Consulting Expertise

Annette Sobel advises on national security technologies, human factors, and medical systems for extreme environments including space, altitude, and diving. Her background combines public-sector leadership, military service, and applied science for complex operational problems.

Robert Duncan consults on near-quantum-limited sensing systems, quantum sensing flight hardware, and the design of fundamental physics experiments. He also brings deep experience in research commercialization and large-scale research administration.

Noah D’Amico works across nuclear detection, applied machine learning, and technical commercialization. He helps move research-driven systems into usable products, operations, and customer-facing strategy.

Shelby Lacouture is a scientist, electrical engineer, and inventor with expertise in metrology, mixed-signal circuits, pulsed-power systems, embedded systems, and custom software for instrument control and data processing. His work is rooted in hands-on invention and experimental system development.

Andrew Gillespie provides simulation and modeling support across particle transport, Python, C++, and Mathematica. His scientific background spans gas adsorption, storage materials, metrology, heat transport, mass spectrometry, nanomaterials, and purification systems.

Mitchell Kelley works at the intersection of power electronics, applied electrical engineering, and experimental hardware development. His background includes project-lab leadership, custom housings and PCB-adjacent systems, sensing hardware, and vacuum calorimeter design.

Ian Jones is a mechanical and experimental engineer specializing in CAD design, precision machining, and ultra-high-vacuum system engineering. He designs and fabricates custom apparatus for radiation-detection and nuclear-materials experiments, with expertise spanning experimental design, instrument integration, and hardware prototyping.

Cuikun Lin holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry and is a materials scientist with expertise spanning materials science, rare-earth resources, energy sciences, lithium compounds, deuterium separation, and nuclear detection, with 70+ papers, 5,000+ citations (h-index 41), and numerous patents in respiratory sensing, deuterium separation, nuclear reactors, and particle detection.