Alumni

PostDocs

  • Dr. Miriam Hiebert, history of science project investigating German reactor program, July 2019 – 2021. Placement: Mimi is now a researcher at the Smithsonian and adjunct at UMD’s IPST.
  • George A. Hine, Quantum Nucleonics & Bulk Electrets, March 2017 – August 2018. Placement: George is now a postdoc at ORNL.

PhD Students

  • Dr. Kiersten Ruisard, “Designing Nonlinear Beam Optics on the University of Maryland Electron Ring” – (Ruisard was the recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship to study nonlinear beam optics in 2014). Placement: awarded Postdoctoral Schull Fellowship at ORNL 2018
  • Dr. Slavica Grdanovska, “Photonic band gap structure for in-situ nuclear reactor core monitoring.” –PhD Granted December 2015. Placement: Post Doc at Notre Dame, South Bend, Indiana, and now lab scientist at Fermi National Accelerator Lab, Illinois
  • Dr. Will Stem, May 2015 “Characterizing space charge dominated beam envelope resonances” –  PhD Granted December 2015.  Placement: Post Doc at GSI, Darmstadt, Berlin Germany, now laboratory scientist at LLNL.
  • Dr. Amy E. Beasten, (Koeth was co-advisor), “Neutron Detection in BF3 and Noble Gas Excimer Radiation in the Far UV.” – PhD granted May 2013. Placement: US Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Masters Students

  • Becca Osborn
  • Research advisor of Orion Wenrich, 2013-2015 “Triboelectricity phenomena from adhesives and dissimilar materials,” MS granted 2015
  • Research Advisor of Masters Student, Eric Vorheis, 2010-2011 “Design of an electrostatic based electron beam energy analyzer for UMER.” MS granted 2011.

