Data Research

Andrew K. Bradshaw

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Education

Doctorate in Physics (in progress)

University of California, Davis, Fall 2009 - Present

Thesis: Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (LSST), Deep Lens Survey (DLS)

Advisor: J. Anthony Tyson

Bachelor of Science in Physics

Texas A&M University, Fall 2005 - Spring 2009

Thesis: 'Cepheid Variables in M33 and the Extragalactic Distance Scale'

Advisor: Lucas M. Macri

Experience Research

May 2008 - Present Astronomy UC Davis and Texas A&M

Point spread function (PSF) distortions and weak lensing analysis. Astronomical instrumentation and wavefront sensing automation. Bayesian classification of galaxies and photometric redshifts. Detection and classification of periodic variable stars and starburts in M33 using both PSF-based photometry and difference-image analysis, as well PSF convolution algorithms for image subtraction.

June 2006 - April 2008 Optical-physics Stored Ion and Bio-Optics Research (SIBOR)

Independent research designing and operating a pico-Newton sensitive oscillator with the purpose of measuring statistical thermal noise. Significant training with vacuum chambers and laser safety.

May 2007 - August 2007 Nanotechnology RIKEN campus, Tokyo, Japan

Selected by Rice University to participate in an NSF-sponsored internship working on thin polymer films at a government research institute in Tokyo, Japan.

Volunteering

August 2005 - July 2009 Society of Physics Students

Served as chapter president for two years, vice-president for one year. Organized and volunteered for large public outreach events and local outreach efforts at elementary schools and highschools.

September 2007 - May 2009 Undergraduate Mentor

Volunteered as an undergraduate mentor for incoming freshmen and sophomore physics majors.

Skills Computer-related

Languages familiar with: IDL, Fortran, C, Python, HTML, LabVIEW, LATEX, shell scripting, bass clef

Environments: UNIX/Linux, Windows

Technical

Astronomy: Observational experience at Texas A&M's half-meter facility doing both data collection and reduction. Vast experience with the DAOPHOT suite, IRAF, and DS9 software.

Experimental: Previous experience with vacuum chamber operation, clean-room protocol, Atomic Force Microscopy

Publications and Presentations

Bradshaw, A.; Tyson, J.A.; Jee, J.; Zhan, H.; Bard, D.; Bean, R.; Bosch, J.; Chang, C.;

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LSST Probes of Dark Energy: New Energy vs New Gravity

American Astronomical Society, 219th meeting, Winter 2012

Pellerin, A., Macri, L. M., Bradshaw, A. K., & Stanek, K. Z.

Cepheids and Long Period Variables in M33

AIP Conf. Proc. 1170, 40 (2009), DOI:10.1063/1.3246529 (arXiv:0907.4995)

Bradshaw, A.; Macri, L; Stanek, K.; DIRECT collaboration

Cepheids and other variables in M33 from the longest time-series in the DIRECT data

Texas A&M Student Research Week, March 2009 First Place (session and taxonomy)

Bradshaw, A.; Macri, L; Stanek, K.; DIRECT collaboration

Cepheids and other variables in M33 from the longest time-series in the DIRECT data

American Astronomical Society, 213th meeting, Winter 2008 Chambliss Award - Honorable mention

Bradshaw, A.; Tanaka, T.; Takeyasu, N.; Kawata, S.

Fabrication of Nanopatterned Media Using Microphase Separation

Rice Quantum Institute Symposium, Summer 2007

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