Physics student and science enthusiast.
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I created this website from scratch using HTML and Javascript to understand a bit about web development and to try and showcase myself, my work and my interests. If you're interested in anything I do then do not hesitate to get in touch via the contact page.
Hi, my name is Nathanael Kemp, I'm passionate about computer simulations, maths, physics and space. I'm currently a third year MPhys Astrophysics at the University of Sussex.
For my personal projects and university work, I mostly use Python as my primary programming language. Outside of university I've worked with parallel shading programming languages such as GLSL. I also have limited experience with C#, Javascript and HTML, the latter two were used to create this website.
In the summer of 2024 I spent four weeks as an intern with the Water Resources Modelling Team at the Environment Agency, as part of the South East Physics Network (SEPNet) Summer Placement Scheme. As part of the programme, I designed and exhibited an academic poster detailing the work at the SEPNet exposition. You can read more about my experience and the summer placement scheme on the SEPNet website. Below are some selected reports I have completed as part of my degree. The most recent are at the top. You can click on the title to download a PDF, the abstract for each piece of work is given below.
Long Report on the Hall Effect
The aim of this experiment was to measure the Hall coefficient for a doped InSb wafer at both room temperature and at the boiling point of Nitrogen. The Hall coefficient was determined by placing the wafer in a known magnetic field of (159 ± 5)mT, varying the current from 1.1mA to 45.0mA. The Hall voltage and standard voltage across the wafer were recorded in both directions perpendicular to the magnetic field. The two measured Hall voltages were combined to eliminate the voltage drop due to the wafer’s internal resistance. This combined Hall voltage was used to determine the wafer’s Hall coefficient at both 291K and 77K.
Stirling Engine Cycle Short Report
The objective on this experiment was to obtain the practical and theoretical efficiency for a Stirling Engine and to demonstrate a linear relationship between flywheel frequency and input power. The practical efficiency was calculated using a filament of known input power. A theoretical efficiency of 0.161 ± 0.0007 was obtained by analyzing isotherms on a PV graph, with an input power of (33.8 ± 0.2)W.
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