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Portland, Oregon, United States

Assist Reactor Operations Manager with managing reactor operations, maintaining and troubleshooting the reactor facilities, reviewing documents weekly to ensure compliance with federal and state regulations, and attend Reactor Operations CommitteeAssist reactor operator and senior reactor operator training program by giving lectures, teaching labs, giving practice oral exam to license candidates, scheduling routine checklist work observation and operation under directionOperate the reactor or supervise operations during educational tours and conduct experiments at the reactor for research requested by students and external companies

Portland, Oregon, United States

Licensed by the US federal government’s Nuclear Regulatory Commission as Senior Reactor OperatorManaged the research projects conducting at the reactor and improve the safety culture and working environmentAttended campus-wise safety meetings as a student staff memberAssisted training programs with giving lecture in reactor physics and neutron activation analysis and teaching lab by working licenses candidates through gamma spectroscopy and gas-filled detector calibrationOperated the reactor or supervise the operation during educational tours and conduct experiments in the reactor for research requested by other students and external companiesMaintained and troubleshoot the reactor facilities and complete regular checklists to ensure the public safety of the reactorFinished the project: The Determination of Water Quality using Gamma Spectrum, Neutron Flux Detection using Foil Activating Techniques

Batavia, Illinois, United States

Worked with data from dark matter direct research using skipper-CCDs to prepare labeled data sets formachine learning algorithms to perform particle identificationUtilized ROOT framework and C++ for primary data process and classification, and Geant4 for simulating particle tracks to optimize data process algorithmsParticipated in Summer Internships in Science and Technology Program and attended 2023 Fermilab User Meeting and 2023 Neutrino Summer Lecture series

Portland, Oregon, United States

The first experiment in coupling photon polarization with arrival timeWorked on the protective measurement of photon polarization in the time domainLearned to work with optic fibers, precision time measurements, and high precision photon counterDecreased the background noise and optimized the measurement resultSuccessfully performed 9 stages of protective measurementFinished all the data analysis alone with MathematicaPublications in progress

Portland, Oregon, United States

Assisted students in General Physics courses Assisted students in General Physics, Calculus, and Intro to Analysis classes by appointmentSupported students in physics and math learning process and shared personal experiences

Portland, Oregon, United States

Talked to prospective students over the phone and prepared materials for in-person visitorsWrote postcards and connected with prospective and admitted students