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Andrea Nelson

andreanelson@tamu.edu

Fourth Year Graduate Student


I am working on the microfabrication of Si resonators for operation as optomechanical inertial sensors at cryogenic temperatures. I will be researching how these devices compare to our high frequency compact fused silica resonators. I am interested in micro/nanofabrication techniques, opto-mechanical resonators, and optical metrology.


Education: 

  • M.S., The University of  Arizona, Optical Sciences, 2022
  • B.S., California State University Long Beach, Physics (Summa Cum Laude), 2019
  • B.A., University of California Davis, Linguistics (Highest Honors), Japanese (Honors), 2011

Work Experience:

  • Tutoring (Math, Reading, EFL)
  • Junior Drafter (Structural – AutoCAD) – CB Engineering, 2016-2017
  • Assistant Language Teacher – Japan Exchange and Teaching Program (Sado City, Japan), 2011-2014
  • Astronomy Lab Roof-helper – UC Davis Department of Physics, 2008-2011

Honors & Awards:

  • Friends of Tucson Optics (FoTo) – Richard L. Shoemaker Graduate Endowed Scholarship in Optical Sciences, University of Arizona, 2019
  • Richard D. Green Dean Award for Outstanding Baccalaureate, Physics, CSU Long Beach, 2019
  • CSULB ACS Outstanding Student in Physical Chemistry, CSU Long Beach, 2019
  • Richard & Florence Scalettar Scholarship – Physics and Astronomy, CSU Long Beach, 2018-2019
  • Regents Scholarship, UC Davis, 2009-2011

Specific Research Interests: 

  • Micro/Nanofabrication
  • Optical metrology
  • Opto-mechanical resonators
  • Optomechanical Engineering

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