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Greg Grabeel

Mechanical Engineer

Installing aLIGO

About Me


I am Mechanical Engineer at PNNL working in the Detection Physics group. I work with teams designing, building, and commissioning low background detectors involving high vacuum and cryogenic systems. I graduated from Washington State University and have experience in research environments, manufacturing, and farming.

Photos


Cleaning work for in-vacuum equipment. Data collected from wing segment test. Wing segment testing apparatus in a small wind tunnel. Ultra-high vacuum leak check chamber.
Load cells used to measure lift and drag. High strength stainless steel rocket nozzle. Metalworking and welding equipment on the farm. Leak test results from in-vacuum equipment.

Projects and Publications


Wing design for RC plane following SAE Aero competition.


Publications that I am co-author on:

Electroformed Copper R&D 2022 Colaboration Presentation

Overview of Advanced LIGO Adaptive Optics

Hartmann Wavefront Sensors for Advanced LIGO

Seismic isolation of Advanced LIGO: Review of strategy, instrumentation and performance

Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 1: Design and Production Overview

Advanced LIGO Two-Stage Twelve-Axis Vibration Isolation and Positioning Platform. Part 2: Experimental Investigation and Tests Results

CV


Resume

Richland, Washington