Robert Knight, Phd Email & Phone Number

Eugene, OR, US

United States

Eugene, Oregon Area

• Improved embedded software on vehicle Communication module, enabling higher quality data transmission, reducing time and cost at the analysis stage
• Improved data visualization scheme using Grafana, enabling engineers to greatly reduce their data analysis effort and time, reducing costs
• Implemented open-source based computer vision technique for improved quality control in high-voltage cable manufacturing, saving costs on licensing fees
• Implemented database backup and recovery system that will reduce restoration time by nearly 100% in event of database failure
• Implemented cloud monitoring system which alerted about cost increases in real time
• Analyzed vehicle telemetry data; found a variety of correlations and patterns, helping engineers track down the cause of problems

Davis, CA

• Wrote code in Python, IDL, and C for analyzing cosmological data sets
• Utilized Statistics to do complex Fisher Forecasting to predict the cosmological gains to be expected from upcoming astronomical technology improvements

Honolulu, Hawai`i

• Taught object-oriented Java programming classes to university students
• Conceptualized and developed nearly all class materials, lectures, handouts, and exercises
• Mentored students with course material during office hours and by appointment

Honolulu, Hawai`i

• Utilized statistics of atmospheric fluctuations to write Python code to simulate visual distortions for telescopes, reducing telescope design time and costs
• Wrote data reduction code in IDL for processing of polarized spectroscopic images of asteroids, enabling us to discover a previously unseen asteroidal feature
• Combined theories of quantum mechanics and the interstellar medium in search of new physical effects

Mauna Kea, Hawai`i

• Improved the programming of the Submillimeter Array (SMA) antenna tuning and focusing software, saving time and reducing costs of regular observation preparation activities
• Operated the SMA observatory during astronomical observations and testing

Mauna Kea, Hawai`i

• Wrote data reduction software in IDL for analysis of Keck asteroid images, reducing data cleanup time by around a factor of 2
• Evaluated performance of asteroid image deconvolution routine

Phd, Physics

My Physics Dissertation (finished December 2018; advisor Lloyd Knox) was on forecasting cosmological parameter constraints which can be.

Master Of Science (Ms), Physics

Activities and Societies: Chancellor's Graduate and Professional Student Advisory Board - helped gather information regarding graduate and.

Master Of Science (Ms), Astronomy

Worked on models of Earth's atmosphere and solar polarimetry

Bachelor Of Arts (Ba), Mathematics

Bachelor Of Science (Bs), Astronomy

Activities and Societies: Center for Adaptive Optics Akamai Internship, 2005 Hawaii Space Grant, 2006