Skills

Skills

Excellent oral and written communication; highly organized; effective in interdisciplinary/team environments

Computer programs: Labview, Mathematica, Autocad, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, Fortran, Comsol, Python, gmsh, getdp

Federal and state regulations regarding use of and disposal of chemicals and hazardous waste

Interfacing laboratory equipment with computers and analyzing scientific data

Machining and silver soldering

Experience with x-ray detectors and spectra analysis

Experience with charge measurements

Using Quartz Crystal Microbalances and other oscillators at cryogenic temperatures

Using Network Analyzers, Spectrum Analyzers and Lock-in Amplifiers

Cryogenic measurements and manipulation of objects in cryogenic conditions

Laser detection techniques such as interferometry and ellipsometry

Novel optical work function measurements in cryogenic environments

Pulsed Laser Deposition, sputtering and thermal evaporation

Leak detection, vacuum technology, and laser detection technology

Modeling and modeling software such as Comsol

Working with hazardous chemicals, high pressure cylinders, and cryogenic liquids

Experiments using ion beams

Mass spectrometry

SELECTED PROJECTS

Built and ran COMSOL simulations of the device to predict energy and flux output

Worked on getdp and gmsh to run magnetic simulations

Worked on Python code to analyze data and generate models of spectra

Ran experiments to better understand the physics of the triboelectric effect

Designed and built a pulse tube closed cycle helium 3 cryostat with large optical access for laser ablation and ellipsometery for helium phase diagram experiments.

Designed and troubleshot the fluid systems within the cryostat

Designed and constructed a cryogenic pulsed laser deposition system which could be used to create any film in cryogenic conditions guaranteeing clean smooth films.

Designed and constructed ellipsometer for measurements of helium films with sublayer resolution.

Designed and worked with optical measurements such as interferometery.

Constructed a cryogenic pressure gauge using a high Q quartz tuning fork with frequencies varying from 32 kHz to 5 MHz.

Mentored and worked with other Ph.D.

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