I am a multidisciplinary engineer working on space science research and Cubesat development, currently at UC Berkeley’s Space Science Lab.
Projects
Simulation and analysis of novel gamma ray instrument
During my last year at Swarthmore College, I completed a senior thesis on gamma ray detectors including designing and simulating a novel phoswitch detector for Cubesat missions investigating neutral particles. I wrote up a brief description for Github’s Graduation event.
Swarthmore Makerspace
For almost 3 years I helped grow Swarthmore’s new Makerspace, teaching courses ranging from laser cutting to laser scanning. I really enjoyed getting to help community members make their ideas come to life as 3D-printed objects, jewelry, dioramas, or even furniture.
Publications
Link, J. T., Akaike, Y., Binns, W. R., Bose, R. G., Brandt, T. J., Buckley, J. H., Candey, S.O., … Wiedenbeck, M.E. (2019). Silicon Photomultiplier Use in Particle Astrophysics and Heliophysics Missions. In Proceedings of Science (ICRC2019). Madison, WI, U.S.A. Link2019
Note that my name is mispelled as “S.O. Cannady” in the authors of this paper. My contribution is the final SiPM analysis at the end of section 4.
Mitchell, J. G., Bruno, A., Candey, S., de Nolfo, G. A., Dumonthier, J., Liceaga-Indart, I., … Suarez, G. (2019). Performance Characteristics of the Ionospheric Neutron Content Analyzer (INCA). In Proceedings of Science (ICRC2019). Madison, WI, U.S.A. Mitchell2019
Note that my name is switched as “Candey, S” in the authors of this paper. My contribution is Figure 8, the spatial variation analysis of the veto panel.
Candey, S., de Nolfo, G. A., Mitchell, J. G. (2020), Novel Technique for Compton edge Calibration of Neutral Particle Detectors using Kernel Density Estimation (SH013-02), presented at 2020 Fall Meeting, AGU, 1-17 Dec. 10.1002/essoar.10505512.1
