David Evans

PhD Student at Durham University
Education
  • Durham University
    2020 - Present
    PhD in Computational Chemistry
    PhD as part of the SOFI2 CDT researching percolation in active systems using Monte Carlo and molecular dynamics simulations and custom analysis algorithms.
    • C
    • Python
    • Linux
    • HPC
    • Presentations
  • The University of Edinburgh
    2015 - 2020
    MPhys Physics (1st Class)
    Undergraduate integrated masters in Physics. Masters project was on microrheology of entangled DNA, which has been published in Nature Communcations.
    • Microscopy
    • Biological sample preparation
    • Particle tracking
    • Python
    • Linux
Presentations
    2021
  • Dynamic percolation in composite materials
    Poster, CCP5 Summer School
    Online
  • 2022
  • Percolation of active Brownian particles
    Poster, Chemistry Department Postgraduate Symposium
    Durham University, UK
  • Re-entrant percolation of active brownian hard disks
    Talk, Invited Seminar
    UCM, Madrid, Spain
  • 2023
  • Re-entrant percolation of active Brownian hard disks
    Talk, Chemistry Department Postgraduate Symposium
    Durham University, UK
  • Re-entrant percolation of active Brownian hard disks
    Talk, SOFI Showcase
    Durham, UK
  • Quantifying effective interactions in active Brownian hard disks
    Poster, International Soft Matter Conference 2023
    Osaka, Japan
Publications
Projects
  • Bus Tracker
    This bus timetable tracker was designed to be displayed on TVs in the reception areas of student accommodations. Using the company colour palette, the React front end updates the time for the next buses every 60 seconds by fetching the data from a custom built API. The custom API was written in NodeJS and provides an interface between the front end and the City of Edinburgh Council's API. This allows for custom bus stops and destinations to be filtered and easily added, modified or removed.
    Bus Tracker Dashboard
    This has now been running for 18 months in the client's buildings without issue and is completely free for them to host on any of the generous free hosting platforms e.g. Heroku (no-longer free) or Netlify.
    • React
    • NodeJS
    • Heroku