Undergraduate Students

  • Aneesh Anandanatarajan 2021 →  2023 Undergraduate on CLD Experiments working on Data Analysis and Experimental Design
  • Willow Morrissey 2020 → 2023 Fast Imaging for CLD Experiments. Now at UMBC pursuing PhD in Mechanical Engineering
  • Jessica Strongin 2020 → 2023 Machine learning techniques for gamma spectra data classification. Now at Johns Hopkins University pursuing PhD in Chemical Engineering
  • Nancy Chen 2019 → 2021 Optical characterization of radiation degradation and recovery in fused GE214 quartz.
  • John Ball – 2019 → 2021 – “Design and simulation of position sensitive excimer baased neutron detector for CMFX fusion experiment” and “Design & construction of a storage ring for nuclear decay studies,”Now at MIT pursuing PhD in Nuclear Engineering
  • Jacques Reddinger – 2019 → 2020  – Now at University of Oregon
  • Scott Moroch, June 2017 – 2019 “Designer and project manager of cryogenic ion trap to study highly charged light ions,” and “Design & construction of a storage ring for nuclear decay studies,”   Now at MIT for PhD studies, Goldwater Recipient, NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
  • David B. Matthew (Physics), Spring & Summer 2015 “Design, modeling, and commission of octuple electromagnet for non-linear beam optics at UMER,” Now he is a physics PhD student at UMD.
  • Dennis Grabowski, Matthew Teperman, Luke Nelson (Rutgers’ Cyclotron students) Spring 2015, “Optimization of the ion source and central region in the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron.”
  • Instructor of Rutgers’ Cyclotron students Craig Reigngold, Leopold Lutz & Darren Moreno (Rutgers’ Cyclotron students), Spring 2014, “Design and commissioning of 19F(p, a)16O” nuclear reaction experiment with the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron.
  • Julia Gonski, Sean Burcher, Stoyan Lazarov (Rutgers’ Cyclotron students), Spring 2013, “Novel Optical Method for Measuring Beam Phase and Width in the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron” (Gonski was the recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship to study High Energy Physics in 2014, nearing completion of her PhD from Harvard)
  • Kiersten Ruisard, May 2011 – June 2012, (I was appointed Senior Thesis advisor) “Modeling and design of an extraction beam line for the University of Maryland Electron Ring.” (Ruisard’ s work awarded prestigious Henry Rutgers Scholars Award, 1 of only 40 awards out of approximately 40,000 Rutgers students. She was also the recipient of the NSF Graduate Fellowship to study accelerator physics with me at UMD. She is now holds the prestigious Schull Fellowship at ORNL, the first person to receive this for accelerator science.)
  • Jason Osheroff, University of Maryland Electron Ring undergraduate summer intern, summer 2012, UMER in situ transverse imaging and longitudinal energy analyzer diagnostics upgrade.  Jason is now a full-time staff member NASA Goddard.
  • Carl O’Donnell, University of Maryland Electron Ring undergraduate summer intern, summer 2012, Design and testing of high-current water cooled flexible printed circuit based magnets for UMER extraction upgrade.
  • Jacob Butcher, University of Maryland Electron Ring undergraduate summer intern, summer 2012, mechanical design and modeling of multiple UMER extraction sections.
  • Mephare Atay, Rutgers Physics Undergraduate Independent Research study in physics, summer 2012, “Simulations for cyclotron central region optimization.”  Now she is earning a PhD at Oxford in accelerator science.
  • Kiersten Ruisard, George Hine, Aaron Rosenberg (Rutgers’ Cyclotron students), Spring 2011, “Design and installation of AVF pole tips for the 12-inch Cyclotron”
  • Timothy Ponter, Fall 2010. A 3D simulation study of ion orbits in an AVF magnetic field of the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron.  Timothy Ponter now works for IBA installing Proton Beam Radiotherapy facilities across the United States.
  • Claire Stortstrom, 2010 UMD undergraduate summer intern. Study of discharge characteristics during the formation of a Lichtenberg Figures.
  • Timothy Ponter, UMD UMER undergraduate summer intern, summer 2010, Electrical upgrade to UMER’s DC quadrupole system.
  • Albert Tioga, University of Maryland Electron Ring undergraduate summer intern 2010. Electrical upgrade to UMER’s DC quadrupole system.
  • Timothy Ponter (Rutgers’ Cyclotron student), Spring 2010 Design of a miniature cold-cathode P.I.G. ion source.
  • Timothy Ponter, University of Maryland Electron Ring undergraduate summer intern, summer 2009, Design of a pneumatic actuated diagnostic chamber for UMER.
  • Timothy Ponter (Rutgers’ Cyclotron student), Spring 2009, The design, construction, and commissioning of an electrostatic deflector to measure cyclotron beam energy.
  • Rob Friedman and John McClain (Rutgers’ Cyclotron students), Spring 2003, Profiling the magnetic field of anew pole tip design on the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron.
  • Carolyn Chun and Liam MacLynne (Rutgers’ Cyclotron students), Spring 2002. A new pole tip design to promote beam focusing in the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron.
  • Kent Horvath (Rutgers’ Cyclotron student), Spring 2001. A study of ion orbits in the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron.

High School Students

  • John Lathrop, May 2015 – August 2015 “High resolution spectroscopy of electron beam induce gamma rays.”  He became an undergrad at UMD in physics, and continued in my research group.
  • Claudia Richoux (Senior Thesis Advisor of Claudia Richoux) of Thomas Jefferson High School of Science and Technology & IREAP Mentorship Program, Spring 2015, then “Conversion of the Rutgers 12-Inch Cyclotron to a Synchrocyclotron” August 2015 – February 2016. Now undergraduate at the University of Chicago and intern for Wolfram.
  • Scientific Mentor of High School Student, Heidi Baumgartner’s New York City Science Fair project, academic year 2009-10.  Together, Heidi and I share a patent on the subject of her project.  Heidi earned her BS in physics from MIT, started a small company “OneTesla” and now is a full time PhD student in EE at UMD.
  • ‘Cyclotron Kids’ Heidi Baumgartner and Peter Heuer at Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Lab (JLab). These two were high school students constructing a 15-Inch cyclotron, 2008-2009.  Peter earned his BS in physics from Rochester and is now nearing completion of his PhD in plasma physics at UCLA. Heidi earned her BS in physics from MIT, started a small company “OneTesla,” then finished a PhD student in EE at UMD, and is now a staff scientist at Sandia National Labs. Their cyclotron now resides at Old Dominion University.