He presented his work at the Directed Energy Ultra Short Pulse workshop 2014 at Boulder, CO.

 

 

He describes his research below:

 

Over the summer I spent 10 weeks of my time in Albuquerque New Mexico working with the US Air Force Directed Energy Directorate. Here I received the amazing opportunity of carrying out my own project. I was looking at the interaction effects of ultrashort laser pulses in the Mid-Infrared spectrum around 2.5 microns. The experiment used low band gap semiconductor targets and investigated many aspects of the interaction with Mid-IR compared to NIR at 800nm.

While I was there I always set out to complete my experiments and help others in the lab at any time. I worked past the time to leave and came in on days off. I also worked with my mentors to enhance the lab safety program to increase safety and efficiency in the lab. These aspects are what lead to the award I received near the end of the internship. This award was the outstanding scholars award. 4 were given out. One for grad students in space and one for directed energy, and one for undergrads in space and one in Directed Energy

I really enjoyed my time at Kirtland air force base and in New Mexico. I look forward to applying again for next summer.