Kerrie Smith

Areas of expertise

• Structures and Materials

Background

• BSc (Physics) Warwick University, 2010-2013 
• MSc (by Research), Department of Physics, Warwick University, 2013-2015 

Thesis title: Phase Transitions in Vanadium Dioxide and Calcium Manganate Investigated by Digital-Electron Diffraction 

• Currently a full time PhD student at Cranfield University under the supervision of Professor Keith Rogers.

Current activities

The aim of this project is to develop the detection of illicit materials. Current focus, within X-ray diffraction technologies, is on utilizing the pre-existing dual-energy X-ray systems to extract more information from the data to characterise the concealed materials. Simulations of this work are done using McXtrace, a recently developed Monte Carlo simulation x-ray tracing tool. Progress in this area would have many applications not just in the aviation security industry but in areas such as medicine, validation of imported goods and weapon dismantlement verification.