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Manuel Handta

Medical Engineering · Experimental Research · Prototyping

I am a medical engineering student with a strong focus on experimental laboratory work, prototyping, and interdisciplinary engineering problems at the intersection of applied physics, medical technology, and microsystems engineering.

This site is a curated technical portfolio.
It documents selected projects, experiments, and engineering notes from my academic work, research activities, and open-source–oriented side projects. The goal is not completeness, but technical clarity and reproducibility.

What you will find here

🔬 Selected Projects

A curated overview of projects I have worked on in research labs, teaching environments, and self-initiated engineering work.
Each project page focuses on: - technical context and motivation
- methods and design decisions
- implementation details (hardware / software / processes)
- results and lessons learned

Projects are grouped by domain (imaging, detectors, microfabrication, prototyping) rather than chronology.

👉 See: Selected Projects

🛠 Skills & Technical Scope

An overview of the tools, methods, and working environments I am familiar with, including: - experimental laboratory work (detectors, cryogenics, UHV, cleanroom-related processes) - prototyping and fabrication (CAD, FEM, additive manufacturing, electronics) - data analysis and scientific programming - documentation and reproducible workflows

This section is meant as a technical index, not a keyword list.

👉 See: Skills & Tools

📘 Technical Notes

Short, focused notes on topics I repeatedly encounter in practice, such as: - UHV and STM handling - microfabrication and microfluidics pitfalls - cryogenic experiments and material testing - 3D printing, calibration, and workflow design

These are engineer-to-engineer notes, not tutorials or blog posts.

👉 See: Technical Notes

🔗 External Documentation

Some projects live in their own dedicated documentation repositories and are intentionally kept separate:

  • Bachelor Thesis Documentation
    Full technical documentation of my bachelor thesis on cone-beam CT reconstruction using optimization-based methods.

  • Medical Engineering Working Group (MEAG)
    Collaborative documentation of student projects, workshops, and teaching-related engineering work.

This portfolio links to those repositories but does not duplicate their content.

👉 See: External Docs

How to read this portfolio

  • Start with Selected Projects if you want a quick overview of what I actually build and work on.
  • Use Skills & Tools as a technical index.
  • Dive into Technical Notes if you are interested in details, pitfalls, and design reasoning.
  • Use the external links for deep dives into large, structured projects.

About this portfolio

This portfolio is maintained as a side project alongside my studies and research activities.
It evolves over time and reflects how I approach engineering problems: experimentally, iteratively, and with an emphasis on understanding systems rather than just using them.

For a formal summary of my background, see my CV.

👉 Contact and CV: Contact / CV