Education

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University of Cambridge
PhD in Physics
Grade – Ongoing
September 2024 – Present
University of Cambridge
MRes in Sensor Technologies and Applications
Grade – 76%
October 2023 – August 2024
University of Southampton
MEng Electronic Engineering with Computer Systems
Year 1 – 88%
Year 2 – 85%
Year 3 – 75%
Year 4 – 77%
September 2019 – June 2023
Masters Group Design Project
I’ve completed a Masters Group Design Project titled “Screen-Printed E-Textile Computer” in a team of four, with the University of Southampton’s Smart Electronic Materials and Systems Research Group and Printed Electronics and Materials Laboratory. The project was supervised by Dr Russel Torah. It included the following tasks, among others:

• Researched the fundamental operational principles of organic electrochemical transistors (OECTs), the applications fulfilled by OECTs in academia and the future research required for commercially-viable OECTs.

• Developed layouts using L-Edit for modular components such as XOR gates, multiplexers and full adders using PEDOT:PSS-based OECTs. These can form a 4-bit bit-slice ALU with NOT, AND, ADD and SUB functions.

• Characterised different OECTs through characteristics such as transfer curves, ON/OFF drain current ratios and minimum switching voltages using an automated LabVIEW testbench.

• Designed a custom OECT LTspice model corresponding to the aforementioned characteristics with asymmetrical rise/fall times and adjustable leakage currents.

• Manufactured the designs using the DEK248 screen printer and UV/thermal curing.
September 2022 – January 2023
Part III Individual Project
I’ve completed a Part III Individual Project titled “IoT Smart Tags For Tracking PC Component Wear To Support A Circular Economy”. The project was supervised by Professor Geoff Merrett. It included the following tasks, among others:

• Developed IoT smart tags for tracking PC component wear to facilitate a sustainable circular economy.

• Researched transistor wear mechanisms like electromigration, time-dependent dielectric breakdown and hot carrier injection. This included the fundamental methods of degradation, the effects of environmental conditions and computational load on the rate of degradation, and the extrapolation of each wear mechanism to estimate the extended lifetime and relative performance of the devices, with over 100 references cited using EndNote.

• Created IoT smart tags built around an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, an SD card reader and an OLED display.

• Created an embedded Arduino program using C++ which acquires environmental data (including temperature, pressure and relative humidity), processes the acquired data and transmits packets via BLE. The program outputs data to an OLED screen for debugging and monitoring purposes, performs some preliminary sanity checks on the acquired data and stores results locally before transmitting packets periodically to conserve battery.

• Created a hosted PC program using C++ and QML which receives packets via BLE, performs benchmarks (particularly CUDA-based matrix addition for GPUs) and analyses all available data to estimate component wear and performance scores. The program includes a GUI to support pairing with the smart tags and sharing the scores.
September 2021 – May 2022
King Edward VI Five Ways Sixth Form
A-Level Mathematics (A*)
A-Level Further Mathematics (A*)
A-Level Physics (A*)
A-Level Chemistry (A*)
Level 3 Extended Project Qualification (A*)
Member of the King Edward VI Five Ways Leadership Programme
August 2017 – June 2019
King Edward VI Five Ways School
GCSE Mathematics (9)
GCSE English Language (8)
GCSE English Literature (7)
GCSE Physics (A*)
GCSE Chemistry (A*)
GCSE Biology (A*)
GCSE Computing (A*)
GCSE Latin (A*)
GCSE History (A*)
GCSE Religious Studies (A*)
GCSE Systems and Control Technology (A)
Member of the King Edward VI Five Ways Leadership Programme
August 2012 – June 2017