Experience

Caltech

• United States
• Research Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Graduate Research Fellow

  • Sep 2022 - Present



University of Connecticut

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • May 2021 - Aug 2022

  Working as a part of Professor Kyungseon Joo’s group investigating nuclear physics processes with CLAS12 at JLab and with the Electron-Ion Collider at BNL.Notable work:- Developing deep learning models for event generation, reconstruction, and identification.- Designing novel PCB adapters for the upcoming high-luminosity upgrade at CLAS12. - Investigating exclusive and inclusive processes at CLAS12 and EIC.

• Undergraduate Teaching Assistant

  • Jan 2021 - May 2021

  Course - ECE 3101: Signals & SystemsResponsibilities:- 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.

• Undergraduate Physics Researcher

  • Jan 2019 - May 2021

  Worked as a part of Professor Kyungseon Joo’s group investigating nuclear physics processes with CLAS12 at JLab and with the Electron-Ion Collider at BNL.Notable work:- Investigated exclusive phi meson production at CLAS12.- Improved legacy Java, Python, and C++ codes to be dynamic and multi-threaded.- Characterized the MAPMTs used in the CLAS12 RICH detector.



General Atomics

• United States
• Defense and Space Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Nuclear Fusion Research Intern

  • Jun 2019 - Aug 2019

  Worked for Dr. John Lohr in the electron cyclotron heating and current drive (ECH/ECCD) group to test and evaluate the new Top Launch 3MW waveguide. This experience was a part of the DOE funded SULI program.Notable work:- Measured RF leakage from waveguide components.- Built a water shield to attenuate the RF leakage from the DC break.- Characterized the injected beam profile, power realized, and divergence.- Quantified the polarization dependence of the calibration load. Worked for Dr. John Lohr in the electron cyclotron heating and current drive (ECH/ECCD) group to test and evaluate the new Top Launch 3MW waveguide. This experience was a part of the DOE funded SULI program.Notable work:- Measured RF leakage from waveguide components.- Built a water shield to attenuate the RF leakage from the DC break.- Characterized the injected beam profile, power realized, and divergence.- Quantified the polarization dependence of the calibration load.



Stony Brook University iCREATE

• United States
• Higher Education
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Intern

  • Jun 2018 - Aug 2018

  Worked in the iCreate Lab under David Ecker. - Designed and built Arduino based devices to collect data and quantify student’s use of the facility.- Helped manage and calibrate over a dozen 3D printers.- Counselor for STEM outreach events targeting under-represented demographics. Worked in the iCreate Lab under David Ecker. - Designed and built Arduino based devices to collect data and quantify student’s use of the facility.- Helped manage and calibrate over a dozen 3D printers.- Counselor for STEM outreach events targeting under-represented demographics.



University of Connecticut

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Swarm Robotics Research Assistant

  • Jan 2018 - May 2018

  Worked under Professor Shalabh Gupta in his LINKs lab on swarm robotics.- Wrote a driver to integrate the StarGazer localization module with the iRobot development platform.- Installed and configured the Player/Stage system for use with robots. Worked under Professor Shalabh Gupta in his LINKs lab on swarm robotics.- Wrote a driver to integrate the StarGazer localization module with the iRobot development platform.- Installed and configured the Player/Stage system for use with robots.