• Question: what types of projects have you done ?

    Asked by 782eneq43 to Oliver, Lesley, Leah, Hannah, Graeme, Aleks on 6 Mar 2019. This question was also asked by 859eneq37.
    • Photo: Graeme Burt

      Graeme Burt answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      Lots, I am currently the project manager for the UK’s contribution to the large hadron collider upgrade. Its a 24 km long accelerator in Switzerland. I am also working on better proton therapy systems in the UK and radiotherapy systems in Africa to treat cancer. I have build small X-ray sources for scanning cargo at ports. I have projects doing basic reserach into getting higher voltage acceleration systems for the particle accelerators that come next.

    • Photo: Lesley Colquhoun

      Lesley Colquhoun answered on 6 Mar 2019:

      When i worked in computer analyses i looked a full vessel model and how it was affected by different loads. This included modelling the sea and waves and various crane loads.

      I then worked on MAATS largest underdeck carousel for the “Seven Arctic” vessel which was build in South Korea followed by a full lay spread of equipment for the “NKT Victoria” and now Fibre optic laying equipment for the “KDDI Cable Infinity”.

      Being involed with the aftersales has also allowed me to work on basically all the ships MAATS have worked with, if you have a look at our website i can answer anything you want 🙂 http://www.maats.co.uk

      If you google the vessels i can answer any questions you might have about them! I have lived them for years now 🙂

    • Photo: Leah Morgan

      Leah Morgan answered on 7 Mar 2019:

      I have lots of projects on the go at the moment! Some I have at the moment are:
      * Radiation shielding for fibre optics – these are super high up on a wall and hidden behind an expensive diagnostic. I am designing a shield that will fit into a really weird gap without falling off and smooshing the diagnostic below!
      * Radiation shielding for turbopumps – JET has lots of turbopumps attached, if they fail our experiment will be ruined! It’s my job to design some shielding to stop the radiation from breaking them, but there’s barely any room to do it!
      * Concrete beam monitoring – we have two 1100 tonne concrete walls that get lifted up all the time. We noticed some cracks in them so it’s my job to measure and record them to make sure they don’t suddenly break!! :O

    • Photo: Hannah Griffin

      Hannah Griffin answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      Personally over the years I have worked on safety test software, risk assessment software, online travel and accommodation booking websites, on-demand self book publishing website, and loads more. Nothing particularly cutting edge IT-wise but to me it is important I know that my software is needed for scientists to do cutting edge work in their field. I have been able to choose which languages, tools I use and try out new technologies as they come out. The project I am excited about at the moment is using something called Kafka to completely re-architect our main suite of software to make all our software faster and more responsive – people expect much faster websites these days!

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