Hi, I am
Dr. Sambid Wasti
Post-doc researcher, scientist, astrophysicis, …
I am a post-doc researcher at CUA working at NASA-Goddard via CRESST II.
I am an experimental physicist and currently working on a Compton Pair (ComPair) instrument.
ComPair is a balloon borne prototype instrument for medium range gamma-ray energy (MEV).
My work includes hardware, software and data analysis.
I am fascinated by technology, its rapid growth and the astronomical amount of future projects.
In my spare time, I am learning new softwares, tools, codes and educating myself in technology.
In my spare time I enjoy learning about philosophy and psychology.
In the past decade or so, I have been mesmerized by the integration of psychology with technology.
It is enchanting to think about the existential and quintessential questions it constantly poses to the nature of our reality.
Research Experience
Postdoc Researcher
Primarily worked on Compton Pair Telescope : A medium Gamma-Ray balloon borne prototype in the MeV range.
Silicon Tracker: Hardware
- Involved in assembling, testing, building and calibrating the hardware.
- Developing and maintaining Si-Tracker interface.
- Developing tracker specific data processing code.
ComPair Data Analysis Pipeline: Managing, Coding
- Leading the ComPair data analysis pipeline group.
- Combining the data from each subsystem and verifying it via event reconstruciton.
Data Analysis and Simulation: Coding, Data Interpretation
- ComPair beam tests at Higgs Facitlity (Duke University).
- Analysis of beam data.
- Involved in the simulation of the instrument.
Primarily worked on GRAPE: A Gamma-RAy Polarimeter Experiment.
Hardware
- Involved in detector and instrument assembly.
- Performed instrument calibration.
- Performed polarization measurement and polarizaiton sensitivity.
Balloon Campaign : Ft Sumner, NM 2014
- Reassembled and retested instrument before flight.
- Monitored operated the balloon flight, form the ground, in conjunction with NASA-CSBF.
Data Analysis
- Developed and led the Data-Analysis pipeline and processed the raw data.
- Led the data analysis of the instrument.
- Spectral, Polarization and Background analyis of simulated and flight data.
- GEANT4 (C++) simualtion of the instrument.
- Defended a Phd Dissertation based on the work done on GRAPE.
Many body to few body simulations for polymer fluids
Monte-Carlo Simuation of Hard-Sphere (HS) Polymer chain.
- Simulated Monte-Carlo of HS chain in HS fluid in C-Language.
- Presented the results as the capstone Project.
Technical Skills
Learning : Data exploration, machine learning
Previous Experiences
Classes and courses:
in data analysis, psychology and personal development viaEducation
University of New Hampshire
Durham, NH
2012 - 2022
Phd. in Physics and Astronomy
Thesis Title: Data Analysis for a balloon borne Gamma RAy Polarimeter Experiment (GRAPE).
Hiram College
Hiram, OH
2008 - 2012
Bachelor of Arts in Physics
Major in Physics, Minor in Mathematics
Capstone Title: Chain formation and collapse in polymer systems: Mapping a many-body into a few body problem.