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A nanotechnology startup consisting of a small number of employees from materials science, chemistry, physics, engineering and chemical engineering disciplines. Managed a small team of engineers in the design and construction of three CVD (chemical vapor deposition) reactors for nanotube manufacturingDesigned and built electrical and temperature control systems, gas line plumbing and control, and many various mechanical components for all reactorsDesigned and executed series of experiments to produce and optimize boron nitride nanotubes and carbon nanotubes for manufacturing purposesMaintained detailed records of experimental results and processesDeveloped a database in MS Access of all experimental and characterization data and performed data analysis on this data using Python and R and used that analysis to motivate new optimization experimentsPresented data analysis findings and recommendations for future experiments to the CEO, CTO and CFO as well as the company׳s government sponsorsPerformed characterization of material using Raman, SEM, EDAX and Instron

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS AND PHOTONICS DIV., As a member of the cryogenics engineering team on the Quantum Sensors Project, played a key leadership role in the design, development and analysis of new types of cryogenics systems.Worked independently as well as lead a team in design processes and manufacturing proceduresWrote code for system control, readout and analysis in Python and Matlab for complex cryogenic systemsFormulated thermal analysis reports and presented to superiors and collaborators from labs around the world on systems designed and built by myself and teamDesigned and implemented electrical componentsHandled all engineering documentationCreated all 3D models and dimensioned drawings in SolidworksDesigned components for multiple manufacturing processes such as welding, brazing, soldering, temperature processing, and machiningMachined, soldered, and brazed several components needed in systemsCompleted a cryogenic system that is now being manufactured for use at NASA Goddard, NIST, SLAC Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory and LANL

CENTER FOR ASTROPHYSICS AND SPACE SCIENCES, University of California San Diego As a member on the POLARBEAR Cosmology Telescope experiment currently observing from the Atacama Desert in Chile, developed many improvements on the mechanical design of the Simons Array telescopes.Successfully redesigned components on POLARBEAR for better operation and efficiency for POLARBEAR IITraveled to the Atacama Desert multiple times to operate, maintain and fix various components on POLARBEAR in extreme weather conditionsDesigned and implemented an automatic fill system from a large diesel tank to two separate generators that power POLARBEARResponsible for the design and construction of Kevlar thermal isolation devices that are used to test detector wafers for POLARBEAR IILead a team in the redesign and implementation of new components for two generation 2 telescopes