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Code development for plasma control group, managed on Gitlab via SourceTree.Design and program workflow to calibrate ~400 magnetic probes via MATLAB:- Data cleaning and pipelining post-experimentation, designing and applying physics- based models, assessing performance and applying uncertainty analysis.- Derive model parameters by methods of Bayesian inference, least-squares , Monte Carlo Metropolis-Hastings sampling, and hyper-parameter optimizations.-… Show more Code development for plasma control group, managed on Gitlab via SourceTree.Design and program workflow to calibrate ~400 magnetic probes via MATLAB:- Data cleaning and pipelining post-experimentation, designing and applying physics- based models, assessing performance and applying uncertainty analysis.- Derive model parameters by methods of Bayesian inference, least-squares , Monte Carlo Metropolis-Hastings sampling, and hyper-parameter optimizations.- Determine sampling frequency of probes using Fourier analysis.Real-time FPGA embedded hardware design and verification via MATLAB Simulink.Design and create MATLAB GUIs that support experiments.Lead team meetings and on-boarding experience for new members.Presented and participated in plasma physics conferences:- High Temperature Plasma Diagnostics (2022)- Published research: “Bayesian inference and calibration of magnetic diagnostics.”Design and provide support in experiments between cross-functional groups. Show less

Italy

Research assistant for Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE). Managed various tasks during the construction process of the experiment which will seek to discover neutrinoless double beta decay.- Managed and surveilled construction phase of experiment. Surveilled factors such at radiation, oxygen, particle, temperature, and pressure levels to assure safety of installation team and the integrity of apparatus.- Kept daily log of events and progression of cryostat… Show more Research assistant for Cryogenic Underground Observatory for Rare Events (CUORE). Managed various tasks during the construction process of the experiment which will seek to discover neutrinoless double beta decay.- Managed and surveilled construction phase of experiment. Surveilled factors such at radiation, oxygen, particle, temperature, and pressure levels to assure safety of installation team and the integrity of apparatus.- Kept daily log of events and progression of cryostat installation- Various tasks assigned by doctorates of physics. Tasks included: writing a manual in LaTeX through Overleaf. Soldering. Measurement of pipelines. Show less

Santa Margarita

• Published author and co-author in the Journal of Double Star Observations.• Designed and constructed a 17.5 inch Newtonian telescope for the Orion Observatory in a machine shop• Mathematically verified short-arc binaries and extrapolated orbital periods. • Tested practicality of photomultiplier tubes as a cost-efficient means of binary observation.http://www.jdso.org/volume12/number3/SpecialIssue2.pdf