Christopher Groppi
National Science Foundation Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow
Steward Observatory, University of Arizona
933 N. Cherry Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85721
520-626-1627 Fax: 520-621-1532
email:cgroppi@as.arizona.edu Web:http://soral.as.arizona.edu/~groppi/
Professional Interests
- Millimeter and terahertz observations of molecular clouds, protostellar and protoplanetary objects
- Protostellar and protoplanetary accretion disks
- Molecular cloud structure and interaction with protostellar sources
- Molecular gas content of galaxies
- Millimeter and terahertz instrumentation for astronomy
- Focal Plane arrays
- HEB mixers
- SIS mixers
- Large, integrated array development
- Earth and Planetary Science remote sensing instrumentation
- Airborne and space based microwave and teratertz systems
- Active and passive atmospheric radiometry and spectroscopy
- Microfabrication techniques for terahertz circuits
- silicon and metal micromachining
- Millimeter and terahertz device development
- Traveling Wave Tube Amplifiers
- Ortho-Mode Transducers
- Mixers
- Spatial Filters
- Undergraduate research in astronomical instrumentation and terahertz electronics
- Full-wave electromagnetic simulation
- Computer Aided Manufacturing techniques for machining
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Ph.D. Dissertation
Defended 10/03/2003