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A physicist, subject matter expert, and analyst with a HIGHLY varied background

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After completing my Ph.D. in Photonics from Clemson University, I began working at Sandia National Laboratories. In my six-year tenure there, I performed research in micro-resonators, optical detectors, detonations, camera systems, and remote sensing. I then migrated to Space Dynamics Laboratory, and built experience in image processing, real-time data acquisition and processing, and RADAR systems. On Kolabtree, I fill the role of analyst, subject-matter expert, and consultant. I am happy to discuss ideas, strategies, methods, techniques, or anything else you're curious to try! However, I do not have the means nor the resources to fabricate prototypes of any sort, and I will only work with legitimately licensed software.

Subject Matter Expertise

• ★ Image Processing
• ★ Computer Simulation/Computational Modeling
• ★ Lasers & Photonics
• ☆ Nanotechnology & Nanomaterials
• ☆ Remote Sensing
• ☆ Data Analysis
• ☆ Data Exploration
• ☆ Data Visualization
• ☆ Radar
• ☆ Optics

Services

• Writing
• Research
• Consulting
• Data & AI
• Product Development

Writing Technical Writing, Copywriting, Newswriting

Research Market Research, User Research, Feasibility Study, Fact Checking, Gap Analysis, Gray Literature Search, Systematic Literature Review

Consulting Scientific and Technical Consulting

Data & AI Predictive Modeling, Statistical Analysis, Image Processing, Image Analysis, Algorithm Design-Non ML, Algorithm Design-ML, Data Visualization, Big Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Cleaning, Data Processing, Data Insights

Product Development Formulation, Product Validation, Concept Development

Work Experience

Sr. Signal Processing Engineer

Slingshot Aerospace

October 2022 - Present

RF Signal Processing Engineer

Space Dynamics Laboratory

September 2020 - October 2022

Computer Scientist

Sandia National Laboratories

July 2019 - September 2020

Computer scientist

Sandia National Laboratories

September 2017 - July 2019

Optical Engineerg

Sandia National Laboratories

January 2015 - September 2017

Education

Ph.D. of Optical Engineering (Optical Engineering)

Clemson University

May 2011 - May 2014

Master's of Optical Engineering (Optical Engineering)

University of North Carolina at Charlotte

August 2008 - May 2011

Bachelors of Physics (Physics)

Kansas State University

August 2004 - May 2008

Certifications

• Certification details not provided.

Publications

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Aaron J. Pung (2023). Computational analysis of a scalable optically homogeneous free-space interferometer . Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

Aaron J. Pung (2022). Capturing multiple full-scene images with a single camera via aperture stop exploitation . Journal of the Optical Society of America A.

Aaron J. Pung and Michael D. Goldflam and D. Bruce Burckel and Igal Brener and Michael B. Sinclair and Salvatore Campione(2019). Enhancing Absorption Bandwidth through Vertically Oriented Metamaterials . Applied Sciences. 9. (11). p. 2223. {MDPI} {AG}

Aaron J. Pung, Michael D. Goldflam, D. Bruce Burckel, Igal Brener, Michael B. Sinclair, Salvatore Campione(2019). Enhancing Absorption Bandwidth through Vertically Oriented Metamaterials . Applied Sciences. 9. (11). p. 2223. {MDPI} {AG}

Aaron Pung, Michael D. Goldflam, D. Bruce Burckel, igal brener, Michael B. Sinclair, Salvatore Campione (2019). Enhancing Absorption Bandwidth through Vertically Oriented Metamaterials . Applied Sciences.

Salvatore Campione and Aaron J. Pung and Larry Kevin Warne and William L. Langston and Ting Mei and Howard Gerald Hudson(2019). Validation of shielded cable modeling in Xyce based on transmission-line theory . Progress In Electromagnetics Research Letters. 87. p. 51--57. The Electromagnetics Academy

Melgaard, Seth, Grady, Nathaniel Kieber, Bikhazi, Nicolas, Pung, Aaron Joseph, & Mercier, Jeffrey A. Microscale Transient Detection.. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/1494167 .

