Tristan Melton
Graduate Student At Mesoscopic Optics And Quantum Electronics Laboratory
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolTristan Melton is a Ph.D.-trained electrical engineer and graduate researcher at UCLA’s Mesoscopic Optics and Quantum Electronics Laboratory, specializing in Kerr frequency microcombs for chip-scale metrology and stable light sources. With 14 years of hands-on experience spanning nonlinear optics simulation, photonic-electronic system architecture, and hardware-focused firmware and PCB design, he blends deep theory with practical system-level implementations. His dissertation and publications demonstrate a focus on making photonic integration compatible with existing electronic backends, and his internships at Lawrence Livermore and Intel sharpened his skills in simulation-driven optimization and automation. Tristan’s work uniquely couples algorithmic optimization (e.g., scripts that dramatically reduce design search time) with experimental device considerations, positioning him to translate lab-scale photonics into deployable technologies.
14 years of coding experience
Electrical Engineering, B.S., Electrical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, B.S., Electrical Engineering at University of California, Los Angeles
English, Chinese
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Github Skills (11)
to-do9
forge9
near9
minecraft9
physics7
time-travel7
nodejs6
openshift6
javascript6
php6
mysql6
Github contributions (3)
tristanmelton/TimeTraveler
May 2012 - Aug 2020
Contributions:79 commits, 2 pushes, 10 comments in 8 years 5 months
physicsminecraftrealityvirtual-reallead
charsmud/modmail
Jul 2022 - Jul 2022
A feature-rich Discord bot for easy communication between server staff and users.
Contributions:1 push in 1 day
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