Nolan Kowitt is a first year PhD student, currently working on analog signal processing for nuclear weapons verification. By gating the signal of a neutron detector used in neutron-resonance transmutation analysis, single isotopes can be analyzed without learning information about other isotopes present in a sample, and by using discrete analog components the entire system is easily inspectable. His main interests are radiation detection, nuclear physics, and instrumentation. He received his BS in nuclear engineering from UC Berkeley, where he did image reconstruction work with the Vetter group, along with Axion resonant cavity development with the van Bibber group.

contact: nkowitt@mit.edu