Matt lilley

Science, technology, education

Fusor: Star mode

Understanding if enhanced electrostatic fusion is possible

One of the original concepts for a fusion reactor involved the use of electric fields from spherical charged wire grids - something now known as a Fusor.

Play with particles

An experiment in cross platform physics apps

Inspired by advances in both web and mobile technologies, I created the Play with Particles webapp. The user is able to control the motion of particles through …

BOT

Bump-on-Tail simulation tool

BOT is a Matlab tool for studying the electrostatic instability in the bump-on-tail problem in plasma physics. I originally created this tool in 2011 as part of …