Profile
Chris Armstrong
Tomorrow there will be Haf as many of us!!
My CV
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Education:
2005-2010 Sudbury Upper & 6th Form, 2010-2011 Swansea University, 2011-2014 University of Hertfordshire, 2014- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory/University Of Strathclyde
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Qualifications:
BSc Phyiscs (with a year in industry)
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Work History:
2012-2013 IBM, 2014- Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
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Current Job:
PhD Student
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First year PhD student working at Rutherford Appleton Laboratory to delivery high resolution radiographs for industry applications. Laser-Solid interactions produce incredibly bright and energetic x-ray sources, capable of imaging complex and dense objects on a single shot basis.
I’ve been working on new detectors and diagnostics to further advance the imaging, including higher energy detectors, and high rep-rate readout devices.
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My Typical Day:
Coffee, coding, and collaborating.
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Arise, grumbling at my alarm
Coffee #1
Drive to work.
Arrive
Coffee #2
Tackle one of three ongoing analysis problems.
Make progress
FFT working better than expected, results
Matlab crash…
Coffee #3
Work on summary report.
Notice a gap in the data analysis
Immediately work to plug it
Make progress
Blast some EDM, rock out at my desk, manic typing.
Coffee #4
Start adding new data to the summary report
Realise there’s something wrong with my conclusion…
Mess up own hair in thought, pained expression on face.
Coffee #5
Subconscious throws up answer to Matlab issue
Fix matlab issue
Runs flawlessly
Feeling smug
Coffee #6
Read that paper the boss sent over a week ago
Read a few more papers linked to it.
Discuss with colleague/boss
Start working on one of the other problems.
Leave work.
Coffee #7 -
What I'd do with the prize money:
I want to spend the money popping balloons
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My Interview
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How would you describe yourself in 3 words?
Efficient.
Were you ever in trouble at school?
I once set my hair on fire in a chemistry lesson to prove a point, what do you think?
Who is your favourite singer or band?
Milky Chance – you’re welcome
What's your favourite food?
Griddled Seabass
If you had 3 wishes for yourself what would they be? - be honest!
1. House with a basketball court in, half court – I’m not greedy. 2. A coffee butler. 3. Infinite Wishes… duh.
Tell us a joke.
A neutron walks into a bar, and the barman says absolutely nothing, he can’t see the neutron, he can’t tell its there, it’s like crazy small, he just keeps wiping down the bar, the neutron eventually leaves fed up of being ignored, everywhere else he usually gets free drinks.
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