EUGENE A. YURTSEV eyurtsev (at) mit [dot] edu

EUGENE A. YURTSEV
eyurtsev (at) mit [dot] edu
EDUCATION
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Graduate Student, Department of Physics (Sep 2009 – present).
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA
B.S., College of Creative Studies Physics, June 2008.
RESEARCH EXPERIENCE
Picosecond Timing Collaboration, High Energy Physics, Argonne National Laboratory, IL, USA
Department of Energy / Summer Undergraduate Laboratory Internship
Advisors: Edward May, Karen Byrum (January 2009 – May 2009)
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Operation, maintenance and development of a laser test stand at Argonne National Laboratory
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Characterization of MCP-PMTs developed by the Picosecond Timing Collaboration
SLIM5 collaboration at Instituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, Pisa, Italy
Advisors: Francesco Forti, Nicola Neri, John Walsh (September 2008 - November 2008)
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Efficiency analysis of a Monolithic Active Pixel Sensor (MAPS) the group was developing
Hansma Lab
Advisor: Paul Hansma
January 2007 - March 2008
University of California, Santa Barbara
Summer 2008
University of California, San Francisco
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Developed data collection and data analysis software for the Bone Diagnostic Instrument and for
the Tissue Diagnostic Instrument
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Implemented a heuristic learning algorithm for signal recognition
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Collaborated with UCSF researchers, studying various tissues using the Tissue Diagnostic
Instrument
HONORS
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Fannie and John Hertz Finalist (2009)
Physics Outstanding Senior Award (2008)
Physics Highest Honors (2008)
UC Santa Barbara Highest Honors (2008)
Physics Research Honors Award (2007)
AWARDS & SCHOLARSHIPS
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Morton A. Goulder Fellowship (2009)
INFN Internship: one of eight US students chosen (2008)
SURF Fellowship for summer research in Hansma Group (2007)
Hansma Lab Presentation Award (2007)
Academic Excellence Scholarship from the De Anza College Student Body (2006)
WORKSHOPS
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The Development of Large Area Psec Photo-Devices; Workshop VII, Argonne National
Laboratory, Lemont, IL; 26-27 February 2009
PUBLICATIONS
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Simon Y. Tang, Phillip Mathews, Connor Randall, Eugene Yurtsev, Kirk Fields, Andrew Wong,
Alfred Kuo, Tamara Alliston, Paul Hansma,“Validation of a new method for testing polymers:
The in situ Materials Characterization using the Tissue Diagnostic Instrument,” submitted to
Polymer Testing in June 2009.
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J.-F. C. Genat, K. Byrum, H. J. Frisch, E. N. May, T. Natoli, F. Tang, M. K. Heintz, E.
Yurtsev, "Pico-Second Timing with Micro-Channel Plate Devices and Waveform Sampling
Readout Electronics," NPSS real time conference 2009.
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Rizzo, G. Avanzini, C. Batignani, G. Bettarini, S. Bosi, F. Calderini, G. Ceccanti, M. Cenci, R.
Cervelli, A. Crescioli, F. Dell'Orso, M. Forti, F. Giannetti, P. Giorgi, M.A. Lusiani, A.
Gregucci, S. Mammini, P. Marchiori, G. Massa, M. Morsani, F. Neri, N. Paoloni, E. Piendibene,
M. Sartori, L. Walsh, J. Yurtsev, E. Manghisoni, M. Re, V. Traversi, G. Bruschi, M. Di Sipio,
R. Giacobbe, B. Gabrielli, A. Giorgi, F. Pellegrini, G. Sbarra, C. Semprini, N. Spighi, R.
Valentinetti, S. Villa, M. Zoccoli, A. Andreoli, C. Gaioni, L. Pozzati, E. Ratti, L. Speziali, V.
Gamba, D. Giraudo, G. Mereu, P. Dalla Betta, G.F. Soncini, G. Fontana, G. Bomben, M.
Bosisio, L. Cristaudo, P. Giacomini, G. Jugovaz, D. Lanceri, L. Rashevskaya, I. Vitale, L.
Venier, G., "Development of deep N-well MAPS in a 130 nm CMOS technology and beam test
results on a 4k-pixel matrix with digital sparsified readout," Nuclear Science Symposium
Conference Record, 2008. NSS '08. IEEE.
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Randall C, Mathews P, Yurtsev E, Sahar N, Kohn D, Hansma P., “The bone diagnostic
instrument III: testing mouse femora,” Rev Sci Instrum. 2009 Jun;80(6):065108.
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P.K. Hansma, H. Yu, D. Schultz, A. Rodriguez, E.A. Yurtsev, J. Orr, S. Tang, J. Miller, J.
Wallace, F. Zok, C. Li, R. Souza, A. Proctor, D. Brimer, X. Nogues-Solan, L. Mellbovsky, M.J.
Pena, O. Diez-Ferrer, P. Mathews, C. Randall, A. Kuo, C. Chen, M. Peters, D. Kohn, J.
Buckley, X. Li, L. Pruitt, A. Diez-Perez, T. Alliston, V. Weaver, and J. Lotz,“The tissue
diagnostic instrument,” Review of Scientific Instruments 2009;80(5):054303.
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P.K. Hansma, P.J Turner, B. Drake, E. Yurtsev, A. Proctor, P. Mathews, J. Lelujian, C.
Randall, J. Adams, R. Jungmann, F.G. de-Leon, G. Fantner, H. Mkrtchyan, M. Pontin, A.
Weaver, M.B. Brown, N. Sahar, R. Rossello, and D. Kohn. The bone diagnostic instrument II:
Indentation distance increase. Review of scientific instruments 2008; 79(6):064303.