Matthew Byrd and Aaron Pung and Eric Johnson and Kyu Lee and Robert Magnusson and Paul Binun and Kyle McCormick(2015). Wavelength Selection and Polarization Multiplexing of Blue Laser Diodes . IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 27. (20). p. 2166--2169. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Matthew J. Byrd and Ryan H. Woodward and Aaron J. Pung and Eric G. Johnson and Kyu J. Lee and Robert Magnusson and Paul Binun and Kyle McCormick(2014). Blue Laser Diode Wavelength Selection With a Variable Reflectivity Resonant Mirror . IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 26. (23). p. 2311--2314. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Lucas N. Taylor and Andrew K. Brown and Aaron J. Pung and Eric G. Johnson and Joseph J. Talghader(2013). Continuous-wave laser damage of uniform and nanolaminate hafnia and titania optical coatings . Optics Letters. 38. (21). p. 4292. The Optical Society

Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Aaron J. Pung and Yuan Li and Raymond C. Rumpf and Eric G. Johnson(2013). Fabrication of metal-oxide nano-hairs for effective index optical elements . Optics Express. 21. (16). p. 18733. The Optical Society

Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Aaron J. Pung and Yuan Li and Raymond C. Rumpf and Eric G. Johnson(2013). Fabrication of metal-oxide nano-hairs for effective index optical elements . Optics Express. 21. (16). p. 18733. The Optical Society

Aaron Joseph Pung and Scott R. Carl and Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Eric G. Johnson(2013). Method of Fabrication for Encapsulated Polarizing Resonant Gratings . IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 25. (15). p. 1432--1434. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Yuan Li and I. R. Srimathi and R. H. Woodward and A. J. Pung and M. K. Poutous and R. K. Shori and E. G. Johnson(2012). Guided-Mode Resonance Filters for Wavelength Selection in Mid-Infrared Fiber Lasers . IEEE Photonics Technology Letters. 24. (24). p. 2300--2302. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers ({IEEE})

Lawrence Shah and R. Andrew Sims and Pankaj Kadwani and Christina C.C. Willis and Joshua B. Bradford and Aaron Pung and Menelaos K. Poutous and Eric G. Johnson and Martin Richardson(2012). Integrated Tm:fiber MOPA with polarized output and narrow linewidth with 100 W average power . Optics Express. 20. (18). p. 20558. The Optical Society

Zachary A. Roth and Pradeep Srinivasan and Menelaos K. Poutous and Aaron J. Pung and Raymond C. Rumpf and Eric G. Johnson(2012). Azimuthally Varying Guided Mode Resonance Filters . Micromachines. 3. (1). p. 180--193. {MDPI} {AG}

Aaron J. Pung and Menelaos K. Poutous and Raymond C. Rumpf and Zachary A. Roth and Eric G. Johnson(2011). Two-dimensional guided mode resonance filters fabricated in a uniform low-index material system . Optics Letters. 36. (16). p. 3293. The Optical Society

Menelaos K. Poutous and Aaron J. Pung and Pradeep Srinivasan and Zachary A. Roth and Eric G. Johnson(2010). Polarization selective, graded-reflectivity resonance filter, using a space-varying
guided-mode resonance structure . Optics Express. 18. (26). p. 27764. The Optical Society

PATENT

Campione, Salvatore, et al. Optical Devices Enabled by Vertical Dielectric Mie Resonators. 25 May 2021 .

CONFERENCE PAPER

Salvatore Campione and Aaron J. Pung and Larry K. Warne and William L. Langston and Ting Mei(2019). Modeling shielded cables in Xyce based on transmission-line theory . 2019 USNC-URSI Radio Science Meeting (Joint with AP-S Symposium). {IEEE}

Langston, William L., Pfeiffer, Robert Anthony, Pung, Aaron Joseph, Jones, Adam, & Campione, Salvatore. Brief Gemma Overview.. United States.

