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Research

My academic research career is summarized in the timeline below

Click on a laboratory icon below to see a detailed page on the laboratory and the work I did while I was a researcher within the lab. 

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Years with the LASE: 2016 - 2019

Lab Focus: Spectroscopic studies of novel solids, interfaces and nano-materials. 

Materials of interest include: Topological Insulators, Unconventional Superconductors, Spin/Valleytronics, thermoelectrics and 2D atomic crystals.

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Years with the REAP Labs: 2019 - 2021

Lab Focus: Studies of fundamental light/matter interactions and applications to novel technologies 

Devices of interest include: Photovoltaics, Thermophotovoltaics, Metamaterials, Photodetectors, High-Speed Devices

Timeline

INDUSTRY     (Summer 2019)

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Joined LASE at Boston College

Designed and constructed Faraday cage for magnetotransport equipment

Device fabrication & magnetotransport training

Self-taught PCB printing and wrote basic how-to for other researchers in the department

Designed, printed, and assembled PCB and wrote associated LabVIEW & Arduino code for automatic & remote switching of magnetotransport system parameters 

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Fabricated superconductor/topological insulator heterojunctions, took differential conductance data, and wrote MATLAB functions to plot data as part of a National Science Foundation REU

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Installed sample rotation stage on magnetotransport setup and wrote associated LabVIEW code to control it

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2017

2018

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Created model/renders for proposal

Continued work on vacuum suitcase by proposing different sample mounts to engineers at Montana Instruments, who were designing the associated optical cryostation

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Continued work on vacuum suitcase by devising a transfer method compatible with both collaborators and in-house vacuum suitcases 

Continued work on vacuum suitcase by adjusting design to be compatible with laboratory cleanroom-in-a-glovebox, magnetotransport setup, and future optical cryostation

Continued work on vacuum suitcase by finalizing intermediate chamber design and sample mount designs

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Continued work on vacuum suitcase by negotiating with suppliers for parts, completing planning/logistics, and beginning machining/assembly

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Continued work on vacuum suitcase by finishing construction and completing alignment/vacuum checks given manufacturer delay

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2019

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Continued work on vacuum suitcase by completing bakeout and first transfer with collaborator sample

Continued work on vacuum suitcase by continuing machining and completing first optical cryostation transfer

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Continued work on vacuum suitcase by planning CNC toolpaths and machining custom parts

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Finished vacuum suitcase project by modifying cryomagnet bore holes and finalizing suitcase manual

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Left LASE 

Publication:

Evidence for Helical Hinge Modes in an Fe-Based Superconductor

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Field Deployment Technician

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2020

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Joined REAP Labs at Tufts University

Designed a GUI in Python which allows for the quick design & simulation of semiconductor devices in Silvaco Atlas

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More information can be found on the REAP Labs page

2021

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Left REAP Labs

2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021

2016

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Faraday housing for differential conductance equipment

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Iron Telluride Selenide

on Bismuth Telluride

device

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PCB printed

device board

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PCB Layout

Partial LabVIEW code which controls PCB operation/integration

Arduino attached to 

shift registers

Magnet model with rotation stage 

Partial LabVIEW code which controls/integrates rotation stage

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Differential conductance dependence on magnetic field strength coplanar with interface

Early suitcase transfer model

Model for sample mount wiring device

Proposed sample transfer mechanism to accommodate system limiting factors

Progressed sample transfer model which accommodates multiple sample holder types

Zoom in of progressed sample transfer model which demonstrates release mechanism

Explosion of Unisoku sample mount block

Montana sample mount block with accompanying sample holder

Partially constructed vacuum chamber cart and vacuum suitcase

Montana sample block mount machined out of aluminum

Model of transfer setup

Real-life reflection of model

First test of Montana sample block transfer into glovebox

Viewport perspective of transfer alignment

Bakeout/pressure testing of suitcase transfer

First Unisoku sample transfer attempt

Sample block with Unisoku sample holder being gripped by sterilized tweezers

Sterilized tweezers holding Unisoku sample holder with sample on top

Montana cryosystem transfer alignment test

Montana cryosystem piezo-stage test (closed-system)

Montana sample holder receiver machined (top)

Montana sample receiver partially machined (bottom)

Machined Montana sample receiver parts (disassembled)

Machine Montana sample receiver assembled with sample holder mated

Magnet during disassembly for modification

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