I am a third year PhD student within Open Lab looking into the role that augmented reality can play within radiology. I looking at how augmented reality can integrate with existing technologies and techniques to speed up or otherwise improve a medical workflow. I am also looking into the interaction challenges of AR and how virtual components could be redesigned to enhance interactions. I have conducted empirical research with surgeons and radiologists in the region investigating their workflows and identifying opportunities. I am now building on this work and diving deeper into the perceptual and interaction challenges of augmented reality in radiological and similar environments.
I completed my bachelors in computer science here at Newcastle University, focussing my final dissertation on the development process of digital twins, during which I built a digital twin of an F1Tenth car as a case study. In the summer of 2022, before starting my PhD, I completed a summer placement within the EPiC (Educational Practices in Computing) research group in the school of computing. During this placement I built on existing games development knowledge to create a command line interface simulator for students to use to help them learn basic commands in a safe environment. This was an interesting process that allowed me to build on and solidify my knowledge of command line interfaces while also allowing me to develop project management experience.