2025–2026
Engineering & Analysis
Further engineering work in data science, experimental mechanics and reverse engineering.
Other Projects
overview
Three projects explore different ways of understanding systems: predictive modelling, a bouncing-ball experiment and a handheld sewing-machine teardown.
Selected pages are shown below, with the complete reports available for each project.
deliverables
Data Science
Modelling
Experimentation
Reverse Engineering
01 - Data Science
Investigating income classification using the UCI Adult Census dataset.
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This group report compares decision trees, support vector machines, logistic regression and random forests across socioeconomic feature groups.
The analysis evaluates predictions using accuracy, precision, recall, F1-score and confusion matrices. It examines predictive patterns rather than causal relationships.
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02 - Bouncer Challenge
Predicting a steel ball’s motion from a tube through its first and second bounces.
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The November 2025 report combines projectile-motion calculations with a measured coefficient of restitution.
It develops a prediction of total distance and examines the uncertainty in the model and experimental measurements.
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03 - Reverse Engineering
Investigating the mechanisms, materials and manufacture of a Handy Stitch sewing machine.
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The March 2026 report documents the teardown, component identification and operation of the handheld sewing machine.
Photographs, diagrams and a bill of materials support the analysis of manufacturing processes and opportunities for improvement.
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nicholas elton
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