UCD School of Physics

University College Dublin

Research scientist at the UCD School of Physics from August 2014 to September 2015.

  • work on a soft X-ray microscopy/tomography system (vacuum-operated):
    • taking part in designing of the soft X-ray source, including design of mechanical parts of the system
    • carrying out the experiments and diagnostic tests, processing of the recorded data (GNU Octave/Matlab scripts)
  • development of measurement&control software (Visual Basic .NET), including:
    • a .DLL library for Zaber positioning devices with enhanced functionality compared to company-provided driver,
    • a .DLL library for Heidenhain VRZ181 and VRZ403 counters,
    • software side of the SXR source target delivery system.
  • design and application of measurement devices:
    • precision dual source and preamplifier for Pt100 sensors,
    • basic LM73-based temperature monitoring system,
    • AD9051-based pulse recording system (including ARM C++ and corresponding VB.NET programming).