Matthew Appleby

Position

Software Developer

Career Overview

Matthew has been working for Peters Research since September 2019.

His roles include:

  • Lead developer for the front end of Elevate Online
  • Researching how emerging technologies meet business needs
  • Supervising and mentoring students at the company
  • Updating the company websites
  • Creating promotional content for the Lift and Escalator Symposium
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Programming and research projects that Matthew has worked on include:

  • The Round Trip Time Simulation
    • an implementation of the Monte Carlo Simulation into Elevate
  • Passenger Generation
    • a passenger model using Poisson approximation and batching
  • Dynamic Profiles
    • a general case kinematics profile model for complex lift systems 
  • Elevate Online
    • an online version of the uppeak calculation for on-the-go analysis
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Qualifications

QA

2020 – 2024

Bachelor of Science

First Class Honours

Digital and Technology Solutions – Software Development Pathway

Chesham Grammar

2017 – 2019

A levels –

  • Maths
  • Computer Science
  • Chemistry

AS levels –

  • Physics

Professional Experience

Peters Research

2019 – present

  • On the development team for Elevate Online leading the front end implementation
  • Rebuilt the company’s home website with a modern look
  • Built the new store for selling software, training, books
  • Provided technical assistance for the CIBSE Guide D launch, LES 2020 and LES 2021
  • Mentored a gap year student in understanding C++ code and Lift Traffic Analysis
  • Transferred the manual to an optimised help documentation site
  • Rewrote the Uppeak calculation in well-disciplined object-oriented programming
  • Researched and developed the Round Trip Time analysis type for Elevate
  • Researched and developed the Dynamic Kinematic feature in Elevate
Technical Experience
  • PHP with the Laravel framework
  • Javascript with the Vue framework
  • C++ in Visual Studio 2019 using Google style-guide
  • Python 3
  • Mathcad 6 for complex calculus
  • Completed MATLAB Onramp training with MathWorks
  • Experienced Elevate user
  • Attended training on LiftPro
  • DaVinci Resolve video editor
  • ATEM mini pro vision mixer direct streaming
  • WordPress, Elementor, WooCommerce website development
Modules Studied
  • Understanding Systems Development
  • Data Communications and Network Security
  • Maths and Algorithms
  • Object-Oriented Programming
  • IT Project Management
  • Business System Processes
  • Cyber Security
  • Cloud Solutions and Architectures
  • Software Engineering and Agile
  • Practical Data Analytics
  • Practical Research Proposal
  • Software Engineering and DevOps
  • Contemporary Issues
  • Developing Technology Strategy

Publications

Al-Sharif L, Peters RD, Appleby M, Ghaben T Estimating the Traffic Mix in a Building by Analysing the Stops Data per Round Trip (15th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies) (2024)

Al-Sharif L, Peters RD, Appleby M Enhancing the I-S-P Method (Inverse Stops-Passengers) Using the Monte Carlo Simulation Method (13th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies) (2022)

Appleby M, Peters RD, Deokar N Generation and Application of Dynamic Lift Kinematics 13th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies (13th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technologies) (2022)

Appleby M, Peters RD Dynamic extension for Ideal Kinematics Transportation Systems in Buildings Vol 4, No 1 (Northampton Open Journals) (2022)

Appleby M, Peters RD The Round Trip Time Simulation: Monte Carlo Implementation and Consistency with Other Techniques Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Lift & Escalator Technology (CIBSE Lifts Group, the University of Northampton and LEIA) (2020)