Robert Forrest

Robert Forrest

United Kingdom
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I am a co-founder and CTO of Materials Nexus. In recent years I have completed a PhD in…

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  • Materials Nexus Graphic

    Materials Nexus

    London, England, United Kingdom

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    Cambridge, England, United Kingdom

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    Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy

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    Cavendish Laboratory

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    York, United Kingdom

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    Department of Physics

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    Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Education

  • University of Cambridge Graphic

    University of Cambridge

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    Thesis: "On the application of machine-learning to the understanding of glass-formation in metallic systems"

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    MPhil Project: Predicting New Metallic Glasses (75%).
    Mini-projects: Greens function probe from LAMMPS data (89%), Generating metallic glasses from Voronoi topologies (80%).

    Examinations: Machine Learning (92.5%), Data Science (79%), and Atomistic Modelling (76.5%).

    Supervisors: Dr. Jonathan Bean & Prof. Lindsay Greer.

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    MPhys Project: Melting Ice, a molecular dynamics based study of the phase transition between Ice Ih and liquid water, via an implementation of the Z method.

    MPhys Project Supervisor: Prof. Matt Probert.
    Academic Supervisor: Dr. Ignacio Wilson-Rae.

Volunteer Experience

  • Institute of Physics Graphic

    Physics Advisor

    Institute of Physics

    - 4 months

    Science and Technology

    Worked independently as the online supervisor of two classes of KS3 pupils undertaking a project about exoplanets.

    Responsible for monitoring their progress, assisting them with any problems they faced, and answering any questions they had, developing my leadership and support abilities.

    Conveyed challenging scientific concepts hitherto unseen by the students, and wrote regular blogs about various exciting topics, aiming to inspire a passion that would lead on to further study.

Courses

  • A2 Information and Communication Technology

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  • A2 Mathematics

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  • A2 Physics

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  • AS History

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Projects

  • Engineering Education Scheme

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    Worked with Northern Gas Networks to develop a database interface, making it far easier to manage and view information, also built upon risk evaluation of pipelines with respect to the surrounding environment.

Honors & Awards

  • Honorary Diploma: Best poster presentation at Symposium H

    Committee of Crystallography of the Polish Academy of Sciences

    Honorary Diploma to Robert M. Forrest for the best poster presentation at Symposium H of E-MRS 2021 Fall Meeting, in the field of crystallography, given under the auspices of the Committee of Crystallography of the Polish Academy of Sciences for the work by Robert M. Forrest and A. Lindsay Greer: "Evolutionary design of machine-learning predicted bulk metallic glasses"

  • Gold CREST Award

    British Science Association

    Developed a solution to a real world computing problem faced by a large company (Northern Gas Networks), writing a C# program to extract information from a large dataset, then display it in a user friendly way. Produced a comprehensive report detailing and evaluating my work, which was integrated into a larger team report. Presented my work to a panel of experts and professionals, and fielded their questions. Represented my college on a national level as part of the Engineering Education…

    Developed a solution to a real world computing problem faced by a large company (Northern Gas Networks), writing a C# program to extract information from a large dataset, then display it in a user friendly way. Produced a comprehensive report detailing and evaluating my work, which was integrated into a larger team report. Presented my work to a panel of experts and professionals, and fielded their questions. Represented my college on a national level as part of the Engineering Education Scheme, achieving an above average result.

  • v100 Award

    vInspired

    Certifies that I volunteered a total of 100 hours, using my skills and talents to make a difference. Preceded by the v50 and v10 awards, given for volunteering 50 and 10 hours respectively.

  • Duke of Edinburgh's Award - Bronze

    HRH The Duke of Edinburgh

    Worked as part of a team of five to plan an expedition route completable within two days. Coordinated navigation from start to finish, demonstrating leadership and communication skills. Programmed a simple computer game in C# for the skills component, making use of the Microsoft XNA libraries.

Test Scores

  • Atomistic Modelling

    Score: 76.5%

  • Data Science

    Score: 79%

  • Machine Learning

    Score: 92.5%

Languages

  • English

    Native or bilingual proficiency

Organizations

  • Institute Of Physics

    Student Member

    - Present

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