Group members
Current Group Members
Alumni
Research scientists
Mar 2010 – Dec 2021
Jan 2020 – May 2022
Post-doctoral researchers
Jun 2017 – Dec 2020
Oct 2022 – Oct 2023
Ph.D. Graduates
May 2013 – Dec 2016
"Precise measurement of the β-asymmetry in the decay of magneto-optically trapped, spin-polarized 37K"
May 2012 – May 2015
"Development of the TAMUTRAP facility for precision β-decay studies"
Sep 2008 – Feb 2015
"Measurement of the standard model beta asymmetry
parameter, Aβ, in 37K"
M. S. Graduates
Sep 2017 – Jul 2020
"Commissioning the Texas A&M University Penning Trap via Offline Mass Measurements"
Sep 2017 – Apr 2020
"Improving the ft value of 37K via a precision measurement of the branching ratios"
Jan 2011 – Apr 2013
"Measurement of asymmetry parameters in 37K: Optical pumping of alkali atoms"
PHYS 491 Senior Research Students
Michael Parnell
May – Dec 2022
"Effects of beamline grounds on the efficiency of a Sextupole Ion Guide (SPIG)"
Ryan Mueller
Jan – May 2012
"LabView control of the gas-handling system for an RFQ cooler and buncher"
Michael Northup
Jan – May 2012
"Rate equation model of the optical pumping of alkali atoms"
Non-thesis Undergraduates
Matias Chavez
Summer 2019
Adam Argersinger
Summer 2016
Jaime Cardona
Summer 2016
Austin Griesbach
Summer 2016
Chloe Dixon
Oct 2013 – May 2015
Levi Clark
Sep 2011 – Dec 2012
NSF Research Experience for Undergraduates Program
Maddison Ellis
Summer 2023
"Exploring the Efficiency Constraints of the TAMUTRAP RFQ"
Olivia Bruce
Summer 2022
"Measuring Ions per Bunch in TAMUTRAP's RFQ"
Summer 2019
"Installing and commissioning of TAMUTRAP through mass measurement of stable isotopes"
Cristhian Gonzalez
Summer 2018
"Mass measurements using TAMUTRAP and upgrades to its control system"
Summer 2016
"The cleaning, assembling, and testing of a unique open-ended cylindrical Penning trap (TAMUTRAP)"
Louis Cooper
Summer 2014
"Development of the DC electronics for the TAMUTRAP RFQ cooler/buncher"
Robert McAfee
Summer 2014
"Analysis of the cylindrical beam deflector for the TAMUTRAP facility"
Natalie Foley
Summer 2012
"Ion cooler for the TAMUTRAP facility"
Erin France
Summer 2011
"Optimization of a scintillator for the measurement of trapped, polarized 37K"
Heather Stephens
Summer 2010
"Production of short-lived 37K"
Russell TerBeek
Summer 2009
"Design of a high-precision β telescope"
Mark Hernberg
Summer 2008
"New measurements of γ-ray branching ratios in the β+ decay of 32Cl"
TREND Program
B. Miguel Vargas-Calderon
Summer 2023
"Design of output electronics for a Multi-Wire Proportional Counter (MWPC) detector system"
Keslyn Stonum
Summer 2023
"Developing position information read-out capabilities for DLD40 microchannel plate detectors"
International undergraduates
Etienne Gilg (ENSICAEN, France)
Summer 2017
"The first TOF-ICR measurement with TAMUTRAP"
Francois Bidault (ENSICAEN, France)
Summer 2016
"Commissioning a microchannel plate detector for ion detection from the TAMUTRAP facility"
Maxime Soulard (ENSICAEN, France)
Summer 2015
"Hardware optimization of an RFQ for TAMUTRAP"