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Research Assistant and Lead
June 2018 - August 2018
Northern Illinois University
Purpose
The primary intent behind this internship was to get experience in the world of particle physics. I was able to understand how experiments on fundamental particles are done along with how to design and document step-by-step procedural apparatuses.
Lastly, I was able to formalize my experiment into a verbal and written presentation to showcase the work done and explain key results and what may have caused them.
Target Audience
NIU Professors - The end goal behind this internship was to present research findings to a panel of professors and explain the process behind experimentation/iteration to gather significant amounts of data.
High School Physics Students -
The findings were to be conveyed to interested high schoolers to help them get a baseline understanding behind the work being done at NIU to see if they wanted to pursue a field in particle physics.
Details
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Research fundamental physics particles (muons, bosons, etc.) and their application to determine the elementary constituents of matter
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Cosmic ray detector manager: wired photomultiplier tubes to scintillator tiles in order to test the number of muons that made contact with two or more tubes
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Implemented muon tomography to discriminate and exclude the presence of high-Z material and keep false positives rate low
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Developed ROC and the LROC curves
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Proficient in MS Excel and MATLAB as means for statistical and data analysis
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