CV

Education

• Pre 18 - Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bryn Tawe, Swansea, UK, 2006-2012
• MEng Electronic Engineering, Univeristy of Warwick, UK, 2016
• Ph.D GaN-on-Si Pressure, Flow, and Thermal Conductivity Sensors, University of Warwick, UK, 2020

Work experience

• 2020 - Present: Operational Research Analyst
  • Department of International Trade, UK Civil Service
• 2018-2021: Associate Tutor
  • University of Warwick, School of Engineering
  • Duties included: Co-lecturer of Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Design
• 2016-2018: Assistant Tutor
  • University of Warwick
  • Duties included: Managing and Demonstrating in Undergraduate labs

Skills

• Python
  • Visualisation in Plotly and Matplotlib.
  • Developed flask server to control test instumentatation on a remote operable gas rig.
  • Time series forecasting using Bayesian Decision Trees with Prophet.
• Java Script
  • Used node JS to develop a graphQL api server hosted on Azure.
  • Build microservices to interact between the api and a comsos db gremlin graph database.
• R
• Other Programing Skills
  • Version control software – Git (Github and GitLab interfaces).
  • Jupyter notebook and visual studio interactive design environments.
  • Low level languages - assembly and C.
  • Embedded programming using FPGA’s and Verilog.
• Signal Processing
  • Created speech synthesis software to recreate a specific phrase trained on my own voice in Matlab.
  • Used Fourier transforms to extract seasonality from time series data.

Projects

GaN-on-Silicon Pressure Flow and Thermal Conductivity Sensors for Harsh Environments

Portfolio item number 2

Measurements and Modelling in the Cardio-Respiratory System

Publications

MEMS Thermal Flow Sensors—An Accuracy Investigation

E. L. W. Gardner et al., "MEMS Thermal Flow Sensors— An Accuracy Investigation," in IEEE Sensors Journal, vol. 19, no. 8, pp. 2991-2998, 15 April15, 2019, doi: 10.1109/JSEN.2019.2891596.

GaN-on-Si Thermoresistive Flow Sensor with Gold Hot-wire

G. R. Jones et al., "GaN-on-Si Thermoresistive Flow Sensor with Gold Hot-wire," 2019 IEEE SENSORS, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956653.

Thermal Conductivity Sensor with Isolating Membrane Holes

E. L. W. Gardner, A. De Luca, T. Vincent, R. G. Jones, J. W. Gardner and F. Udrea, "Thermal Conductivity Sensor with Isolating Membrane Holes," 2019 IEEE SENSORS, Montreal, QC, Canada, 2019, pp. 1-4, doi: 10.1109/SENSORS43011.2019.8956842.

Talks

GaN-on-Si Thermoresistive Flow Sensor

October 27, 2019

Conference Talk at IEEE Sensors 2019, Montreal, Canada

GaN based Thermal Conductivity Gas Sensors

March 25, 2021

Talk at 79th Colloquium of the Gas Analysis and Sensing Group, Virtual

Teaching

Fundamentals of Modern VLSI Design