Ivy E. Knudsen Email & Phone Number

Flagstaff, AZ, US

Boulder, Colorado, United States

I perform analyses on secondary craters for many celestial bodies including the Moon, Mars, Mercury, and KBO's using LROC, arcGIS, and other imaging datasets. I am also working on a project for New Horizons, performing an analysis of impact environments in the early solar system through small crater distributions on small bodies. I have recently presented.

Berthoud, Colorado, United States

I volunteer to operate the telescopes and teach astronomy lessons to groups of people who book LTO for the night.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Updating organizational and archive systems to improve and streamline data collection.
• Creating physical and programmed archive systems for data collected by "VIPIR" Scion HF radar.
• Building complex machines and antennae systems for ionospheric data collection.
• Coordinating and implementing network security measures to protect data.
• Creating programs to visualize needed data and pull specified data.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Sole creator of Python function that fully analyzes a raw light curve, producing all exoplanet characteristics as well as visualizations of data.
• Tested and confirmed the proposed positive relationship between stellar metallicity and exoplanets from various other research groups.
• Contributed to solving the inquiry of whether sub-solar metallicity stars are more likely to host terrestrialplanets.
• Worked with team to write a paper displaying our research, and to present findings.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Provided accurate and thorough feedback on time to hundreds of students assignments each week.
• Communicated directly with professors to discuss expectations and guidelines.

Boulder, Colorado, United States

• Collaborated with the LUCY Polymele Occultation team of 200 astronomers and a film crew in Kansas.
• Successfully collected occultation data of Trojan asteroid Polymele and its moon Shaun.
• Attended and completed extensive training on Celestron telescopes and tracking software.
• Traveled with a team to work together to complete necessary tasks to ensure a smooth campaign.

Wallops Island, Virginia, United States

• Field research for NASA to assist in launching the Dynamo 2 missions led by Dr. Robert Phaff, measuring DC electric fields, plasma density, currents, neutral winds, neutral density and temperature, and ion mass.
• Disassembled and rebuilt Wallops Island Dynasonde, "VIPIR" (Vertical Incidence Pulsed Ionospheric Radar)entailing precise measurements with over four miles of wire.
• Disassembled and rebuilt 8 receiving antennas involving electrical circuit composition, and extensive use of hydraulic tools.
• Performed calibration tests to ensure quality performance of data collection.
• Monitored input of data from receiving antenna throughout the launch from NASA's Wallops Island range control.
• Recorded and reported test results, performed calculations, and produced graphical representations of data.

Bachelors - Astrophysical And Planetary Sciences, Astronomy And Astrophysics

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