Nikhil Maserang

Experience

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  ATTOLLO ENGINEERING, LLC

  Jun 2022 - Aug 2022

  Electrical Engineering Intern

  Designed and wrote software for the production test for an IR camera module:- Wrote hardware wrappers for varied pieces of equipment using serial Python libraries, communicating via UART, CAN bus, and through PyVISA- Used tkinter and matplotlib to create a real-time test control GUI

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Sept 2022 - May 2023

  Undergraduate Researcher

  Crommie Research Group- Developed software to correct distortions in and automatically extract moiré lattice vectors from STM images- Mechanically exfoliated graphene and hBN mono- and bi- layers in preparation for creating transistor heterostructures

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  Nevada National Security Sites

  May 2023 - Aug 2023

  Applied Physics Intern

  Worked at the Special Technologies Laboratory at the NNSS:- Optimized synthesis of nanoporous solid for Kr capture and characterized samples using Raman and IR spectroscopy- Designed and built an air filtering and sampling system and verified its effectiveness using an RGA- Ported x-ray spectral output/absorption simulation to Python, improving modularity, maintainability, and efficiency- Created image processing pipeline to extract material composition of object from x-ray transmission data- Contributed to experimental apparatus design and assembly, including creating x-ray calibration targets Show less

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  University of California, Berkeley

  Sept 2023 - now

  Undergraduate Researcher

  UC Berkeley Ultracold Atomic Physics- Currently simulating optical kagome lattice in Python to find beam configurations which create uniaxial strain- Designed and currently building a safety interlock system to ensure safe instrument shutdown in a control failure- Helped build a laser injection-locking feedback setup to stabilize against thermal- and current-related frequency drifts- Developed software for an automated temperature monitoring system and integrated it into the lab’s dashboard Show less

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  Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering at the University of Chicago

  Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

  Undergraduate Researcher

  Worked in the Squires Lab through UChicago's PME REU program for the summer. - Modeled a magnetic anti-Brownian trap in COMSOL to optimize its design for spatially uniform force generation- Got machine shop trained- Used Inkscape to design a poster detailing my results, which I then presented