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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 
 

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david tax

David Tax
Research Assistant

NW16-168, 167 Albany Street

Cambridge, MA 02139, USA

Phone: (617) 253-6020

Fax: (617) 253-6078

e-mail: dtax@mit.edu

 

Education

  • Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, MIT.
  • M.S., Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA, 2008.
  • B.Eng., Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada, 2006.
  • C.A.S., School of Engineering, Acadia University, Wolfville, NS, Canada, 2003.

Research Interests Vacuum Electron Devices

Vacuum Electron Devices

1.5 MW, 110 GHz gyrotron

Microwave Systems and Components

Recent Publications

Conference Presentations

  • Testing of an Advanced Internal Mode Converter for a 1.5 MW, 110 GHz Gyrotron,” D. S. Tax, I. Mastovsky, M. A. Shapiro, J. R. Sirigiri, R. J. Temkin, A. C. Torrezan, 51st Annual APS Meeting of the Division of Plasma Physics, Nov 2nd-6th, 2009, Atlanta, GA, USA.
  • “Mode Conversion Losses in ITER Transmission Lines,” David S. Tax, E. Nicholas Comfoltey, Seong-Tae Han, Michael A. Shapiro, Jagadishwar R. Sirigiri, Richard J. Temkin, Paul P. Woskov, 33rd Int. Conf. on Infrared, Millimeter, and Terahertz Waves, Sep 15th-19th, 2008, Pasadena, CA, USA.

MS Thesis

“Mode Conversion Losses in Overmoded Millimeter Wave Transmission Lines”.