Performing nuclear physics research with CLAS12 at JLab and the EIC at BNL.

Current Projects include:

• Investigating coherent J/$\psi$ production and deeply virtual Compton scattering at the EIC.
• Developing new methods for fast event generation with neural networks.
• Designing deep learning models for improved particle identification at CLAS12.
• Creating ASIC high-luminosity adaptors for the MicroMegas at CLAS12.
• Using Geant4 to simulate synchrotron radiation in the EIC’s electron beamline.

Past work:

• Created a physics-based data analysis procedure to detect the $\phi$ meson from $ep\rightarrow epK^+K^-$ scattering in CLAS12.
• Improved legacy Java, Python, and C++ codes to be dynamic and multi-threaded. Decreased user-workload by 90%.
• Characterized the single-photon response in the photomultiplier tubes used on the CLAS12 RICH detector with the CERN ROOT C++ package.

Course Catalog Description for ECE 3101: Signals & Systems:

Representation of signals in the time and frequency domains. Fourier series. Fourier and Laplace transform methods for analysis of linear systems. Introduction to state space models. Introduction to sampling and discrete systems analysis via z transforms.

Responsibilities:

• Led a weekly hour-long discussion where the concepts were reinforced using examples.
• Held weekly office hours.
• Created exam solutions and graded student submissions.
• Taught Matlab basics.

Led a team of 6 students (3 EE, 3 CSE) to design and manufacture a test-bed with passenger vehicle driving dynamics to use a deep neural network for path planning and obstacle avoidance.

Responsibilities:

• Communication with the sponsor/client, Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories.
• Led bi-weekly meetings and allocated tasks to the other students.
• Qualified the camera and LIDAR for use with the robot/neural net.
• Designed the ROS nodes and underlying backend for distributed computing.
• Developed the software and algorithms used to control the robot.

Worked in the electron cyclotron heating and current drive (ECH/ECCD) group to carry out performance measurements on the new 3.2 MW Top Launch waveguide. This experience was a part of the Department of Energy (DOE) funded Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program.

Responsibilities:

• Measured RF leakages from the DC break and other components in Top Launch and observed how RF power densities changed with injection modes and plasma conditions.
  • Built a teflon water shield to attenuate the RF leakage from the DC break and protect sensitive equipment.
• Used infrared measurements of the Top Launch beam to characterize the injected Gaussian profile, power realized, and divergence.
• Quantified the polarization dependence of the calibration load which allowed for purchasing a new load.