1999 - 2003 Carleton College, Northfield MN B.A. in Physics
2003 - present Texas A&M University, College Station TX M.S. in Physics
U.S. Particle Accelerator Schools:
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 05
University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 08
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 09
International Linear Collider School 08
Research Topics:
2001-2003, Worked under Professor Nelson Christensen at Carleton College and University of Minnesota creating a detector for a MRI/PET imaging system. This system could use both techniques simultaneously to get high resolution images and possibly discover cancerous cell groups smaller than a millimeter. Integration of MRI with Radiation Therapy: A New Paradigm is a paper that illustrates the details of the experiment.
2002, Worked under Prof. Maurice Clark at the Goodsell Observatory creating a digital library containing images of various comets, asteroids, and other objects. All of these images were photographic glass slides around a hundred years old.
2004, Worked under Professor Carl Gagliardi at the Cyclotron Institute helping to rebuild MARS (Momentum Achromat Recoil Separator). Also assisted in operation and data taking of MDM (Multipole-Dipole-Multipole Spectrometer) which was used to measure the cross-section of Neon 22 for future use to measure asymptotic normalization coefficients.
2005 to present, Worked under Prof. Peter McIntyre on a device that will effectively kill the electron cloud effect in the LHC line at CERN.
Assisting in creating a polyhedral RF cavity that can suppress the deflecting modes and has the capability of being visually polished which can possibly be used to triple the current critical field.
Designing test cavity to push samples to 4 times the BSC limit of Nb to create a short sample test system to standardize the superconducting RF world.
Working on ALD techniques to create Gurevich heterostructures on small wafers to insert into Test Cavity.
Installing a Balzer sputtering system along with the decommissioning of an Omicron analysis unit and assisting in the evaluation and preparation for the ULVAC clusters arrival.
Working on different methods to increase current densities in Bi-2212 wire. This is done through different geometries and analyzing crystal growth structure in terms of bridging and parasitic phases.
Working on experiments to determine the metallurgical properties of Yttrium-Niobium systems.
