ECE & Physics · Vanderbilt University · Class of 2028

Remington Holder

Electrical and Computer Engineer · Experimental Researcher

Applying rigorous engineering to the frontier of scientific discovery — from radiation detection at CERN’s LHC to FPGA-based systems, IEC fusion control, and aerospace avionics.

FPGA Design VHDL Radiation Detection Real-time Systems PCB Design High-Reliability Hardware OpenMC / DAGMC
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Affiliations
Vanderbilt University
Undergraduate Researcher — Dr. Will Johns’ Lab
Coincidence detection experiments and parylene-coated radiation detectors for CERN’s LHC CMS High Luminosity upgrade.
Oak Ridge National Lab
DOE SULI Intern — Summer 2025
Accelerator shielding benchmarks using OpenMC and DAGMC on high-performance computing clusters.
Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory
Rocket Team - Avionics
PCB design and avionics systems for reusable launch vehicles competing in NASA University Student Launch. 7 national championships, 9 payload awards.
Vanderbilt Fusion Project
Chief Technology Officer
Control systems for a 50,000V IEC fusor. Automated plasma diagnostics and fusion shielding benchmarks.
Tiny Tapeout
Custom IC — In Fabrication
Ring oscillator IC to study TID radiation effects. Sputter chamber for semiconductor thin-film deposition.
Selected Projects
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Engineering at
the frontier.

I’m Remington Holder, an ECE and Physics student at Vanderbilt University (Class of 2028), driven by a passion for applying rigorous engineering to the frontier of scientific discovery.

My work spans radiation detection hardware, computational physics, and embedded systems. In Dr. Will Johns’ Lab I design coincidence detection experiments and process parylene-coated detectors for CERN’s LHC CMS High Luminosity upgrade.

Summer 2025: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (DOE SULI), reconstructing accelerator shielding benchmarks and running OpenMC/DAGMC simulations on HPC clusters.

As CTO of the Vanderbilt Fusion Project I engineered 50,000V IEC fusor control systems and am building automated plasma diagnostics. I’ve also taped out a custom IC through Tiny Tapeout and am building a sputter chamber for thin-film deposition.

I work on PCB design and avionics for the Vanderbilt Aerospace Design Laboratory rocket team, which competes in NASA’s University Student Launch. This involves designing reliable flight electronics, power distribution, and signal integrity for reusable launch vehicles.

Vanderbilt University
B.E. Electrical & Computer Engineering
B.S. Physics · Class of 2028
VHDL Verilog FPGA Design Quartus Real-time Systems Signal Processing Python C / C++ KiCad LTspice PCB Design OpenMC / DAGMC HPC / SLURM LabVIEW
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