Numerical methods, argon plasma and planning for the future
The second term is now well underway and it already feels considerably different to before Christmas. With microcontrollers soldered beyond recognition and the report handed in, the fourth year programming module now focuses on numerical methods, which are used to approximate solutions to functions that can’t be solved exactly. One of the best-known examples of […]
Ending the year with all things Christmas
The final two weeks of term flew by in a blur of tying up loose ends on various bits of different modules and a host of Christmas-themed events. Despite the many broken components, finger burns and sanity lost over seemingly spontaneous problems, my year managed to complete the Arduino computing project in time, with everything […]
Preparing for Next Term
As the end of term is fast approaching, I’ve been spending every available moment in the lab trying to finalise things before Christmas. Due to the nature of my project, the equipment we’re using takes a considerable amount of time to optimise for what we’re trying to achieve, and this isn’t always easy! However, now […]
Getting back in the lab
With some initial computational work out of the way and a somewhat interesting eye test, this week I started work in the laser spectroscopy lab as part of my masters project. The plan is to identify the spectra of novel molecules that might be found in the interstellar medium. Not surprisingly, achieving this requires a […]
In the lab
Today marks the start of my second full week in my biochemistry lab were I am currently working on my 4th year project investigating pathways used to tell cells in the body to self destruct. I was very excited when I organised my final year project at the end of my third year. For my […]
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