Projects

Projects I have worked on. Some are locked: please contact me for more information.

    • FastAPI
    • Python
    • SQLite

    Research Organiser

    Active

    A local, self-hosted web app for managing academic reading: PDF library, citation extraction, analytics, diary, code snippets, and a research feed.

    • Nuclear Physics
    • Gamma Spectroscopy
    • Machine Learning

    Gamma-Gamma Coincidence Spectroscopy of 175Au

    Completed (final-year project)

    Final-year physics project: recoil-decay tagged gamma-gamma coincidence spectroscopy of 175Au, evidence for shape coexistence, and a machine-learning assisted coincidence interpreter. Password-protected download.

    • Nuclear Physics
    • Radioactive Waste
    • Gamma Spectroscopy

    Radioactive Waste Classification, Non-Destructive Assay, and the Role of Digital Twins

    Completed (Practical Physics III, Section C)

    Linking UK radioactive waste policy with non-destructive assay: HPGe and NaI(Tl) gamma measurements on a lab phantom, Monte Carlo attenuation modelling, and a small-scale digital-twin prototype for waste classification.

    • Nuclear Physics
    • Activation Analysis
    • Shielding

    Radio-isotopes in Fusion-Fission Hybrid Reactors

    Completed (Practical Physics III, Section A)

    Activation and shielding studies supporting fusion-fission hybrid blanket design: gold and vanadium activation foils, LabSOCS efficiency modelling, and a layered shielding concept.

    • Nuclear Instrumentation
    • Plastic Scintillators
    • Machine Learning

    Optimising a Plastic-Scintillator Cosmic-Ray Detector

    Completed (summer research placement)

    Optimising threshold voltage, discriminator width, and PMT voltage for a two-detector plastic-scintillator cosmic-ray telescope, using chi-squared fits, CNNs, SVR, and random forests to model the parameter space.