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These are my two cats, Bramble (the black one) and Alf (the black and white one)

A picture of Alf, one of my cats

This is the dinosaur LEGO I built recently!

Agatha Christie is my favourite author! I also draw and love cups of tea!

This was a board game night I had with some of my friends!

I’m 27 and live with my Mum, Anne, and sister, Emma, in Preston. We also have two cats called Bramble and Alf.

I am always wearing dungarees and boots in a variety of colours!

I have hundreds of books and I read A LOT. Agatha Christie is my favourite author! I am a massive fan of LEGO. I like to play board games with my friends in my spare time. I also like to play video games. My favourite colour is green. I am learning to drive and have my test early next year. I also love to travel the country and visit new places. And I love to go walking in the Lake District.

This is some of the wire I made during my PhD

I had a conference in Hungary and in my free time, I explored the city!

This is the machine I used to make my wire! It’s my favourite colour!

This is all of the powder I used during my trials. This powder became wire!

I presented on that stage in France!!!

I went on a conference in Nantes and like when I was in Budapest, I went on an explore too!

This elephant is huge and mechanical! I saw it at a conference dinner! How cool is that?!

This is a sample that I made during my PhD. It contains metal powders!

Not everything goes to plan. This experiment was part of my other job. We had a massive accident with blue fabric dye!

I did a small project last year for some students. The blue colour is from some copper salt I was using for teaching!

I am a PhD student at the University of Sheffield. I have recently handed in my long book of work, which will soon be marked and I will have an exam.

My work involved taking old waste powders, like metal sawdust called swarf, and turning it into wire using a machine called a Conform machine. The machine is big and noisy and gets as hot as 1000 degrees celsius! What comes out of the end is a long stick of titanium, which we can use to make new things.

I have spent time in the lab, testing the material I have made and playing with the powders that I use. I spend a lot of time at my computer, writing papers and reports or making new drawings.

I also spent time sharing my knowledge at big conferences including one in France and one in Hungary! (A conference is where scientists share all the work they have been doing, like a show-and-tell)

I also got to teach younger students how to test materials or do chemistry experiments!

My day changes a lot. When I was in the lab, I would get up at 8 am and walk for my bus (like I’m going to school!). I would get to the University and make a big cup of coffee to start my day. The office would be quiet, so I turn on all the lights and open up the blinds. Then I sit at my desk and start working on my computer. Often people would turn up to my desk to ask me questions or get some help. Then I’d go to my lab equipment and get some tests done. Sometimes I would have to teach some students in the afternoon, so I would walk to the shiny, new engineering building and put on my blue labcoat. There I teach the students how to test different metals and do chemistry experiment! Once I was done, I would go back to my office and collect my belongings, speak to my lovely friend at the front desk and get a coffee. Before walking into Sheffield to get the bus.