Working in 1st year labs as a demonstrator assisting students in performing new experiments and analysing data.

A Summer research placement I completed supervised by Jenny Nelson in the Experimental Solid State Physics Group. The organic semiconductor molecule IDTBT exhibits incredibly large hole mobilities for an organic semiconductor and so is a substance of interest for use in organic photovoltaics. As part of the placement I investigated the charge transport properties of IDTB(X) samples to attempt to understand how varying molecule substructure can affect hole mobility. A Time of Flight method was used to measure current profiles by pulsing samples with a Class 4 laser that I independently operated. This was accompanied by a Drift/Diffusion charge transport model that I developed using python and compared to the datasets to better understand the reaction of current profiles for sub laser pulse width transport.

UKSA Spinternship at KISPE Space Systems Ltd to review microsatellite power system architectures and prototype and test elements to enable evaluation and performance assessment. The output from the project will aid in the power system and thermal trade-offs and wider spacecraft modelling and development activities for the KISPE Next Generation Microsatellite and Open Source Satellite developments. Culminated in developing a poster presentation for the UK Space Conference 2021.