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Corbin Riches

Engineering Physics / Photonics / Cryogenics / Simulation

I am an Engineering Physics student building a portfolio around photonics, quantum dots, cryogenic systems, scientific computing, simulation, and technical writing. This site is a home base for projects, notes, experiments, and the occasional carefully organized deep dive.

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last updated: 2026-05-02

location: Winnipeg, MB
building: corbinriches.com
reading: Photonics notes and project documentation
listening: Quiet lab-work music
working on: ASCII homepage widgets and portfolio writeups
status: site under construction / notes accumulating

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Guestbook

local test guestbook - saved only in this browser for now

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blog/recent posts

Latest writing

May 2, 2026 / 1 min read

Rebuilding This Website

A short note on turning the starter site into a personal terminal scrapbook.

Apr 28, 2026 / 1 min read

Notes on Quantum Dot Simulation

Placeholder notes for future writeups on Schrodinger solvers, QCSE, and scientific computing habits.

open notebook

portfolio/projects

Things to expand

computational physics / in progress

Quantum Dot Schrodinger/QCSE Solver

A flagship scientific computing project for modeling confined quantum states and electric-field effects in semiconductor nanostructures.

student design / team project

Hyperloop Design Team

Student design work involving engineering tradeoffs, analysis, documentation, prototyping, and testing.

lab interests / developing

Cryogenics / Detector Lab Interests

A developing project area around low-temperature systems, measurement, instrumentation, and detector-adjacent lab skills.

work / experience

Engineering Work Experience

Engineering and technical work experience focused on reliable execution, communication, and practical problem solving.

homepage modules

Loose ends

hidden note

Easter Egg

A reserved panel for a hidden note, keyboard thing, or small personal artifact. Nothing to see here yet.

ascii scraps

Full ASCII portrait

A larger version can live on a simple /ascii page later. The homepage uses the smaller hero file.

now

Currently working on

Building out this website, refining project writeups, and keeping a sharper record of simulation work, lab interests, useful books, and technical notes.

01 Quantum dot modeling notes

02 Portfolio project summaries

03 Reading list and bookshelf entries

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