David was a recipient of the Gordon B. Hinckley Presidential Scholarship, the Micron Technology Scholarship, and the National Merit Scholarship. He maintained a high GPA and was inducted into the Golden Key and Phi Kappa Phi honor societies, in addition to being on the College of Physical and Mathematical Science’s Dean’s List every semester of his college career. David’s main interests center on the mathematics and algorithms used in accurately simulating physical and economical systems. At IDeA Labs, he was involved in a variety of economics-related research. Following graduation, Dave went to work at National Instruments, working on Controls Software.