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Palo Alto, Ca

Doing mechanical design work, simulation, and testing for a gravity gradiometer system.

Stanford, Ca

Dissertation: Analysis and Measurement of Stress Distributions in Gecko Toes and Synthetic AdhesivesAdvisor: Dr. Mark Cutkosky, Department of Mechanical Engineering• Developed a numerical model to predict adhesive performance of polymer microstructures.• Built a computer vision system to measure micro-deformation of gecko-inspired adhesives.• Built a custom force sensor to measure adhesive stress distributions within a gecko’s toe.• Developed a novel micromachining process to manufacture gecko-inspired adhesives.• Developed an adhesive system to enable a human to climb a smooth surface.• Collaborated with other universities and Draper Laboratory to develop adhesive mass manufacturing capabilities as a part of the DARPA Z-Man program.• Collaborated with NASA JPL to develop an adhesive gripper to be used by a robotic spacecraft to capture orbital debris.

Stanford, Ca

Advisor: Dr. David Goldhaber-Gordon• Studied the effect of electrochemical gating on the superconductivity of interfaces between complex oxides, using a gel electrolyte based on an ionic liquid.

Boulder, Co

• Developed a database on irradiation-assisted stress corrosion cracking in stainless steel as part of a modeling project for the Electric Power Research Institute.

Boulder, Co

Advisor: Dr. Kyle P. McElroy• Developed instrumentation to investigate the electronic properties and thermodynamic phase structure of high-temperature superconductors by taking spectroscopic noise measurements with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM).• Improved existing systems by designing and building amplifier circuitry and STM hardware.

Boulder, Co

Supervisor: Dr. James Bergquist• Measured the time rate of change of α, the fine-structure constant, using an atomic clock that had a single mercury ion in a magneto-optical trap as a resonator.• Built laser frequency-doubling cavities using nonlinear optical crystals and piezoelectric-actuated mirrors.

Doctor Of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Applied Physics

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Engineering Physics, Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor Of Science (B.S.), Applied Mathematics, Summa Cum Laude