Education
PhD student
2007 - present
Adviser: Paul Resnick
MSI Human Computer Interaction student
2006-2007
Bachelors of Science of Engineering, Concentration in Systems Design
2006
Teaching Experience
Graduate Student Instructor — SI501 Contextual Inquiry and Project Management
Fall 2008
Employment
Student Design Engineer
2006 - present
Facilitated development of Concept Center's five-year project plan. Conducted user experience research workshops for internal teams as well as other companies. Planned workshop on sustainable design methods. Led technical development project that resulted in two prototypes that demonstrate improved customer experience and significant cost and weight savings compared to current solutions. Designed and prototyped an interactive destination space.
Summer Intern
2005
Designed and built subsystem of a concept demonstrator for onboard trash management. Contributed to other Center projects aimed at improving the experience of flight, including an overhead crew rest and a project for pets and their owners.
The MITRE Corporation, Bedford, MA
Intern, Intelligent Information Access Group, Center for Integrated Intelligence Systems
2004
Applied machine learning techniques to corporate annual reports and other documents for fraud detection. Implemented and evaluated performance of text classification tools; contributed to design of overall system.
Spectrum Astro, Gilbert, AZ
Summer Intern, Strategic Planning and Proposal Operations Department
2003
Space Based Space Surveillance proposal ($200M): Coordinated proposal artwork process. Oversaw Past and Present Performance Questionnaires. Assembled résumé volume of proposal. Supported Targets & Countermeasures, GOES-R series, and Innovative Space Based Radar Antenna Technology (ISAT) Space Experiments proposals.
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Needham, MA
Curriculum & Website Developer
2002
Developed lab assignments using Matlab and C to control physical systems for Engineering Computing course. Recommended equipment purchase. Co-designed the Olin Library website.
York Telecom Corporation, Eatontown, NJ
Web Developer, Engineering Department
2000 - 2001
Developed intranet site to support the engineering department's work and improve their communication with the rest of the company.
Affordable Web Designs, Little Silver NJ
Web developer / sole proprietor
1998 - 2000
Designed and marketed websites for individual clients as well as consulted for Motherboard Media.
Papers
Chang, C; Ferro, L; Gibson, J; Hitzeman, J; Lubar, S; Palmer, J; Munson, S; Vilain, M; and Wellner, B. (2006). "
Maytag: A multi-staged approach to identifying complex events in textual data," Conference of the European Chapter for Computational Linguistics, Trento, Italy.
Fredholm, S; Krejcarek, J; Krumholz, S; Lindquist, D; Munson S; Bourne, J; Schiffman, S. (2002). "Designing an Engineering Entrepreneurship Curriculum for Olin College," ASEE Annual Meeting & Conference, Montreal, Canada.
Presentations, Posters, and Panels
Mader, S; Jang, S; Goodman, D; Goksever, C; Aunesluoma, A; Wilenius, H; Munson, S; Hansen, D; Seibert, M; Slaghuis, L; Junghanns, H (2008). "WikFest: Starting and Growing Successful Wikis," 2008 International Symposium on Wikis, Porto, Portugal.
Laughlin, C; Cummings, C; Lee, A; Munson, S; Tsai, J. (2006). "They Speak: One-on-One Interviews with Female Engineering Students on Project-based Learning," ASEE Regional Conference, 17 March 2006, Worchester, Massachusetts.
Patents
Franko, B; Giuntoli, D; Senoadi, N; Robb, C; Munson, S; Bengtsson, R; Mitchell, B; Fletcher, H (2006).
Flight Portal, United States Patent Application #20080136839 (pending).
Professional & Institutional Service
Reviewing and conference organizing
Hemphill; Munson S (co-organizers; 2008). "Training, Integration, and Identity: A Roundable Discussion of Undergraduate and Professional Master's Programs in iSchools,"
iConference 2008, Los Angeles, California
Reviewer
CSCW
Journal of Information Technology & Politics
School of Information, University of Michigan
Curriculum Committee2006 - 2007
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Strategic Advisory Committee2005 - 2006
Organizational Health Committee2003 - 2004
Information Technology Working Group2002 - 2004
Council of Olin Representatives (student government)
Vice President of Student Initiatives
President
Development committee member
2003 - 2004
2002 - 2003
2001 - 2002
Olin Volunteer Ambassadors League2001 - 2004
Curricular Decision Making Board2002
Olin Partner Year2001 - 2002
Community Service
FIRST Robotics Competition
Advised students on team at Hyde Park High School, Hyde Park, MA2004
Autodesk Visualization Award — created system for regional judging2003
Advised 14-school team, created demonstration board featured at the kick-off workshop2002
Boy Scouts of America
Order of the Arrow Vigil Honor member, Lodge Chief, Section Vice Chief1997 - 2002
Junior Leadership Training Course Staff, Monmouth Council2000 - 2001
Count Basie Learning Center, Red Bank, NJ
Systems and Network Administrator1998 - 2001
Awards
Yahoo! Key Technical Challenge Grant2008
First place, CHI Student Design Competition2007
School of Information Scholarship2006 - 2007
Honorable Mention, National Science Foundation GRFP2006, 2007
Olin Scholarship2001 - 2006
AT&T Scholarship2001 - 2005
Founders Award, Order of the Arrow, BSA2001
National Merit Scholar2001