Kyle Carpenter Email & Phone Number

Livermore, California, United States

Livermore, California, United States

I have two primary roles in my current position:1.) Scientific lead for the Direct Laser Impulse platform at LLNL's National Ignition Facility - As the scientific lead, I am involved in the design and execution of direct laser impulse experiments at the National Ignition Facility. As part of my role, I communicate with external users and internal groups to keep users informed of the facility's status and capabilities and keep internal groups up to date on user's request and needs.2.) Physicist: X-ray source development and applications - Conduct experiments at laser facilities like the National Ignition Facility and Omega at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics dedicated to x-ray source development and applications.

Reno, Nevada, United States

My graduate research was focused on using plasma spectroscopy to understand the laser heating process in Magnetized Liner Inertial Fusion. I coupled a physics model to a multi-objective, non-linear least squares algorithm do analyze spectroscopic data and extract 2D temperature distributions from laser-produced plasmas. These results revealed how the inclusion of an external magnetic field impacts the laser-heating process and enabled detailed comparisons with radiation magnetohydrodynamics simulations.Additionally, I performed atomic kinetics simulations of the plasmas to create synthetic data in order to validate the analysis methodology and to test the sensitivity of the results to the atomic model, radiation transport, and experimental noise.My physics model, non-linear least squares minimization routine, and spectrum fitting routines were written in C. I also wrote some data processing scripts in R to characterize the noise in our data - iterative re-weighted least squares, Savitzky-Golay filtering, and Kolmogorov Smirnov test.

Reno, Nevada

As a teaching assistant I was required to run several sections of the undergraduate physics (mechanics and electricity and magnetism) labs each semester. The laboratory sections met once per week to perform experiments that supplemented the material covered in the lecture portion of the course. Each week I prepared a lecture that described the physics relevant to the upcoming laboratory exercise and I demonstrated how to properly perform the experiment. Students submitted lab reports at the end of each session which had to be graded and returned the following week. Other responsibilities included making minor repairs to the laboratory equipment and holding weekly office hours to assist students with questions regarding the weeks laboratory exercise.

Doctor Of Philosophy - Phd, Physics

Bachelor'S Degree, Physics, 3.5 Gpa

Activities and Societies: Society of Physics students, Intramural Sports