Summer 2024

Student

Year

Project title and wiki-link

Paper

Talk

Picture

Student 1

2024

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Student 2

2024

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Student 3

2024

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Summer 2017

Naomi Wharton Jigyasa Nigam Kaustubh Singhi

Summer 2016

Aakash Patil Varun Kelkar

Summer 2015

Student

Year

Project title and wiki-link

Paper

Talk

Picture

Ignacio Magana

2015

Feedforward noise cancellation at the 40m prototype interferometer

Jessica Pena

2015

Feedforward Noise Cancellation at the 40m Prototype Interferometer

Evelyn Chase

2015

Summary Pages and PSD's


Summer 2014

Student

Year

Project title and wiki-link

Paper

Talk

Nichin Sreekantaswamy

2014

AutomatedPhotodetectorFrequencyResponse

Akhil Reddy

2014

Frequency Offset Locking

Reports 1 & 2

Final presentation slides


Summer 2013

Student

Year

Project title and wiki-link

Paper

Talk

Alex Cole

2013

PhotodetectorFrequencyResponse


Summer 2012

Student

Year

Project title and wiki-link

Paper

Talk

Elizabeth Davison

2012

Det Char

Yaakov Fein

2012

Platform active isolation

Seismic_Sensing_and_Actuation.pdf

Maria (Masha) Okounkova

2012

Machine Learning

MachineLearning.pdf (Uploaded 28 Sept 2012)

Eric Hendries

2012

Calibration

Alexandra (Sasha) Zhdanova

2012

Simplant

zhdanova_2012.pdf


Past summer student projects

Student (school)

year

Project

Paper

Talk

Ishwita Saikia

2011

Adaptive_Feed_Forward_Filtering

Nicole Ing

2011

Characterization of the TT suspension

Nancy Aggarwal

2010

Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors

Gopal Nataraj

2010

Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors

Sharmila Dhevi

2010

Magnetic Suspensions

Katherine Larson

2010

Magnetic Suspensions

Megan Daily

2010

Freq Stabilization

Razib Obaid

2010

Phase_Camera

Jenna Walrath

2010

Gyro

Zach Cummings

2009

GigE_Phase_Cameras

Michelle Stephens

2009

Optical_Ring_Gyroscope

Stephanie Erickson

2009

Multiply_Resonant_EOM

XXX

XXX

Clara Bennett (MIT)

2009

Active_Noise_Cancellation

Connor Mooney

2009

Fiber_Noise_Cancellation

Chris Zimmerman

2009

Long_Range_Michelson_Readout

Eric (Caltech)

2008

Image_Processing_with_GigE_Cameras

Max (Caltech)

2008

Automated_Noise_Characterization

Sharon (MIT)

2008

Adaptive_Noise_Cancellation_with_Neural_Networks

Masha (Harvard)

2008

Exotic_Lock_Acquisition

Sonia Buckley

2007

Servo_optimization_with_Matlab

Elena Gasparri

2007

Adaptive Filtering

Josh Weiner

2007

AP_Mode_Scanning

T070266

Edward MacAulay

2007

FTIR and Mass Spec

Darcy Barron

2007

Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization

T070244-00-R

G070643-00-R

Alice Wang

2007

New RF photodiodes

Keenan Pepper

2007

Gravity_Gradients

Jenne Driggers (U Washington)

2006

Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners

T060240

talk

David Malling (Syracuse U)

2006

Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m

T060241

talk

Darcy Barron (U Illinois)

2006

DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer

T060XXX

talk.

Royal Reinecke (Caltech)

2006

Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout

T060244

talk.

Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome)

2006

Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment

T060246

talk

Marcus Ng

2005

Design of an Output Mode Cleaner to Enable DC Readout

paper

talk

Ryan Kinney

2005

Noise Budget Development

paper

talk

Matt Eichenfield

2003

Wavefront Sensing Auto-Alignment System of a Triangular Mode Cleaner Cavity

T030234

talk

Naman Batt

2003

Optical Lever System

T030231

talk

Alexei Ourjoumtsev

2003

The Beam tool, MC WFS commissioning, electro-optic shutters, beamline installation

T030198

Aya Sekido

2002

Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m

T020143

Marcus Benna

2002

Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers

T020144

Ilya Berdnikov

2002

Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner

T020145

Surjeet Rejendran

2002

Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts

T020146

David Bonfield

2002

Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab

T020147

Richard George (Cambridge)

2001

AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E

T010160

Victor Tsai (Caltech)

2001

Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m

T010161

Tim Piatenko (Cornell)

2001

Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser

T010162

Andrea DeMichele (Pisa)

2001

Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization

T010159

Mihail Amarie (Caltech)

2001

Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise

T010158

Irena Zivkovic (Serbia)

2001

Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain

T010157

Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd)

2000

Wavefront Sensing for the 40m

T000123

Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland)

2000

Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m

T000122

Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade)

2000

Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design

T000097

Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester)

2000

Global Diagnostic System at the 40m

Ted Jou (Caltech)

2000

Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m

T000121

Ideas for future projects

Summer_Projects/FutureProjects


Suggested Reading List

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