Students

HeatHack wouldn’t be what it is without the effort of many students over the years. Sometimes this is through events like “School of HeatHack”, where we’ve taught them soldering as they build our cheap thermal monitoring equipment and “Adventures in U-Values”, investigating the properties of local buildings. We also help to supervise student projects.

Past Students

Cognitive Science

  • Kevin Doherty, MSc in Cognitive Science, University of Edinburgh, 2021 – Service Design for Social Innovation in Heating Community Church Spaces for the Volunteer Group HeatHack. Supervised by Jean Carletta, John Lee and Priscilla Cheung-Nainby.

Computer Science

  • Margarita Barzakova, 4th year undergraduate honours project, University of Edinburgh, 2016 – Conveying Thermal Comfort to Users of Churches and Church Halls. Supervised by Jean Carletta.
  • Jona Duka, 4th year undergraduate honours project, University of Edinburgh, 2014 – An Android App to Help Control and Conserve Energy Usage in a Shared Building. Supervised by Jean Carletta.
  • Henrik Knudsen, 4th year undergraduate honours project, University of Edinburgh, 2012 – A Tamagotchi to promote Energy Efficiency. Supervised by Jean Carletta.

Engineering

  • Hristos Pasiamis, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2018 – Upgrade of heat loss analysis: Effect of implementing a double-glazing insulation on the south-facing wall of St Columba’s by the Castle church of Edinburgh. Supervised by Jean Carletta and Dimitri Mignard.
  • Erika Cecilia Magana, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2017 – Making Sense of Measurements for Energy Efficiency in Third Sector Premises. Supervised by Jean Carletta and Dimitri Mignard.
  • Alexis Hadjivassiliou, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2017 – A tool for troubleshooting heating systems. Supervised by Jean Carletta and Dimitri Mignard.
  • Alison Hertog, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2016 – Hard data and meaningful analysis from thermal imaging of buildings. Supervised by Dimitri Mignard.
  • Xidian Zhou, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2016 – Thermal modelling of a Victorian church building. Supervised by Dimitri Mignard.
  • Clara Castaneda Lazano, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2015 – Energy Efficiency and Thermal Comfort in a Church: Guidelines and Case Study. Supervised by Jean Carletta and Dimitri Mignard.
  • Christos Drosakis, MSc in Sustainable Energy Systems, University of Edinburgh, 2014 – Retrofitting Edinburgh’s churches and halls for thermal comfort. Supervised by Jean Carletta and Dimitri Mignard.