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Elijah Paden

B.S. in Engineering Physics

Graduating December 2026
Minor in Mathematics
Physics GPA 3.91

Undergraduate Research Assistant - Astroparticle Physics

University of Kansas | Lawrence, KS   Jun 2024 – Present
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Analyze radar sounding data of ice sheets using MATLAB to support radio wave based neutrino detection.
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Use of electromagnetic wave propagation, signal processing, and glaciology theory to interpret data and utilize it for new applications.

Awards

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National Merit Scholar
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Michael Ruby Engineering Physics Scholarship
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J. Karcher Award for Outstanding Scholarship in Engineering Physics

Software

Microsoft Suite
MATLAB
Python
C++
Adobe Suite
Wolfram Mathmatica

Activities

Ethics Bowl
Environmental Science Student Association
Webster Book Clubs

K-Means (Basic machine learning algorithm)

Radar depth sounder product analysis

Work on understand ice sheet properties to inform in-ice neutrino radio receivers

Capstone part 1 talk

Cyber physical systems class project

Contacts

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LinkedIn

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(785) 748-1477