–277.