I've recently graduated as a Master of Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The Queen's University of Belfast, Northern Ireland. During my studies I received a Scholarship award from Northern Ireland Electricity Networks (NIE Networks) in addition to being awarded as the top achieving student four years in a row gaining a number of prestigious prizes. This included an award for "The Most Innovative Final Year Project in 'Electrical Power Generation' - The AJ Power Prize."

My Final Year Project involved the completion of a Techno-Economic Analysis of Domestic Battery Storage Systems. From this work, I was able to determine the quantity of savings consumers are able to receive through the installation of domestic battery storage systems and further to this, provide a clear and independent validation of claims by battery storage manufacturers and retailers. This was the first project to investigate battery storage technology in Northern Ireland with an algorithm tuned simulate an 11kWh battery available on the consumer market, using PV Solar data from Northern Ireland and a range of English home load profiles from smart metering through UKPN.

Since graduating, I have accepted a fast-track graduate position with the Distribution Network Operator of Northern Ireland, NIE Networks. As the world buckles up to finally face the challenges associated with net-zero and climate friendly tactics, the electricity industry will be at the centre of delivery and I believe these challenges will help me develop myself into a well rounded engineer, with the support and guidance of my industry peers.

This website details information on the wide range of hobbies and interests that I partake in, which include; Caving, Climbing, Kayaking, Hiking, Camping and Photography. Whilst I do enjoy the outdoors, whenever I’m not there I’ll be tinkering with computers and electronics, sitting back relaxing whilst playing some Piano or catching up on the latest TV show.

Feel free to have a browse.

Caving...

Since my first trip with Queen's University Belfast's Caving Club, QUBCC in October 2017, i've been hooked on this strange, yet completely fascinating sport ever since. which takes you right across the world into some of the most pristine places on the planet.

Otherworldly' is how you'll usually hear me describe some of the places i've ended up in, as the sport can take you right across the world into some of the most pristine and beautiful locations on the planet. The caving community is quite small, and so its fairly common to know people right across it, which also has the perk of being able to frequent expeditions to explore and find new caves across different areas of the world.

Yes it's normally dark, yes there can be tight squeezes that make you question what lead you here and yes it can be muddy and wet - but that's part of the fun, and its the constant challenges and problem solving that constantly brings me back underground.

Interested? Check out some of my blog posts on the trips and expeditions i've attended, and if you are based in Ireland or the UK, why not check out the http://caving.ie or http://newtocaving.com

Kayaking...

I’ve been enjoying getting on the water since getting involved with the Paddle Sports club at Queen’s University back in 2019, another one of those great impulse decisions I seem to enjoy making.

By no means am I a fantastic paddler, but since then I’ve been slowly building up my confidence in a boat and I’ve seemed to take a keen interest in the Canoe Polo sphere of paddling, although not competitively.

Hopefully over the next few years I’ll be able to hit some rivers more frequently and build up further skills and confidence, which will inevitably result in the acquisition of even more gear that I’ll have to find somewhere to store!

Kayaking also ties in nicely with the next big interest on the list – photography!

Photography...

I’ve been enjoying getting on the water since getting involved with the Paddle Sports club at Queen’s University back in 2019, another one of those great impulse decisions I seem to enjoy making.

By no means am I a fantastic paddler, but since then I’ve been slowly building up my confidence in a boat and I’ve seemed to take a keen interest in the Canoe Polo sphere of paddling, although not competitively.

Hopefully over the next few years I’ll be able to hit some rivers more frequently and build up further skills and confidence, which will inevitably result in the acquisition of even more gear that I’ll have to find somewhere to store!

Kayaking also ties in nicely with the next big interest on the list – photography!