Research Experiences

Constructed the Super Fine Grain Detector (SuperFGD) by mounting two million 1cm3 scintillation cubes in a 192x184x56 cube orientation, and precisely arranged all cubes to minimize misalignment

Collaborated with 14 other researchers from The Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR), KEK-Japan, Oxford University and Stony Brook University (SBU) for cube assembly

Conducted thorough QC analysis on Liquid Argon ASIC chips by investigating readout, both at room temperature and in liquid nitrogen, to ensure proper performance prior to installation at DUNE

Performed meticulous inspection of pins, connections and resistances of cold wires at room temperature to be used in DUNE to ensure proper equipment functionality

Analyzed Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of a Neutron Beam on a hydrocarbon target to investigate outgoing particle kinematics from elastic and inelastic collisions to create a comparison for analyses on data

Used ROOT, C++ and Python to analyze MC files and organize kinematics by collision type, particle type and by 100MeV bins for incoming neutron energy for thorough analysis of simulation results

Reduced computation time and improved workflow efficiency by using multithreading techniques in Python, Bash scripting, and implementation of command line arguments

Compared analyses on MC files constructed with different physics lists to verify phenomena observed in distributions of particle kinematics based on different cascade models

Produced a detailed and organized technical note of background material, work done and results found

Investigated use of different neural network architectures for reconstruction of 𝑡𝑡̅ decay pair kinematics

Developed Python script to analyze fraction of decay jets correctly predicted by comparing network predictions to observed data and results from MC simulation to thoroughly assess network effectiveness

Compared effectiveness of Bidirectional Long Short-Term Memory architectures against Convolutional Neural Network architectures at 𝑡𝑡̅ quark pair reconstruction to reproduce results from a previous study

Analyzed changes in scintillation patterns from pulsars over pulse phase to determine whether or not different signals travel in the same path through the interstellar medium to Earth

Created Dynamic Spectra and Secondary Spectra (DS and SS) plots using Python to illustrate and analyze differences in scintillation patterns of pulses over different rotation phases

Built upon existing body of version-controlled source code through project collaboration on GitHub to facilitate further scintillation pattern analysis and software improvements by other collaboration members

Awarded Summer Undergraduate Research Project student of the week for excellent work

Analyzed humidity sensitivity of silicon strip sensors with and without special passivation by determining its effect on breakdown voltage for irradiated and unirradiated MINI sensors, for ATLAS upgrade tracker

Studied effect of temperature against current output to replicate and verify results from a previous study

Ensured clear and effective presentation of results from studies on temperature and voltage vs humidity by matching ATLAS style formatting for data visualization using ROOT

Regularly maintained logs of sensor storage and testing conditions to account for external influences on data

Created a Robotic Assembly capable of drawing a number of pre--programmed shapes

Utilized Object Oriented Programming in C++ to await a command from a user to select the desired shape to be drawn and to initiate drawing before accurately drawing the shape onto an A4 Sheet of paper

Demonstrated a coalescence of excellent 3-D Printing, Laser Cutting and woodworking skills to create a frame and base for the printer

Conducted a User Satisfaction Survey, indicating 92.5% of people were satisfied with the design and use of the assembly

Successfully devised plastic welding method which satisfied all design parameters, including: not damaging surface weld, not producing toxic gases needing special ventilation, not utilizing friction or laser heat, & no signs of heat signatures left from weld

Created a working prototype of design for successful proof of concept and calculated scale needed to suit industrial production needs