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.
Timeline
INDUSTRY (Summer 2019)
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
Fabricated superconductor/topological insulator heterojunctions, took differential conductance data, and wrote MATLAB functions to plot data as part of a National Science Foundation REU
Installed sample rotation stage on magnetotransport setup and wrote associated LabVIEW code to control it
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Began work on vacuum suitcase project
2017
2018
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
Continued work on vacuum suitcase by negotiating with suppliers for parts, completing planning/logistics, and beginning machining/assembly
Continued work on vacuum suitcase by finishing construction and completing alignment/vacuum checks given manufacturer delay
2019
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
Continued work on vacuum suitcase by planning CNC toolpaths and machining custom parts
Finished vacuum suitcase project by modifying cryomagnet bore holes and finalizing suitcase manual
Left LASE
Evidence for Helical Hinge Modes in an Fe-Based Superconductor
Field Deployment Technician
2020
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
Left REAP Labs
2016
Faraday housing for differential conductance equipment
Iron Telluride Selenide
on Bismuth Telluride
device
PCB printed
device board
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
FTS on BT after wiring
FTS on BS
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