- Designed calibration tests to characterize space plasma instrumentation.- Coordinated with lab operators, scientists and engineers to setup and execute high vacuum calibration tests and organize and process resulting test data.- Wrote technical reports to capture, distill and log instrument calibration and disseminate results.- Coordinated builds of electro-mechanical subsystems.

- Oversaw the design and construction of a space plasma research and assembly facility, including an ISO 7 clean room instrument assembly area.- Oversaw the rehabilitation and upgrade of a hi-vac vacuum chamber and ion beam to be used for space plasma instrument testing.- Characterized operation of a duoplasmatron ion beam and its electro-optics - Worked with high voltage engineers to upgrade ion beam control system to allow for automated control and system monitoring. - Oversaw and aided in the design and implementation of MATLAB-VISA based control and monitoring software for vacuum and ion beam system. - Worked with mechanical engineers to design, construct and install, mechanical upgrades to high vaccum ion beam.- Coordinated day to day activities of lab operators to maintain and update system

- Utilized Python3 to analyze instrument calibration and flight data and design tools for the use of other scientists. - Developed Python Package to automate and parallelize control of SIMION ion simulation software: https://github.com/jonbowr/simPyon- Simulated ion optics of IMAP-lo detector in effort to predict and characterize collection performance and isolate background sources- Execute instrument calibration tests, aid in test setup, collect and process calibration data- Performed detailed numerical analysis to compare simulation and calibration results to gain insight on instrument operation

- Developed software to automate the identification of solar wind compression regions, process instrument and simulation data.- Produced scientific publications, attend and present at space science conferences.- Developed and implemented data analysis techniques to study high time resolution (<1hr) solar wind processes large data sets (10+years) - Performed simulation and design optimization of the electrostatic analyzer and time of flight detector being developed in IMAP-lo.- Designed, wrote and submitted for research grant funding.

- Utilized Python 3.0 to process instrument simulation results as well as STEREO PLASTIC HE+ PUI spectra and solar wind parameters.- Developed software to automate the identification of solar wind compression regions.- Performed simulation and design optimization of the electrostatic analyzer and time of flight detector being developed in IMAP-lo.

- Conducted recitation lectures delivering introductory calculus based physics coursework, including kinematics, energy conservation and momentum conservation to engineering students.- Provided timely and detailed feedback of student work, and engaged students directly with the goal of promoting subject mastery.

- Optimized the design of a fundamentally new wide field of view plasma spectrometer with the goal of increasing energy resolution while maintaining large simultaneous solid angle acceptance.- Performed Simulations using electrostatic environment generator: SIMION.- Performed simulation output analysis and image manipulation using Matlab.