Brandon Vargo Email & Phone Number

15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

We research the nature of Bosonic Polaritons and Excitons in semiconductor systems with 2D materials using machines in the characterization and clean room spaces to design, fabricate, and experiment on semiconductor metal stacks. I have created 14 stacks of 2D materials to make quasiparticles, specifically bosinic bose-einstein condensate quaternions, to explore possibilities for coherence, opening new methods of superconductivity and superfluidity. I also use Python and MATLAB to write code that trains more accurate learning models for identifying scale heights of 2D metals with accuracy within 2 nanometers, saving our research group and other labs time when selecting stack candidates

15213, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

I Investigated the nature of Type 1a Supernovae by analyzing light curves generated by various data sets through Python modules in preparation for the incoming SDSS data set. I also work on a Python machine learning project involving the accuracy of Type 1a detection with uncertainty sampling.

Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States

I worked as a NSF Intern at Penn State Berks with Dr. Robert Forrey and Dr. Teri Price on scattering calculations of OH and He in intermolecular clouds at high energies. We also found reactions rates for these processes which will be useful to astrophysicists in the future. I wrote code in Python and used Bash Scripts to analyze, model, and interpret data we received.

Bachelor Of Science - Bs, Dual Degree: Engineering Science, Physics Concentration | Physics And Astronomy, Gpa: 3.8/4

Activities and Societies: Society of Physics Students (SPS) - Officer Club Triathlon Formula Society of Automotive Engineers.

High School Diploma

Activities and Societies: National Honors Society Latin Club Vice President Varsity Soccer, Track, and Volleyball