Research

Present Research

The laboratory is involved in several research and development projects both within the STFC remit and outwith.

Mechanics for the Stave ATLAS upgrade, concentrating on the understanding of thermal characteristics of materials used in the stave build.
Strip-tracker modules and sensors for the ATLAS strip tracker upgrade
The SCT evaporative cooling project, working with the EN/CV detector cooling section at CERN
Radiation hard detectors concentrating on new detector structures
3D detectors, working on these within the RD50 collaboration and ATLAS 3D sensor collaboration
Active edge devices with SCIPP and Advacam
TSVs in the ROIC with MPI and LETI
CMOS (APS) sensors for particle physics and synchrotron sources, working with the Detectors group of the Diamond light source

I have worked on serval projects over the past 15 years. Some of the more recent ones are listed here

SCT @ Glasgow was part of the UK Valencia cluster working to develop and build part of the forward semiconductor tracker, (SCT), for the ATLAS experiment on the Large Hadron Collider, (LHC), at CERN.
MI3 was a RCUK Basic Technology funded project to develop the basic technology for scientific grade CMOS imaging sensors.

(A band of merry chaps making something big out of silicon.)