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Tyler Anderson

Associate Research Professor
Tyler Anderson.

Biographical Info

I work in the design and commissioning of scientific instruments, particularly, state-of-the-art electronic measurement, control, and signal-processing systems. These systems are used to study a wide array of subjects, including cosmic rays, neutrinos, astrophysical x-ray sources, and more. They are deployed on a diverse array of platforms, from deep underground mines to space-based missions orbiting far above the earth. 

Current and Past Projects

  • Black Hole Coded Aperture Telescope (BlackCAT) CubeSat Mission
  • IceCube Neutrino Observatory 
  • WATCHMAN Neutrino Project
  • Arcus Satellite Mission 
  • Habitable zone Planet Finder (HPF) 
  • NN-EXPLORE Exoplanet Investigations with Doppler spectroscopy (NEID) 
  • NASA Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Fast X-Ray Event Recognition Processor 
  • Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM) mission 
  • The Rockets for Extended-source X-ray Spectroscopy (tREXS)
  • Water Recovery X-ray Rocket (WRX)
  • Cosmic Ray Electron Synchrotron Telescope (CREST)
  • Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass (CREAM) III-V
  • Boron and Carbon Cosmic rays in the Upper Stratosphere (BACCUS)

Selected Publications

J. Tutt et al. (2021) "Developments of the focal plane camera for tREXS", SPIE Proceedings. 

D. Miles et al. (2021) "An update on the rockets for extended-source X-ray spectroscopy", SPIE Proceedings. 

L. Classen et al. (2021), "Design and performance of the multi-PMT optical module for IceCube Upgrade", Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 

R. Aartsen et al. (2021), "IceCube-Gen2: the window to the extreme Universe", Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics.

C. Hill et al. (2021), "Performance of the D-Egg Optical Sensor for the IceCube Upgrade", Proceedings of the 37th International Cosmic Ray Conference.

J. Tutt et al. (2019), "The focal plane camera for tREXS", SPIE Proceedings.

P. Robertson et al. (2019), "Ultrastable environment control for the NEID spectrometer: design and performance demonstration", Journal of Astronomical Telescopes, Instruments, and Systems 5.

T. Anderson et al. (2019), "Gated-Dynode photomultiplier tube assembly for the boronated scintillator detector of the ISS-CREAM experiment", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.

Y. Amare et al. (2019), "The boronated scintillator detector of the ISS-CREAM experiment", Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research A.

T. Chattopadhyay et al. (2018), "X-ray Hybrid CMOS Detectors: Recent Development and Characterization Progress", SPIE Proceedings.

J. M. Park et al. (2018), "A simulation study of Top and Bottom Counting Detectors in ISS-CREAM experiment for cosmic ray electron physics", Advances in Space Research.

M. Wages et al. (2018), "H2RG Hybrid CMOS Detector Characterization for the WRX-R Mission", American Astronomical Society Meeting.

J. P. Ninan et al. (2018), "The Habitable Zone Planet Finder: Precision NIR Radial Velocities during Testing and Commissioning", American Astronomical Society Meeting.

A. Aarsten et al. (2017), "PINGU: A Vision for Neutrino and Particle Physics at the South Pole", Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics.

D. Miles et al. (2017), "The Water Recovery X-ray Rocket (WRX-R)", AAS/High Energy Astrophysics Division Meeting.

Y. S. Yoon et al. (2017), "Proton and Helium Spectra from the CREAM-III Flight", The Astrophysical Journal.

D. Burrows et al. (2016), "Fast Event Recognition for X-ray Silicon Imagers", SPIE Proceedings.

G. K. Stefansson et al. (2016), "A Versatile Technique to Enable Sub-Milli-Kelvin Instrument Stability for Precise Radial Velocity Measurements: Tests with the Habitable-Zone Planet Finder", The Astrophysical Journal.

P. M. Robertson et al. (2016), "A system to provide sub-milli-Kelvin temperature control at T~300K for extreme precision optical radial velocimetry", SPIE Proceedings.

M. A. Duvernois et al. (2015), "The IceCube Generation-2 Digital Optical Module and Data Acquisition System", Proceedings of Science, Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference.

J. T. Link et al. (2015), "Design and Performance of the ISS-CREAM Boronated Scintillator Detector", Proceedings of the 34th International Cosmic Ray Conference. 

E. S. Seo et al. (2014), "Cosmic Ray Energetics And Mass for the International Space Station (ISS-CREAM)", Advances in Space Research.

T. Anderson et al. (2013), "The ISS-CREAM Boronated Scintillator Detector", Proceedings of the 33rd International Cosmic Ray Conference. 

S. Coutu et al. (2011), "Searching for TeV Cosmic Electrons with the CREST Experiment", Nuclear Physics B Proceedings Supplements.

Education

B.S. Geneva College (2006)

Ph.D. Penn State University (2013)