Desmond Brown, curriculum vitae and academic record
curriculum vitae and academic record
Desmond Brown
Electrical engineering, with physics and computation.
Revised 27 September 2026
contents
- write
- browndesmond30@yahoo.com
- code
- github.com/kali-physi-hacker
- based
- Accra, Ghana
cite this record
@misc{brown2026record,
author = {Desmond Brown},
title = {Curriculum Vitae and Academic Record},
year = {2026},
note = {Revised 27 September 2026},
url = {https://academics.desmondbrown.me}
}1
education
1education
HTW Dresden, University of Applied Sciences
B.Eng. Electrical Engineering (Elektrotechnik)
from October 2026
Enrolled for the winter semester 2026/27.1
Academic City University, Accra
B.Sc. Electrical and Electronic Engineering
January 2025 – 2026
Began in computer engineering and moved to electrical and electronic engineering for Level 200 in September 2025.2
Sogakope Senior High School
General science
completed 2018
languages
English, fluent. French, intermediate, with a university course in 2025.
direction
Electrical engineering now, physics after it. The long-term aim is research in quantum mechanics, approached through computation. What exists toward it so far is listed in §4 and kept in a public notebook at phycists.desmondbrown.me.
path
1 Enrolment accepted in May 2026.
2 Grades on request. Transcript issued November 2025.
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2coursework
Academic City University, by term. † marks a course that fed later work; §3 draws the links.
Level 100, first semester, January to April 2025
| UC1104 | Introduction to Programming with Python † |
| GE1105 | Introduction to Engineering |
| GE1107 | Physical Sciences |
| MT1105 | Pre-Calculus, with MATLAB |
| core | French Language; Technology and Society; Innovation and Entrepreneurship Seminar I; Communication Skills |
Level 100, second semester, May to August 2025
| GE1205 | Introduction to Multidisciplinary Design † |
| GE1206 | Programming in C † |
| GE1207 | Sensors, Measurements and Instrumentation † |
| MT1202 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus I, with MATLAB |
| CE1246 | Introduction to Electrical and Electronics Engineering |
| core | Logic and Critical Thinking; Text and Meaning |
Level 200, first semester, September to December 2025
| RE2145 | Circuit Theory † |
| EE2147 | Electromagnetic Fields and Waves Theory |
| EE2146 | Electrical Energy Conversion and Green Electronics † |
| GE2105 | Introduction to Material Science and Engineering † |
| MT2103 | Analytic Geometry and Calculus II, with MATLAB † |
| core | Innovation and Entrepreneurship I; Leadership Seminar I; Career Workshop |
Level 200, second semester, January to May 2026
| MT2204 | Probability, Statistics and Reliability, with MATLAB † |
| Electric Machines † | |
| Applied Linear Algebra, with MATLAB | |
| Introduction to Contemporary Power | |
| core | African Studies; Innovation and Entrepreneurship |
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what the coursework fed
3what the coursework fed
Biometric attendance 2025, group of 7
← fed by GE1205, GE1207, GE1206, UC1104
Strain 2025, stress–strain tool
← fed by UC1104, GE2105
Grain-boundary defects 2025, lab report, group of 5
← fed by UC1104, GE2105
Proof note on linearity 2025
← fed by RE2145
Circuit Studio solvers 2026, in Quodra
← fed by the proof note on linearity
Hydroelectric mini project 2025, group build
← fed by EE2146
Sisal-fibre composite 2025, group of 6
← fed by GE2105
Calculus animations 2025, Manim
← fed by MT2103
Arithmetic encoder 2026, Python
← fed by MT2204
DC motor, 12 V 2026, derivation and specification
← fed by Electric machines
figure 1. Courses on the left, the work they fed on the right. An edge means the work was done for the course or drew on it directly. The dashed arrow is one piece of work feeding another. Shown with UC1104 selected.
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4research interests
I chose electrical engineering as a foundation for theoretical and quantum physics. Since then the interests have widened toward computation. The table pairs each one with what exists for it, which is not the same thing as expertise.
| Quantum mechanics | A public notebook, begun October 2025. No research yet. |
|---|---|
| Computational physics | Figures computed in the notebook; the Strain tool. |
| Scientific computing | Strain; an arithmetic encoder; circuit solvers in Quodra; a working paper on determinant algorithms [9]. |
| Machine learning | A poster predicting immune signatures from metagenomic data [5]. |
| Computer vision | Edge detection from first principles; defect counting in micrographs [4]; production imaging at GRADIA. |
| Embedded systems | The biometric attendance system [1]. |
| Robotics | Ideas only. Nothing built yet. |
the aim, as stated over time
- 2021
- Quantum mechanics, among the sciences I hoped to study to doctorate level.
- 2025
- Theoretical physics, specialising in quantum mechanics.
- 2026
- A computationally oriented physicist.
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teaching and mentoring
5teaching and mentoring
KES 001, Computational Foundation with Python
Kavana Labs, course author
2026
Designed and wrote the course: eight weeks and forty sessions, each with a slide deck and a handout, plus learner notes, mentor guides, tutor training, exercises, project briefs and rubrics.
week 1
Programs, values and state
week 2
Decisions, loops and functions
week 3
Measurements as lists and records
week 4
Files, CSV and small data systems
week 5
NumPy arrays and plots
week 6
Models and simulation
week 7
Project framing and build
week 8
Testing, docs and demo day
figure 2. KES 001 by week. Units and sanity checks arrive in week one; in week six, simulations are checked against real data.
Codetopia Community
Director of Projects & Open Source
current
A member-run community of builders in Ghana. In April 2026 I wrote its projects and open-source framework: an idea pipeline, community voting, review, and at least eight documented projects a year. Earlier sessions include an introduction to Git, GitHub and Python, in 2021.
