Proprietor
Dr. Nicholas "Nick" Elias is the sole proprietor of OAM Solutions, LLC. He is the son of a college professor, the late Michael Elias, who taught Romance languages and modern Greek at Moravian College for almost 40 years. He is also the grandson and namesake of the late Very Reverend Nicholas Elias, a beloved Greek Orthodox priest, teacher, and author. Nick follows in these footsteps by tutoring at the local community college.
Dr. Elias received a BA in physics (Russian minor) and BSEE in electrical engineering (astronomy minor) from Lehigh University, both magna cum laude. He also received MS and PhD degrees in Astronomy and Astrophysics from the University of Pennsylvania. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa, Tau Beta Pi, and Eta Kappa Nu national honor societies, as well as the American Astronomical Society and International Astronomical Union. Nick has worked at the United States Naval Observatory, Ball Aerospace and Technologies Corporation, Zentrum fuer Astronomie der Universitaet Heidelberg Landessternwarte, Max-Planck-Institut fuer Astronomie, and National Radio Astronomy Observatory. He was an adjunct professor at the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology in both the physics and electrical engineering departments. He is an avid amateur radio operator who communicates all over the world using international Morse code.
Dr. Elias specializes in a number of technical fields:
Photon orbital angular momentum
Theory
Algorithms and concepts
Systems engineering
Astronomical photometry
Astronomical polarimetry
Astronomical interferometry
System engineering of optical systems
Polarization effects and observables
Exoplanet nulling
Exoplanet narrow-angle astrometry
Wide-angle astrometry
Radio observations
Astronomical data-reduction software
Algorithms
Design
Development
Single tasks and end-to-end pipelines
Data science and machine learning
Fitting
CNNs
Clustering
He is always to looking for ways to apply his knowledge and expertise in new fields.