Research

Once I had a job and had paid of my student loans, I began to search for what was next. I found a night program at the University of Washington that offered a masters degree in physics. I spent a little more than three years attending lectures and researching various topics. I completed my degree with a capstone project providing a high level overview of quantum communications.

From a career perspective I have spent most of my professional time working on communications systems. Covering the spectrum from VLF to V-band. I have had the opportunity to work on several interesting development programs and the pleasure of working with some brilliant and fun people along the way.

SATCOM

Most recently I worked on high-throughput commercial SATCOM systems, specifically for airborne platforms. As this is my deepest and freshest knowledge, it is still I topic I find interesting and try to stay updated with current developments. The trending topic in this market is the numerous companies and individuals that want to put thousands of satellites in low earth orbit, connecting everyone to the internet. There are many reasons why this is good and bad, and I expect to expand on this discussion over time.

Planned Research

One of the topics that grabbed my attention during the master's program was the burgeoning field of quantum biology. I briefly considered how I could make it into my capstone project but quickly realized the challenge of defining a bounded research paper was too great for one year's work. The interest in this space has continued and I have a few specific topics I plan to expand on near term. Look for that in the coming months.