User:Crnicoloff

Hi. I'm a graduate student in experimental nuclear physics.

Research interests include:
 * particle accelerators
 * charged particle optics
 * particle detectors
 * particle trapping/confinement
 * metrology
 * electronics
 * designing precision instrumentation for experimental use
 * high precision measurements
 * ... and more!

Research also includes:
 * long periods of intense frustration
 * simulation
 * data acquisition
 * writing data analysis software
 * debugging data analysis software
 * rewriting data analysis software to correct unfortunate choices in previous version
 * breaking stuff
 * fixing stuff
 * wondering why there is so much noise in the signal
 * vast overuse of aluminum foil as "temporary" RF shielding
 * methodically grounding everything
 * wrenching down ConFlat until your arms want to fall off
 * writing papers
 * creating pretty graphs for papers
 * condensing complex research into 10 minute conference talks
 * Python
 * C++
 * ROOT
 * SolidWorks
 * LabVIEW
 * PowerPoint
 * LaTeX

Personal interests include:
 * geeking out about how cool physics is
 * amateur photography
 * building physics demos
 * making jewelry
 * befriending cats