MEST and Soronko Academy
Full-stack mentor, MERN
2021
Mentored a cohort through a six-week programme to capstone projects.
One-to-one mentoring
Individual developers
2023 – 2026
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6reports, posters and software
- [1]D. Brown et al., “Biometric attendance management system using RFID and a Python dashboard,” project report, GE1205 Introduction to Multidisciplinary Design, Academic City University, Aug. 2025. Seven authors; my part was the firmware, the desktop app and the schematic.
- [2]D. Brown, “Literature review: biometric attendance systems,” GE1205, Academic City University, Jul. 2025.
- [3]D. Brown et al., “An experiment to verify the flexural and compressive behaviour of sisal fibre,” laboratory report, GE2105, Academic City University, Oct. 2025. Six authors.
- [4]D. Brown et al., “The density of crystal defects associated with grain boundaries increases with grain boundary area: an experiment,” laboratory report, GE2105, Academic City University, Oct. 2025. Five authors.
- [5]D. Brown and S. A. Amewu, “Predicting immune signatures using decoded metagenomic data and random forest models,” poster, Medical Innovation Expo 2025, Accra, Oct. 2025. Certificate of excellence.
- [6]D. Brown, Strain: stress–strain analysis for testing-machine exports, software, 2025. github.com/kali-physi-hacker/strain
- [7]D. Brown, Arithmetic encoder, software, 2026. github.com/kali-physi-hacker/arithmetic-encoder
- [8]D. Brown, KES 001: Computational Foundation with Python, courseware, Kavana Labs, 2026.
- [9]D. Brown, “Comparative analysis of determinant computation algorithms: from Laplace (cofactor) expansion to LU factorisation,” working paper, Academic City University, Dec. 2025. In progress.
essays
Technical writing on Medium, medium.com/@brownjunior956, and working notes on the software lens, dev.desmondbrown.me.
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community and honours
7community and honours
Codetopia Community
Director of Projects & Open Source
current
IEEE Student Branch, Academic City University
Programs & Technical Activities Lead
2026
The branch’s first workshop, in February 2026, and the Inter-University No-Code Challenge 2026, with its brief and resource hub.
PyCon Africa 2024, Accra
Django Girls mentor
September 2024
PyData Global
Organising committee in 2022; volunteer in 2021
2021 – 2022
Python Ghana, AI and data science conference
Volunteer
2021
PyClub, Academic City
Lead
2025
TEDxAcademicCity 2025
Wrote the theme briefs
2025
honours
Certificate of excellence
Medical Innovation Expo 2025, Accra
October 2025
Awarded for the poster [5] by Academic City University, Northeastern University and 4GBI.
Certificate of appreciation
PyData Global 2021, NumFOCUS
2021
For volunteering.
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Anotes kept, by course
One page per topic in a Notion wiki, filed by course, with the months they were begun. A mark such as nb 04 or ee 7 points to the notebook entry or the drawing a page grew into.
Level 200, first semester
EE2147EM fields & waves
Scalar and vector fields; electrostatic fields, from Coulomb’s law to superposition nb 04; vector calculus: line and surface integrals, flux, the gradient nb 05; a maths primer; Maxwell’s equations, statics first. Sep – Dec 2025
EE2146Energy conversion
The hydroelectric mini project: goals and a site questionnaire ee 7; power transmission and Ghana’s power sector. Nov 2025 – Feb 2026
GE2105Materials science
Material defects; two homeworks: a hammer’s head, and a steel cable under load; composites; thermal expansion; fracture. Nov – Dec 2025
Level 200, second semester
MT2204Probability & statistics
Set identities, proved; combinations, permutations and Pascal’s identity; three axioms and six proofs nb 08; a two-state Markov chain nb 08; an arithmetic encoder nb 09. Jan – Feb 2026
Applied linear algebra
Linear equations and vector equations; a group assignment: an exchange economy, and balancing a reaction. Jan – Feb 2026
Electric machines
Rotational motion, torque and power; the magnetic field: the four laws behind every machine; the DC motor, from the slides ee 6. Feb – Mar 2026
Contemporary power
Earthing systems. Mar 2026
Core courses
African Studies: the Benin Kingdom; Innovation and Entrepreneurship: technical and operational feasibility. Feb 2026
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study beyond the syllabus
Bstudy beyond the syllabus
From the same wiki: what I have studied outside my courses, and where it led.
| Electric machines (MIT)2026 | Electromagnetic forces two ways: from energy conversion, and from Maxwell’s stress tensor. Alongside the course behind the motor. ee 6 |
|---|---|
| Writing a research paper2025 – 2026 | A paper as an argument with evidence, and the parts of a mathematical paper, after MIT’s advice. The working paper [9] is the first try. |
| A CAD kernel in C++2025 – 2026 | Geometry from first principles. Its 4 × 4 determinants became a notebook entry and the working paper. nb 06 |
| Physics by simulation2025 | A ball in Pygame: velocity as a vector, and reflection off a surface, r = v − 2(v · n)n. |
| Computer vision2026 | Edge detection from gradients, without a library, in a module on the maths of vision and graphics. nb 10 |
| Rust2026 | The official book: bindings and mutability, errors, loops. |
| Machine learning2026 | Linear regression, from hours studied to exam scores. |
| Foundations of AI2026 | What it means for a system to learn: Turing’s 1950 question, the 1955 Dartmouth proposal, and the turn from rules to data. |
| Questions of my own2026 | When a limit is an asymptote, thought through from 1/x. |
| Four papers, planned2025 | Jacobians; line, surface and volume integrals; divergence, curl and the fundamental theorems; numerics in Python and Julia. Titles only. |
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