Undergraduate Research Experience Student at UC Davis - Department of Physics and Astronomy

Helped fix a SolidWorks design for the ARIADNE cryostat and prepared its integration into a COMSOL Multiphysics heat transfer simulation; developed conduction and surface-to-surface radiation benchmark models; performed a COMSOL heat transfer study using these benchmarks and boundary conditions; determined steady-state temperatures of key cryostat components to characterize magnetic and thermal noise relevant to detecting the QCD Axion signals.

Student Researcher at Furman University - Physics Department

Collaborated on a Python script to access NASA's TESS 2-minute cadence photometric data; cleaned and processed data using Savitzky-Golay filtering and interpolation; measured orbital periods for seven eclipsing cataclysmic variables; created O–C diagrams and computed Ṗ for all systems.

ERIRA Program Participant at Green Bank Observatory

Operated twenty-meter and forty-foot radio telescopes; measured the rotation speed of the Milky Way via Doppler shifts; imaged flux for the Crab, Orion Nebulae, and the North Polar Spur; calculated the height of the Earth above the galactic plane using data from three Milky Way arms; produced a tri-color image indicating Doppler shift; observed Messier 20, 17, and 8 with RVB data and WISE infrared data; presented results to peers.

Townes Research Fellow at Furman University - Physics Department

Used several small optical telescopes (14–16” apertures) to observe five dwarf nova CV systems for 50 days in B and V Johnson-Cousins filters; calibrated and analyzed photometric data using Mirax64; measured flux and temperature changes during outbursts; presented at the 2022 Physics Congress and ERIRA research program with CUWiP 2023.

Student Researcher at Furman University - Mathematics Department

Using an existing Python script, constructed geometric representations for all 16 Garside shadows between the Shi0 and Shi1 arrangements for the ˜A2 Coxeter group; modified the script to add two elements from distinct Garside shadows to explore more shadows; presented on finding Garside shadows in the ˜A2 Coxeter group at the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) in January 2025.

Mathematics Tutor at Furman University - Mathematics Resource Center

Provided two weekly 2-hour tutoring sessions for Calculus I, Calculus II, Intro to Statistics, and Linear Algebra; offered homework help and one-on-one course material explanations.

Teaching Assistant at Furman University - Physics Department

General Physics I, II, and Intro to Astronomy Lab Teaching Assistant; assisted students in weekly lab sessions, explained lab manual instructions, assembled labs, and managed laboratory equipment; contributed to new or revised labs for General Physics I and II.

Undergraduate Research Experience Student at UC Davis - Department of Physics and Astronomy

Helped fix a SolidWorks design for the ARIADNE cryostat, developed COMSOL Multiphysics models for heat transfer benchmarks (conduction and surface-to-surface radiation), built a conduction and radiation benchmark suite, performed a steady-state temperature analysis for key components, and contributed to characterizing magnetic and thermal noise in the cryostat to improve detection of the QCD Axion signature.

Educational Research in Radio Astronomy (ERIRA) Program Participant at Green Bank Observatory

Operated twenty-meter and forty-foot radio telescopes for 7 days; measured the rotation speed of the Milky Way using Doppler shift; imaged and measured flux for the Crab, Orion Nebulae, and the North Polar Spur using Radio Cartographer; calculated the height of the Earth above the galactic plane; observed and composed images with RVB data and WISE 4.6 infrared data and presented to undergraduates and mentors.

Townes Research Fellow at Furman University - Physics Department

Used Skynet Robotic Telescope Network to observe five different cataclysmic variable (CV) systems for 50 days in B and V Johnson-Cousins filters; calibrated and analyzed photometric data using Mirax64; measured the flux for each system and calculated the change in temperature during an outburst; presented a poster at the 2022 Physics Congress and ERIRA program CUWiP 2023.

Student Research Assistant at Furman University - Mathematics Department

Using an existing Python script, helped construct geometric representations for all of the 16 Garside shadows between the Shi0 and Shi1 arrangements for the ˜ B2 Coxeter group; modifying the script to add two elements from two distinct Garside Shadows between the Shi0 and Shi1 arrangements to see if we get more distinct shadows; gave a talk on finding Garside shadows in the ˜ A2 Coxeter group in the Joint Mathematics Meetings (JMM) in January, 2025.

General Physics I, II, and Intro to Astronomy Lab Student Teaching Assistant at Furman University - Physics Department

Assisted students in weekly lab sessions, providing support with equipment, and explaining lab manual instructions; assembled labs and managed laboratory equipment, including assisting with the design and implementation of new or revised labs for general physics I and II and Intro to Astronomy.