David W. Peters and Michael D. Goldflam and Salvatore Campione and Patrick S. Finnegan and Jin K. Kim and Michael B. Sinclair and Aaron J. Pung and Charles R. Alford and Wesley T. Coon and Anna Tauke-Pedretti and Joel R. Wendt and Michael G. Wood and Phillip H. Weiner and Samuel D. Hawkins and Paul S. Davids and Larry K. Warne and Evan M. Anderson and Torben R. Fortune(2018). Resonant Ultrathin Infrared Detectors Enabling High Quantum Efficiency . 2018 IEEE Research and Applications of Photonics In Defense Conference (RAPID). {IEEE}

Aaron J. Pung and Michael D. Goldflam and D. Bruce Burckel and Igal Brener and Michael B. Sinclair and Salvatore Campione(2018). Parametric Analysis of Vertically Oriented Metamaterials for Wideband Omnidirectional Perfect Absorption . 2018 IEEE International Symposium on Antennas and Propagation & USNC/URSI National Radio Science Meeting. {IEEE}

Zinser, Brian Frederick. Massively Parallel Frequency Domain Electromagnetic Simulation Codes.. United States.

William L. Langston and Joseph Kotulski and Rebecca Coats and Roy Jorgenson and S. Adam Blake and Salvatore Campione and Aaron Pung and Brian Zinser(2018). Massively parallel frequency domain electromagnetic simulation codes . 2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES). {IEEE}

D. Bruce Burckel and Aaron J. Pung and Salvatore Campione(2018). Challenges and opportunities in modeling and optimization of 3D optical metasurfaces . 2018 International Applied Computational Electromagnetics Society Symposium (ACES). {IEEE}

Dylan Anderson and Aleksander Bapst and Joshua Coon and Aaron Pung and Michael Kudenov(2017). Supervised non-negative tensor factorization for automatic hyperspectral feature extraction and target discrimination . Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XXIII. {SPIE}

Eric Johnson and Joshua Baghdady and Matthew Byrd and Wenzhe Li and Kaitlyn Morgan and Aaron Pung and Keith Miller(2015). Space division multiplexing of blue lasers for undersea communications . 2015 IEEE Photonics Conference (IPC). {IEEE}

Joshua Baghdady and Matthew Byrd and Wenzhe Li and Kaitlyn Morgan and Aaron Pung and Keith Miller and Eric Johnson(2015). Spatial multiplexing for blue lasers for undersea communications . Ocean Sensing and Monitoring VII. {SPIE}

Matthew Byrd and Joshua Baghdady and Aaron J. Pung and Eric Johnson and Kyu Lee and Robert Magnusson and Paul Binun and Kyle McCormick(2015). Design and fabrication of a resonant mirrors for locking blue laser diodes . Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics VIII. {SPIE}

Matthew J. Byrd and Ryan H. Woodward and Aaron J. Pung and Eric G. Johnson and Kyu J. Lee and Robert Magnusson(2014). Design and fabrication of guided mode resonance filter for blue laser diode applications . 2014 IEEE Photonics Conference. {IEEE}

A. Pung and I. Raghu Srimathi and Y. Li and E. Johnson and M. D. Shinn and K. J. Lee and R. Magnusson and J. Talghader and L. Taylor and L. Shah and M. Richardson(2013). High-power laser testing of 3D meta-optics . Laser-Induced Damage in Optical Materials: 2013. {SPIE}

Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Aaron J. Pung and Eric G. Johnson and Raymond C. Rumpf(2013). Optical nano-hairs for micro-optical applications . 2013 IEEE Photonics Conference. {IEEE}

Aaron J. Pung and Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Yuan Li and Eric G. Johnson(2013). Fabrication method for encapsulation of low-index, narrowband guided-mode resonance filters . 2013 IEEE Photonics Conference. {IEEE}

Eric G. Johnson and Yuan Li and Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Ryan H. Woodward and Menelaos K. Poutous and Aaron J. Pung and Martin Richardson and Lawrence Shah and Ramesh Shori and Robert Magnusson(2013). Resonant optical devices for IR lasers . Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices. {SPIE}

Eric G. Johnson and Yuan Li and Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Ryan H. Woodward and Menelaos K. Poutous and Aaron J. Pung and Martin Richardson and Lawrence Shah and Ramesh Shori and Robert Magnusson(2013). Resonant optical devices for IR lasers . Solid State Lasers XXII: Technology and Devices. {SPIE}

