Cantwell G. Carson

Senior Scientist at Nokomis Inc

United States · Pittsburgh, PAJoined November 2017

Summary

• Engaged with customers and end-consumers around the world to obtain feedback and improve product design
• Demonstrated product at trade shows and conferences
• Increased the production capacity 1000-fold by industrializing a laboratory method and creating the core manufacturing technology for the company
• Personally oversaw the production of >$75,000 worth of paper and plastic holders at domestic and overseas facilities
• Created detailed, company-wide development plans based on assessment of current and future needs
• Carried out development of novel, low-cost laser-based elemental spectroscopy method. Drafted professional publications for internal and
external purposes. Managed projects in several different labs and drafted reports for administrators.
• Drafted detailed design and assembly of a laser measurement system to serve the high-level vision of laser-based measurements in
drilling operations and harsh environments (several patents pending).
• Produced 5 invention disclosures in a single year, second highest in the organization
• Created new data analysis method for X-ray CT image analysis in 2- and 3-dimensional images
• Gave presentations at government conferences and trade shows on our state-of-the-art laser research
• Studied Metal-Organic Framework synthesis and oversaw a project to detect radiocarbon using isotopic lasers.
• Invented and patented the vaccine tester, a device to detect damage in freeze-sensitive vaccine vials in low-cost environments
• Developed signal filtering circuitry, vacuum handling and optics equipment, and data processing algorithms

Work Experience (1)

Senior Scientist

Nokomis Inc

July 2017 - Present

Charleroi, PA

Academic Studies (1)

PhD

Georgia Institute of Technology

January 2004 - January 2009

Materials Science and Engineering

Worked under Rina Tannenbaum to solve the crystal structure of the first reported metal organic framework.

Awards and achievements (1)

ORISE Post doctoral Fellowship

Oak Ridge Institute for Science Education

November 2013

The Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) connects the most talented and diverse students, recent graduates, faculty and educators to programs closely aligned with the interests of a variety of research facilities, including those managed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and more than a dozen other federal agencies.

Research areas of interest (20)

  • Energy Technology
  • Carbon capture and energy
  • Analytical Chemistry
  • Vibration and Acoustic engineering
  • Optics
  • and 15 more

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Evaluation of a commercially available passively Q-switched Nd: YAG laser with LiF: saturable absorber for laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy

CG Carson, CL Goueguel, H Sanghapi, J Jain, D McIntyre
Interest in passively Q-switched microchip lasers as a means for miniaturization of laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) apparatus has rapidly grown in the last years. To explore the possibility of using a comparatively UV–vis transparent absorber, we herein present the first report on the evaluation of a commercially available flash lamp-pumped passively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser with LiF:F2- saturable absorber as an excitation source in LIBS. Quantitative measurements of barium, strontium, rubidium and lithium in granite, rhyolite, basalt and syenite whole-rock glass samples were performed. Using a gated intensified benchtop spectrometer, limits of detection of 0.97, 23, 37, and 144 ppm were obtained for Li, Sr, Rb, and Ba, respectively.

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