Some of my responsibilities at EOS Space Systems include:- Designing optical systems using Ansys OpticStudio (Zemax).- Assembly and alignment of optical systems using instruments such as alignment laser, autocollimator, wavefront sensor, alignment telescope, and interferometer.-Formulate or update alignment procedures for new or old optical instruments.- Design and assembly of laser systems used for Space Domain Awareness.- Alignment and maintenance of operational… Show more Some of my responsibilities at EOS Space Systems include:- Designing optical systems using Ansys OpticStudio (Zemax).- Assembly and alignment of optical systems using instruments such as alignment laser, autocollimator, wavefront sensor, alignment telescope, and interferometer.-Formulate or update alignment procedures for new or old optical instruments.- Design and assembly of laser systems used for Space Domain Awareness.- Alignment and maintenance of operational telescopes and laser systems.- Modelling and optical link calculations.- Work within a multidisciplinary environment to contribute to the design and assembly of complex instruments.- Host stand up meetings as part of an Agile environment.- Ensure work is well documented in a repository. Show less

Employed within the ANU’s Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC). The AITC specialise in scientific space instrumentation, including adaptive optics projects for space and astronomical telescopes.Projects: - Space Environment Research Centre (SERC) Adaptive Optics for Tracking and Pushing Space Debris (AOTP). Build an optical setup that enables a laser beam to be propagated out of a telescope to a piece of space debris in low-Earth orbit in order to impart… Show more Employed within the ANU’s Advanced Instrumentation and Technology Centre (AITC). The AITC specialise in scientific space instrumentation, including adaptive optics projects for space and astronomical telescopes.Projects: - Space Environment Research Centre (SERC) Adaptive Optics for Tracking and Pushing Space Debris (AOTP). Build an optical setup that enables a laser beam to be propagated out of a telescope to a piece of space debris in low-Earth orbit in order to impart momentum to it using photon pressure. The goal of AOTP is to provide a low-cost method of delaying Kessler Syndrome. - The Giant Magellan Telescope (GMT) phasing testbed (Pocket-GMT). Design an optical instrument that can simulate the aberrations the GMT will experience and allow optimisation of wavefront sensors and control algorithms within the laboratory before graduating to the full-scale GMT.- Satellite laser communication.Take part in various projects for external clients revolving around the emerging field of free space laser communication. Such projects include adaptive optics systems, quantum key distribution, optical channel modelling, and atmospheric turbulence characterisation.Responsibilities:- Work with ANU engineers and people from industrial collaborators- Optical design changes to suit requirements using Zemax and Solidworks- Formulate a concept designs that fit the requirements specified by clients- Work with optical metrology equipment such as Shack-Hartmann wavefront sensors, interferometers, alignment telescopes, autocollimators, and point source microscopes.- Support other team members with their projects- Keep abreast of the latest research in the telescope instrumentation field- Participate in the university outreach program- Conduct risk assessments and make laser safety calculations based on the Australian standard. Show less

A company that builds and tests diode lasers along with their accompanying electronic control boxes and ships these products around the world to experimental physicists in the field of ultracold atoms. Responsibilities:- Build external cavity diode lasers and tapered amplifiers for customers. Tailor to their needs and work to strict deadlines.- Maintenance and optimisation for customers who have needed to ship their laser back for repairs.- Work with the business owner to… Show more A company that builds and tests diode lasers along with their accompanying electronic control boxes and ships these products around the world to experimental physicists in the field of ultracold atoms. Responsibilities:- Build external cavity diode lasers and tapered amplifiers for customers. Tailor to their needs and work to strict deadlines.- Maintenance and optimisation for customers who have needed to ship their laser back for repairs.- Work with the business owner to support the development of new laser systems and designs. Report on any changes that need to be made to the engineering of new laser prototypes. - Frequent testing to look for continuous improvement of current laser systems. - Work in a team environment to assist with adhoc problem solving. - Document in fine detail the progress of all projects undertaken. -Maintain awareness of future customer orders, parts that need to be available for future orders, and the progress of lasers that are due to be shipped soon. Achievements:- Learned the intricacies of some commercial laser products.- Helped to improve the design and construction of the lasers. - A good taste for the product development life cycle. Show less

- Completed in the ultracold Fermi gas laboratory at the Centre for Quantum and Optical Science- PhD Thesis: Probing unitary Fermi gases locally with Bragg spectroscopy PhD SYNOPSISThrough the use of optical and magnetic trapping techniques, a gas of Lithium atoms are trapped and cooled to temperatures on the order of 10’s of nanoKelvins. At these temperatures, the gas undergoes a transition from a gaseous form to a condensate. Through the use of optical Bragg spectroscopy, my… Show more - Completed in the ultracold Fermi gas laboratory at the Centre for Quantum and Optical Science- PhD Thesis: Probing unitary Fermi gases locally with Bragg spectroscopy PhD SYNOPSISThrough the use of optical and magnetic trapping techniques, a gas of Lithium atoms are trapped and cooled to temperatures on the order of 10’s of nanoKelvins. At these temperatures, the gas undergoes a transition from a gaseous form to a condensate. Through the use of optical Bragg spectroscopy, my research determined:- The local point within the gas where the phase transition occurred.- The temperature dependence of an important parameter called the Contact, which describes the likelihood of one particle being close to another within the system.Responsibilities:- Apply knowledge of photonics and electronics to build and maintain various aspects of the experimental apparatus which is used to trap and cool a gas of Lithium atoms.- Construct laser beam setups that are used to probe the ultracold gases.- Conduct experiments to measure certain properties of the ultracold gases.- Use Matlab to analyse the large sets of data coming from these experiments.- Present results through oral and poster presentations within the faculty, or at international conferences.Achievements:- Author of 8 published journal articles including 2 first authored publications.- Presented a prize-winning poster at the Victorian Summer School in Ultracold Physics (VSSUP), 2014.- Improved a large range of skills and knowledge including optics, physics, mathematics, image processing, data analytics and electronics.Awards:- Scholarship – Swinburne University Postgraduate Research Award (SUPRA). Show less