Having worked in industry and academia, I combine the drive for practical results with the desire for fundamental insights.I develop new theories, create innovative algorithms, and design hardware:- I mathematically proved that achieving a client specification was impossible; despite this, the client was still very pleased, as I defined the physical limits, and implemented the optimum solution that best reached those limits.- I am adept at re-purposing existing research for new uses. A project required a non-contact tracking method; based upon work on phase cross-correlation, I implemented an algorithm that optically measured translation and rotation.- Using computer-aided design (CAD) and finite element method (FEM) techniques, I rapidly developed a new electromagnetic acoustic transducer, and experimentally demonstrated that it could operate at a far greater lift-off than existing systems.- When investigating shear horizontal wave applications, I developed new theories and experimentally verified them. I created analytic and numerical models, software to control equipment, and algorithms to analyse ultrasound data.- As part of an EU project, I successfully optimised the integration of hardware and software systems produced by a European consortium of companies.- My algorithms and software have been used in the work of other researchers.I am accomplished at research dissemination:- I have published my research articles in the leading peer-reviewed journals for my field.- I have presented at the leading international conference in my field.- I won the university-wide postgraduate poster competition in 2008, 2009, and 2010.- I taught undergraduate physics labs for four years. I am an accomplished presenter, and when a projector failed as I gave a talk at a conference, I ably communicated my research without PowerPoint.- I have developed websites to publicise and explain my research.- I have written reports tailored to specific customers.
Listed skills include Physics, Research, Programming, Matlab, and 33 others.