Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Alex's experience on 18 November 2009

My day at Building 18 visiting the Soft Materials Group was an interesting one.




I first met some of the people Marc was working with. Some I had already met as I had spent two days in the Innovation Campus listening to what people there have been doing.

The first person I had met was Luke. Luke taught me about Bucky paper and why he is researching it. After a short lesson, Luke then showed me how he created the Bucky paper. At first we went to collect the Carbon Nano Tubes so Luke could show me the filtration process.



Next I listened to what Ahmed was working on. His work seemed much similar to Luke’s work but it still had its differences. With Ahmed I looked at the different densities of Carbon Nano Tubes under a Macroscope.

After Ahmed, I worked with Ali on different work. With Ali, I created a gel rabbit.
To create this rabbit, we mixed some naturally occurring gum in the best way I had ever seen. The gel seemed to stir itself as the magnet spun around in the substance.



Unfortunately, after my work with Ali and my amazing day, I had to leave the lab and go home. I had an amazing time at Building 18 and I am looking forward to coming back again.