Summer 2024
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Student 1 |
2024 |
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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 |
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Jessica Pena |
2015 |
Feedforward Noise Cancellation at the 40m Prototype Interferometer |
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Evelyn Chase |
2015 |
Summary Pages and PSD's |
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Summer 2014
Student |
Year |
Project title and wiki-link |
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Talk |
Nichin Sreekantaswamy |
2014 |
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Akhil Reddy |
2014 |
Summer 2013
Student |
Year |
Project title and wiki-link |
Paper |
Talk |
Alex Cole |
2013 |
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Summer 2012
Student |
Year |
Project title and wiki-link |
Paper |
Talk |
Elizabeth Davison |
2012 |
Det Char |
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Yaakov Fein |
2012 |
Platform active isolation |
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Maria (Masha) Okounkova |
2012 |
Machine Learning |
MachineLearning.pdf (Uploaded 28 Sept 2012) |
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Eric Hendries |
2012 |
Calibration |
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Alexandra (Sasha) Zhdanova |
2012 |
Simplant |
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Past summer student projects
Student (school) |
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Project |
Paper |
Talk |
Ishwita Saikia |
2011 |
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Nicole Ing |
2011 |
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Nancy Aggarwal |
2010 |
Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors |
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Gopal Nataraj |
2010 |
Mode_Cleaner_Work:_Simulation_and_Improved_Wave_Front_Sensors |
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Sharmila Dhevi |
2010 |
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Katherine Larson |
2010 |
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Megan Daily |
2010 |
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Razib Obaid |
2010 |
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Jenna Walrath |
2010 |
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Zach Cummings |
2009 |
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Michelle Stephens |
2009 |
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Stephanie Erickson |
2009 |
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Clara Bennett (MIT) |
2009 |
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Connor Mooney |
2009 |
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Chris Zimmerman |
2009 |
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Eric (Caltech) |
2008 |
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Max (Caltech) |
2008 |
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Sharon (MIT) |
2008 |
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Masha (Harvard) |
2008 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
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2007 |
FTIR and Mass Spec |
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2007 |
T070244-00-R |
G070643-00-R |
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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 |
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Aya Sekido |
2002 |
Measurement of the laser beam profile at the 40m |
T020143 |
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Marcus Benna |
2002 |
Wavefront Sensing in Dual-Recycled Interferometers |
T020144 |
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Ilya Berdnikov |
2002 |
Characterization and commissioning of digital suspensions for the 40m Mode Cleaner |
T020145 |
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Surjeet Rejendran |
2002 |
Data Analysis, including a Cross Correlation Statistic to Identify Coincident Bursts |
T020146 |
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David Bonfield |
2002 |
Length sensing and control system of the mode cleaner in the LIGO 40m lab |
T020147 |
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Richard George (Cambridge) |
2001 |
AdvLIGO simulations with Twiddle and E2E |
T010160 |
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Victor Tsai (Caltech) |
2001 |
Physics Environmental Monitoring (PEM) at 40m |
T010161 |
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Tim Piatenko (Cornell) |
2001 |
Optical Properties of the Pre-Stabilized Laser |
T010162 |
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Andrea DeMichele (Pisa) |
2001 |
Pre-Stabilized Laser Stability Controls and Characterization |
T010159 |
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Mihail Amarie (Caltech) |
2001 |
Simulation of Response to Gravitational Waves and Noise |
T010158 |
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Irena Zivkovic (Serbia) |
2001 |
Optimizing burst search algorithms in the time-frequency domain |
T010157 |
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Brian Kappus (Harvey Mudd) |
2000 |
Wavefront Sensing for the 40m |
T000123 |
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Lisa Goggin (Cork, Ireland) |
2000 |
Study of the Optical Parameters of the 40m |
T000122 |
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Ivica Stevanovic (Belgrade) |
2000 |
Understanding the LIGO Optics Suspension Controller Electronics Design |
T000097 |
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Jitesh Chauhan (Leicester) |
2000 |
Global Diagnostic System at the 40m |
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Ted Jou (Caltech) |
2000 |
Determining Lengths and Optical Parameters for Dual Recycling at the 40m |
T000121 |
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Ideas for future projects
Summer_Projects/FutureProjects