Summer 2007

Darcy Barron	Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization
Sonia Buckley	Servo optimization with new Matlab tools
Philip Graf
Keenan Pepper	Gravity Gradients
Alice Wang	RF photodiode response
Josh Wiener	Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam

Past summer student projects

Jenne Driggers (U Washington)	2006	Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners	T060240-00-R	talk
David Malling (Syracuse U)	2006	Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m	T060241-00-R	talk
Darcy Barron (U Illinois)	2006	DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer	T060XXX-00-R	talk.
Royal Reinecke (Caltech)	2006	Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout	T060244-00-R	talk.
Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome)	2006	Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment	T060246-00-R	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

2002:

Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40 Meter Prototype Interferometer, Aya Sekido, T020143-00-R.
Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers, Marcus K. Benna, T020144-00-R.
Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner., Ilya Berdnikov, T020145-00-R.
Topics in Data Analysis from Gravitational Wave Interferometers, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Co-incident Bursts in LIGO, Surjeet Rajendran T020146-00-R.
Characterizing the length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab David Bonfield T020147-00-R.

2001:

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

2000:

Brian Kappus, Harvey Mudd, bkappus@orion.ac.hmc.edu : Wavefront Sensing for the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000123-00.pdf.
Lisa Goggin, Cork, Ireland, lisagoggin@hotmail.com : Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000122-00.pdf.
Ivica Stevanovic, Belgrade, eeveetza@yahoo.com : Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design, MS Word document and T000097-00.pdf.
Jitesh Chauhan, Leicester, jitesh.c@virgin.net : The Global Diagnostic System on the LIGO 40m Prototype at Caltech, MS Word document
Ted Jou, Caltech, tjou@ligo : Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000121-00.pdf.

Ideas for future projects

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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|| Darcy Barron  || Enhanced LIGO TCS Intensity Stabilization     ||
|| Sonia Buckley || Servo optimization with new Matlab tools      ||
|| Philip Graf   ||                                               ||
|| Keenan Pepper || Gravity Gradients                             ||
|| Alice Wang    || RF photodiode response                        ||
|| Josh Wiener   || Mode scanning of the Anti-Symmetric port beam ||


== Past summer student projects ==

|| Jenne Driggers (U Washington) || 2006 || Optomechanical Alignment Instability in LIGO Mode Cleaners || T060240-00-R || talk ||
|| David Malling (Syracuse U)    || 2006 || Development of a Noise Budget for the 40m || T060241-00-R || talk ||
|| Darcy Barron (U Illinois)     || 2006 || DC Readout at the LIGO 40-meter Interferometer || T060XXX-00-R || talk. ||
|| Royal Reinecke (Caltech)      || 2006 || Angular Noise in a Suspended Interferometer with DC Readout || T060244-00-R || talk. ||
|| Riccardo Ciolfi (U Rome)      || 2006 || Development of Photodetectors for the Squeezing Experiment || T060246-00-R || 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 || ||

2002:
    *  Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40 Meter Prototype Interferometer, Aya Sekido, T020143-00-R.
    * Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers, Marcus K. Benna, T020144-00-R.
    * Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner., Ilya Berdnikov, T020145-00-R.
    * Topics in Data Analysis from Gravitational Wave Interferometers, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Co-incident Bursts in LIGO, Surjeet Rajendran T020146-00-R.
    * Characterizing the length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab David Bonfield T020147-00-R. 

2001:
|| 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 || ||
2000:
    *  Brian Kappus, Harvey Mudd, bkappus@orion.ac.hmc.edu : Wavefront Sensing for the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document  and T000123-00.pdf.
    * Lisa Goggin, Cork, Ireland, lisagoggin@hotmail.com : Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000122-00.pdf.
    * Ivica Stevanovic, Belgrade, eeveetza@yahoo.com : Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design, MS Word document and T000097-00.pdf.
    * Jitesh Chauhan, Leicester, jitesh.c@virgin.net : The Global Diagnostic System on the LIGO 40m Prototype at Caltech, MS Word document
    * Ted Jou, Caltech, tjou@ligo : Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m LIGO Prototype, MS Word document and T000121-00.pdf. 
== Ideas for future projects ==