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 This page is a continual work in progress -- a place for us to document our past and ongoing projects.
+==== Oct 2023 | Stained Glass Workshop ====
+This project was completed in collaboration with CSEP in order to provide education on STEM to high school students. The pieces for the stained glass were cut on the Wazer Waterjet. Below is an excerpt from their [[https://sst-csep.cnsi.ucsb.edu/content/courses|website]].
+What does an experimental physicist actually do? Sure, sometimes we stand and do problems on the chalkboard, but so much of experimental physics research is driven by creative thinking, problem solving, and making things with our hands. In this course we'll explore some of the most common fundamental physics research tools like lasers, magnets, detectors, and how these technologies are harnessed in building things to answer deep questions about the universe. We'll get a taste of how physics experimentalists tackle physics problems, and discover how exercising our creative skills helps us do interesting science. This course will be about physics, but it will also be about art, creative expression, and expanding our physics explorations beyond just calculations and math.  We'll spend half of each day learning about modern and relevant topics in experimental quantum and particle physics, and the other half learning how to solder by making our own stained glass art pieces.
+Supported by: NSF Quantum Foundry through Q-AMASE-i program # DMR-1906325
+Taught by: Madeleine Bow Jun Leibovitch, Ph.D. student in Physics
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+==== Sept 2023 | Rat Milker ====
+Because rats develop type 2 diabetes in a similar way to humans, their developmental stages are being researched to see how this can be prevented in human babies. Research has found that the breastfeeding phase is the best time to introduce nutrients that will prevent diabetes.
+In order to make the milk-extraction portion easier, we developed a rat milker that will be more comfortable for the rats.
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+==== Sept 2023 | Silane Chamber ====
+Silane chambers are used to deposit a thin layer of gas-phase silane to serve as a counter adhesion agent for glass or silicone substrates.
+This silane chamber was improved from the old one to have a clearer view of how much silane is left and to have clearer instructions.
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+==== Aug 2023 | Halbach Ring====
+This Halbach Ring was created for the Physics Department. Halbach rings fixture magnets
+to create a magnetic field in one direction. It was made by CNC and waterjet cutting aluminum into rings, inserting permanent magnets, and then bolting the rings together.
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+==== Aug 2023 | Laser Array Dust Covers====
+These prints from the F270 are prototypes of dust covers for a space laser array. These are currently being assembled in preparation for space readiness testing at NASA.
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 ==== Jul 2023 | Wind Tunnel Frame ====