Frank is a Senior Technical Specialist (Developer) within the HSS Technical Team, and enjoys working within a great team supporting both staff and students with the design and development of experiments, applications and games for lab and online based studies - as well as bespoke solutions to a variety of problems.
As well as development, Frank also helps to teach and train staff and students on how to program and build experiments using the open source PsychoPy, attempting to share knowledge and empower where possible.
Additionally, he has managed, developed (and continues to maintain) a number of web applications for the Division, including the online Ethics system, Lab booking and asset management system, Kent Child Development Unit database.
Frank has been heavily involved in using and developing with Microsoft Power Platform to create effective and efficient solutions to day to day problems and tasks for Divisional Staff and Students - creating some of the first solutions to be used within the University, specifically within the Division of HSS. This includes an FYP/MSc and RES allocation system, IRP process and an Onboarding/Offboarding system for HSS staff as a few examples.
Most recently, Frank became technical lead for setting up the central University of Kent instance of Qualtrics, working with Information Services and demonstrating the ability to work with other technical departments at the University to help provision central services.He has also worked heavily on helping to do final set work for the University's new SISO Asset Management system, working with both SISO and Information Services to plan out roles/permissions mapping, and then provisioning documentation for different Departments to set up their own stores - following the template which was implemented for HSS.
Frank also carries out general day to day technical support cover during busy periods in HSS and works with the Technical Team to maintain key research equipment within the laboratories to keep everything moving.
He also has a recent interest in AI, learning through Microsoft training modules to see how AI could be embraced and used in a good way, as well as further customize for potential use within the University and use in a responsible way.Outside of the University, Frank works within the world of digital preservation with classic computer games and software, with specific interest in the subject of unreleased games, running The Games That Weren't project. Frank created a book on the subject in late 2020 marking over 20 years of running the archive.
Grants and funding
| 2019 | F Gasking and Dr Lindsey Cameron University of Kent TESSA application Enhancing teaching innovation by integrating student interaction within lectures | £1400 |
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