Eric Lowe

Under Dr. Jason Kestner at University of Maryland, Baltimore County, I work in the field of Quantum Control where I use Julia, a high level, dynamic programming language used for numerical analysis to simulate the spin dynamics of two-level and coupled-spin systems. The goal is to optimize pulse sequences used in electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) experiments that extract distance measurements between molecules.

I work as a TA for a variety of beginning level physics classes, such as PHYS 121 and 122. In PHYS 122, I lead a lab course once a week where I instructed students in performing experiments and graded their lab reports. In PHYS 121, I lead a discussion session once a week teaching concepts from the class that were not well understood by the students.

I worked in Professor Kempa's research group running simulations with CST Microwave Studio, a Finite Difference Time Domain software. I was responsible for modeling a variety of multi-layer 2D shapes, and simulating the interaction of electromagnetic waves in order to calculate the absorbance, transmittance, and reflectance of each design.

I worked as a homework grader for a variety of undergraduate mathematics classes. I worked eight hours grading about fifty different students' homework a week. The courses that I graded were Introduction to Abstract Algebra, Calculus II, Multivariable Calculus, and Probability.

Over the summer of 2020, I teleworked at the Jet Propulsion Lab at NASA for Dr. Stuart Shaklan in the High Contrast Imaging Group in the Optics Section. During the internship, I modeled the structure of starshade optical edges and simulated the scatter of sunlight around the edges using FDTD software in order to determine the performance of many anti-reflecting coatings. I optimized the designs to minimize the scatter of the intensity of sunlight about the optical edge directed into the telescope.