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Laboratory of Space Systems and Optomechanics

Texas A&M University College of Engineering

Ian Harley-Trochimczyk

iharleyt@tamu.edu

Second Year PhD Student


Currently I am working on developing displacement interferometers as the phase readout systems for optomechanical sensors. I am generally interested in optical metrology techniques, including surface metrology, as well as novel optical system designs. The goal for my PhD study is “to be a solver and to find elegant solutions”.


Education: 

  • B.S., UC Santa Barbara, 2016

Work Experience: 

  • Optical Laboratory Technician – Ruda-Cardinal Inc., 2018-2021
  • Tutor(Physics, Math) – Varsity Tutors, 2017-2018
  • Research and Teaching Assistant – The University of Arizona, 2016-2017
  • Undergraduate Research Assistant – UC Santa Barbara, 2015-2016
  • Intern – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, 2014

Publications :

  • Kylan Jersey, Yanqi Zhang, Ian Harley-Trochimczyk, Felipe Guzman, “Design, fabrication, and testing of an optical truss interferometer for the LISA telescope,” Proc. SPIE 11820, Astronomical Optics: Design, Manufacture, and Test of Space and Ground Systems III, 118200L (2021); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2594738

Specific Research Interests: 

  • Optical metrology
  • Surface metrology
  • Novel optical system designs
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