Research
I previously worked in the Simulating eXtreme Spacetimes collaboration, advised by Prof. Saul A. Teukolsky.
Here you will find descriptions of academic and research work that I have conducted over the years.
Graduate work
Cornell University 2008–2014
- Magnetic effects on the low-T/W instability in differentially rotating neutron stars [Phys. Rev. D 90, 104014 / arXiv:1405.2144, APR13 abstract / APR13 slides]
- Determination of stellar color temperature from 2MASS data [Class. Quantum Grav. 32, 065002 / arXiv:1410.7775 (acknowledgement)]
- Effects of numerical flux reconstruction on the development of global fluid instabilities
- Implemented an upwind constrained transport scheme for evolving the GRMHD equations
- Optimized and refactored hydrodynamic portions of the Spectral Einstein Code, enabling investigations with additional microphysics [ApJ, 776, 47 / arXiv:1304.3384]
- Implemented Zernike polynomial basis functions for B2 and B3 topologies [poster]
- Implemented an initial data solver for irrotational binary neutron systems [Phys. Rev. D 93, 124062 / arXiv:1604.00782]
Other coauthored papers
- Initial data for black hole-neutron star binaries, with rotating stars [arXiv:1607.07962]
- Gravitational waveforms for neutron star binaries from binary black hole simulations [Phys. Rev. D 93, 044064 / arXiv:1509.05782]
- Binary Neutron Stars with Arbitrary Spins in Numerical Relativity [Phys. Rev. D 92, 124012 / arXiv:1508.06986]
See my old Research page for academic work.
Past projects
NASA 2004, 2008
- Monitored the on-orbit performance of the GLAST Burst Monitor with Dr. Charles A. Meegan [poster, report, slides]
- Lead a team to prototype a mock lunar mission
University of Maryland 2004–2008
- Investigated resonant origins for Pluto’s high inclination with Prof. Douglas P. Hamilton [research paper, slides]
- Assembled infrastructure for the G0 experiment at Jefferson Lab with Prof. James J. Kelly
- Developed an interactive online map to showcase community research with Dr. Peter Levine
- Implemented a search for upstream events in WIND data with Dr. Mihir Desai [semester report]
See my old Research page for academic work.