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About Allen Andersen, PhD

My research areas include space environments and their interactions with materials, especially spacecraft charging and electrostatic discharge (ESD).

Disciplines

Research Interests

Materials Physics, Electrostatic Discharge, and Spacecraft Charging
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Honors and Awards

  • David and Terry Peak Outstanding Achievement Award in Physics, 2015
  • NASA Space Technology Research Fellow, 2014
  • Gene Adams Endowed Scholarship, 2014
  • Howard L. Blood Scholar, 2013-2014
  • Sigma Pi Sigma Member, April 2013
  • Outstanding Graduate Poster Presentation, American Physical Society Four Corner Section Meeting, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, 2012
  • Magna Cum Laude, BYU-Idaho, 2012
  • Full Tuition Academic Scholarship, BYU-Idaho, 2010-2012
  • Presidential Scholarship, BYU-Idaho, 2006
  • Utah State University College of Science Graduate Student (PhD) Researcher of the Year 2017
  • Bill E. Robins Doctoral Student Researcher of the Year Finalist, April 15, 2017

Education

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2012 - 2018 PhD, Utah State University ‐ Physics
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2009 - 2012 BS, Brigham Young University Idaho ‐ Physics
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Refereed Articles (18)

PhD Dissertation (1)

Presentations (16)