MUON TOMOGRAPHY LAB @ OCCIDENTAL COLLEGE

Our Lab's Work

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My Role

Computational Physics and Detector Design Optimization

I calculated the underground terrestrial gamma-ray background and our scintillation detector's response to this background.

Experimental Physics: Detector and Circuit Board Testing, Debugging, and Deployment

I soldered, tested, and debugged transmitter, receiver, and constant fraction discriminator (CFD) circuit boards which transmit and digitize the raw signal from our detectors.

I contributed to the deployment of both our borehole detectors and air-shower detectors surface array. I also deployed antennas for each detector's GPS unit.

Embedded Software and IoT Network Engineering

I contributed to embedded software for IoT‑enabled detector communication networks, including GPS‑based timing and remote firmware updates to microprocessors. I implemented a procedure for over-the-air (OTA) firmware updates to microprocessors via Wifi, enabling us to send and install remote updates to the microprocessor's code for the purpose of changing the GPS unit readout, without interrupting the detection process.

Operations

I am leading a project to design and manufacture the next-generation geometry of one of our detectors which utilizes a tile-based scintillator geometry. I simplified the design of this detector from the previous generation to reduce cost by ___% and manufacturing time by ___%, which maintaining 95% detector efficiency.

I maintain the inventory of electrical components.