About Us

Matthew Appleby

Matthew Appleby

Position
Software Engineer & Researcher

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

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

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

  • 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

  • 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)