Master's Thesis Defense
Alexandre Parreira, a student at the University of Lisbon and LIP, successfully defended his master's thesis. The work was carried out within the ATLAS group at LIP. Congratulations to the new Master!
On July 31st, 2025, Alexandre Parreira, a Master's student at the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Lisbon (FCUL) and a member of the LIP ATLAS group, successfully defended his thesis titled:
"Development of the ATLAS-High Granularity Timing Detector Interlock Monitoring System".
The thesis focused on the development and functionality of the monitoring system for the High-Granularity Timing Detector (HGTD) of the ATLAS experiment, which is being prepared for the High-Luminosity phase of the LHC. The work included the implementation of the Mon-FPGA module, responsible for tracking all safety-related signals exchanged with the HGTD, as well as monitoring temperature data from the LGAD sensors.
The thesis was supervised by Helena Santos (LIP) and José Augusto (LIP/FCUL). The examination committee included Chen Wen Chao (University of Montreal), Manuel Abreu (FCUL), and Helena Santos (LIP).
Congratulations, Alexandre, on your excellent work!