This week I've been busy sticking the 'safety screens' onto the lids of the popomatic (balloon popping laser).
My orders, consisting of a clear silicone sealant and vulcanised fibre washers, arrived earlier this week and I could get to work on sticking the optical hardboards ('safety screens') onto the lids! (Half of the lids are still being delivered so I couldn't stick on half of the 'safety screens'). It was great to be back in the lab and to meet all the cool PhD students and postdocs again!
Here are a few videos and pictures of me sanding down the optical hardboards and applying the glue onto the pieces and sticking them on the lids! It's nice to see the popomatic slowly take shape!
Vulcanised fibre washers
Silicone sealant
The optical hardboards were glued onto the lids!
The finished lid put onto the popomatic! But I will need to add a safety sign onto this, which will cover the glue.
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One of the most inspirational postdocs left on Friday and it was a little bit emotional. She had helped me so much in my first summer placement with the Plasma Group and she acted as my first ever female role model at Imperial College. She was the only female in the Plasma Group and I was totally inspired by her seamless knowledge, ability to work in such a male-dominated group and how she offered to help everyone that needed it. She is now going to work at SLAC and I am so happy for her! She is an amazing laser specialist and SLAC will certainly benefit from her presence! It's sad to see her go but she will be loved just as much at SLAC as we did at Imperial! Here are a few images highlighting the stuff we did for her leaving do - it included some very tasty cake!
The AMAZING gift the Plasma Group gave her - a ruby rod used in laser experiments and she's a laser specialist - so right up her street!
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