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Summer 2023

Student	Year	Project title and wiki-link	Paper	Talk	Picture
Student 1	2023	***
Student 2	2023	***
Student 3	2023	***

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

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= Summer 2007 =
|| ''Student'' || ''Project title and wiki-link'' || ''Paper'' || ''Talk '' ||
|| [[DarcyBarron|Darcy Barron]] || [http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/mLIGO/TCS/CO2_Stabilization Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization] || || ||
|| [[SoniaBuckley|Sonia Buckley]] || [[Servo optimization with Matlab]] || || ||
|| [[PhilipGraf|Philip Graf]] || || || ||
|| [[KeenanPepper|Keenan Pepper]] || [[Gravity Gradients]] || || ||
|| [[ElenaGasparri|Elena Gasparri]] || [[Gravity Gradients]] || || ||
|| [[AliceWang|Alice Wang]] || [[New RF photodiodes]] || || ||
|| [[JoshuaWeiner|Josh Weiner]] || [[AP Mode Scanning]] ||[http://www.its.caltech.edu/~jweiner/surf/progress2-80107.pdf T070179] || ||
|| Edward || FTIR and Mass Spec || || ||
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== Summer 2023 ==
|| ''Student'' || ''Year'' || ''Project title and wiki-link'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk '' || ''Picture'' ||
|| Student 1 || 2023|| *** || || || ||
|| Student 2 || 2023|| *** || || || ||
|| Student 3 || 2023|| *** || || || ||
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+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|| || || ||

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== Summer 2014 ==
|| ''Student'' || ''Year'' || ''Project title and wiki-link'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk '' ||
|| Nichin Sreekantaswamy || 2014 || [[https://wiki.ligo.caltech.edu/ajw?NichinSreekantaswamy | AutomatedPhotodetectorFrequencyResponse]] || || ||
|| Akhil Reddy || 2014 || [[https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-T1400634 | Frequency Offset Locking]] || [[https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-T1400424 | Reports 1 & 2]] || [[https://dcc.ligo.org/LIGO-G1400836 | Final presentation slides]] ||

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== Summer 2013 ==
|| ''Student'' || ''Year'' || ''Project title and wiki-link'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk '' ||
|| Alex Cole || 2013 || [[https://wiki.ligo.caltech.edu/ajw?AlexanderCole | PhotodetectorFrequencyResponse]] || || ||

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== Summer 2012 ==
|| ''Student'' || ''Year'' || ''Project title and wiki-link'' ||''Paper'' ||''Talk '' ||
|| Elizabeth Davison || 2012|| Det Char || || ||
|| Yaakov Fein || 2012|| Platform active isolation ||[[attachment:Seismic_Sensing_and_Actuation.pdf]] || ||
|| Maria (Masha) Okounkova || 2012|| Machine Learning ||[[attachment:MachineLearning.pdf]] (Uploaded 28 Sept 2012) || ||
|| Eric Hendries || 2012|| Calibration ||  || ||
|| Alexandra (Sasha) Zhdanova || 2012|| Simplant || [[attachment:zhdanova_2012.pdf]] || ||

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-|| Student (school)''          '' || year''   '' || Project'' '' || Paper'' '' || Talk'' '' ||
|| 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 || ||
+||''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]] || [[attachment:Multiply_Resonant_EOM/FinalPaper_090924.pdf|XXX]] || [[attachment:Multiply_Resonant_EOM/FinalTalk_090818.pdf|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]] || || ||
||[[SoniaBuckley|Sonia Buckley]] ||2007 ||[[Servo_optimization_with_Matlab]] || || ||
||[[ElenaGasparri|Elena Gasparri]] ||2007 ||[[Adaptive_Filter|Adaptive Filtering]] || || ||
||[[JoshuaWeiner|Josh Weiner]] ||2007 ||[[AP_Mode_Scanning]] ||[[http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/~cit40m/Docs/T070266_JoshWeiner.pdf|T070266]] || ||
||[[EdwardMacAulay|Edward MacAulay]] ||2007 ||FTIR and Mass Spec || || ||
||[[DarcyBarron|Darcy Barron]] ||2007 ||[[http://lhocds.ligo-wa.caltech.edu:8000/mLIGO/TCS/CO2_Stabilization|Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization]] ||T070244-00-R ||G070643-00-R ||
||[[AliceWang|Alice Wang]] ||2007 ||[[New RF photodiodes]] || || ||
||[[KeenanPepper|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 || ||
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- * New RF Photodiode (LSC)

 * New higher power Wavefront Sensor (!InGaAs)

 * Autorun GUI

 * [[40m Seismic Platform Interferometer]]

 * Optical lever noise reduction

 * Adjust rotation matrix interface for McWFS

 * Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam

 * Update noise budget code for DRFPMI & PRFPMI

 * Get some acoustic foam for the ISC tables

 * Script to measure Q and tune damping servos

 * Mode Cleaner thermal resonance tracking
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+= Suggested Reading List =
 * [[http://arxiv.org/abs/0711.3041|S5 Interferometer Paper]]
 * [[http://www.hpmemory.org/an/pdf/an_243.pdf|HP Signal Analysis note]]
 * [[http://ol.osa.org/abstract.cfm?id=68542|LIGO Lock Acquisition Paper]]
 * [[http://www.ligo.caltech.edu/docs/P/P020003-00.pdf|Matt's Manifesto on Lock Acquisition]]
 * [[http://adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/2005RvMP...77..783B|Feedback for Physicists]]
 * Optics Tutorial