Skills:
SolidWorks, LaTeX, Mathematica, Lab View, Windows, Linux; Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint Machine shop design & fabrication: Operation of both manual and CNC mill, engine and CNC lathe; conventional, climb, plunge, slot, face, drill, dove tail milling and threading, turning, facing, chamfering, threading on lathe Vacuum science and hardware; mechanical & turbo pumps; thermocouple, convection, cold cathode & hot cathode gauges, vacuum leak analysis & improvement of vacuum chambers Basic principles of optics & optical design, thin film deposition technology, and surface characterization techniques, safety & laboratory techniques Digital and analog electronics including oscilloscopes, functional generators, circuit construction, microcontrollers, soldering and digital electronics components Laboratory techniques including measuring, controlled temperature gauges, and laboratory safety from chemicals, machines, reactions