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Rubidium group when I first joined. Together, along with Jay Hanssen, they
constructed a Rubidium BEC apparatus which would later be converted into
the experimental apparatus used by me during the work outlined in this disser-
tation. Todd designed and constructed most of the electronic control systems
and I had the pleasure of working closely with him my first year. He intro-
duced me to the electronics controlling our experiment and was an excellent
and patient teacher. Florian was the lab postdoc at that time and he wrote
the excellent software which we still use to control the experiment. He served
as a major force pushing the experiment along at that time. I worked along
side Chih-Sung during the time period he performed what would become his
doctoral work. I learned a lot by watching his careful experimental technique
and methodical parameter-space searches. Kevin Henderson led the sodium
experiment at that time and his meticulous attention to detail and order as
well as his tremendous work ethic rubbed off on me a little. He always made
the lab a more pleasant place with his hilarious stories.
Finally I would like to thank individuals outside of the lab who played
a very helpful role. Allen Schroeder heads a first rate machine shop full of
extremely talented individuals. The hard work they put into constructing
many of the apparatus used during the experiment is greatly appreciated.
Jack Clifford runs the student shop. He is always friendly and ready to go out
of his way to help people accomplish their machining goals. I would like to
thank him for further honing my precision machining skills. The Center for
Nonlinear Dynamics administrative staff head, Olga Vera, made sure that my
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