Lucas N. Taylor and Joseph J. Talghader and Eric G. Johnson and Andrew K. Brown and Aaron K. Pung(2013). Laser Damage of Nanolaminate HfO2 and TiO2 Optical Coatings . Optical Interference Coatings. {OSA}

Yuan Li and Ryan H. Woodward and Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Aaron J. Pung and Menelaos K. Poutous and Eric G. Johnson and Ramesh K. shori(2012). 2.78 µm fluoride glass fiber laser using guided mode resonance filter as external cavity mirror . IEEE Photonics Conference 2012. {IEEE}

Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and Menelaos K. Poutous and Aaron J. Pung and Yuan Li and Ryan H. Woodward and Eric G. Johnson and Robert Magnusson(2012). Mid-infrared guided-mode resonance reflectors for applications in high power laser systems . IEEE Photonics Conference 2012. {IEEE}

Lawrence Shah and R. Andrew Sims and Pankaj Kadwani and Christina C. C. Willis and Joshua B. Bradford and Zachary Roth and Aaron Pung and Menelous Poutous and Eric G. Johnson and Martin Richardson(2012). Integrated 100 W thulium fiber MOPA system . Laser Technology for Defense and Security VIII. {SPIE}

Aaron J. Pung and Menelaos K. Poutous and Raymond C. Rumpf and Zachary A. Roth and Eric G. Johnson(2012). Fabrication of optically monolithic, low-index guided mode resonance filters . Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics V. {SPIE}

BLawrence Shah and R. Andrew Sims and Pankaj Kadwani and Christina C. C. Willis and Joshua B. Bradford and Zachary Roth and Aaron Pung and Menelaos Poutous and Eric G. Johnson and Martin Richardson(2012). Integrated 100-W polarized narrow linewidth thulium fiber MOPA system . Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications. {SPIE}

BLawrence Shah and R. Andrew Sims and Pankaj Kadwani and Christina C. C. Willis and Joshua B. Bradford and Zachary Roth and Aaron Pung and Menelaos Poutous and Eric G. Johnson and Martin Richardson(2012). Integrated 100-W polarized narrow linewidth thulium fiber MOPA system . Fiber Lasers IX: Technology, Systems, and Applications. {SPIE}

Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and M. K. Poutous and A. Pung and Yuan Li and Ryan Woodward and E. G. Johnson(2012). Design and Fabrication of Mid-IR Guided Mode Resonance Filters . Advanced Photonics Congress. {OSA}

Indumathi Raghu Srimathi and M. K. Poutous and A. Pung and Yuan Li and Ryan Woodward and E. G. Johnson(2012). Design and Fabrication of Mid-IR Guided Mode Resonance Filters . Advanced Photonics Congress. {OSA}

Aaron Pung and Menelaos Poutous and Raymond Rumpf and Zachary Roth and Eric Johnson(2012). Monolithic, Low-index Guided-mode Resonance Filters: Fabrication and Simulation . Imaging and Applied Optics Technical Papers. {OSA}

E. G. Johnson and M. K. Poutous and Z. A. Roth and P. Srinivasan and A. J. Pung and Y. O. Yilmaz(2011). Advanced fabrication methods for 3D meta-optics . Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics IV. {SPIE}

Aaron J. Pung and Menelaos K. Poutous and Zachary A. Roth and Eric G. Johnson(2011). Fabrication of Low Contrast Homogenous Guided Mode Resonance Filters . CLEO:2011 - Laser Applications to Photonic Applications. {OSA}

Zachary A. Roth and Menelaos K. Poutous and Pradeep Srinivasan and Aaron Pung and Eric G. Johnson(2010). Azimuthally Varying Graded Reflectivity Mirrors . Frontiers in Optics 2010/Laser Science XXVI. {OSA}

Menelaos K. Poutous and Zach Roth and Kaia Buhl and Aaron Pung and Raymond C. Rumpf and Eric G. Johnson(2009). Correlation of fabrication tolerances with the performance of guided-mode-resonance micro-optical components . Advanced Fabrication Technologies for Micro/Nano Optics and Photonics II. {SPIE}

DISSERTATION THESIS

Pung, A. (2013). Encapsulated and Monolithic Resonant Structures for Laser Applications.