Enter the Realm of Zach Beiley!
Here we are, the whole bunch of us, standing near Campus Point, and ready to research!
Alongside my mentor, Antonio, I researched the properties of Self- Assembled Quantum Dots. (for more info, look at my presentation)
Quantum Dot: a small cell (20-40 nm) of InAs grown on a wafer of GaAs.
- the future of computer technology
- with a quantum computer light, instead of electronics could be used, even the very first model of the quantum computer will be more that 3 times as fast as the fastest computer today
This is me working at the Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE) machine. The MBE is used to grow Quantum Dots on a wafer of GaAs. Very expensive!
My mentor, Antonio, showing me how part of the MBE works. Very complicated...
Here we are reading the temperatures, pressures and beam fluxes from the MBE control consol.
We did a bunch of other things besides MBE, such as taking images with the Atomic Force Microscope (AFM), taking Photoluminescence (PL) readings, and analyzing our data with computer programs, however I don't have any pictures of these things.
Computers and Electronics
Every Tuesday and Thursday we would go to computer and
electronics classes. In computers we would basically practice the skills
we already had (Power Point, Excel, etc.) In electronics, however,
we learned how to build more complicated circuits using 555 timer chips and
photo-sensitive resistors. We learned first how to breadboard our circuits,
then how to solder them to vector board.
Here is Lukas wearing safety goggles for soldering. I'm not quite sure why they're fogged up though...
Chelsea (left) and Lissa (Right) being solder buddies.
Craig giving the thumbs up during a chemistry lab.
Albert, also giving the thumbs up (double, obviously) during chem. lab.
Me, Zach, also giving the thumbs up during that very same chem. lab. You'd think we have a thing for thumbs... no?
Here is Lukas wearing safety goggles for soldering. I'm not quite sure why they're fogged up though...
Chelsea (left) and Lissa (Right) being solder buddies.
Craig giving the thumbs up during a chemistry lab.
Albert, also giving the thumbs up (double, obviously) during chem. lab.
Me, Zach, also giving the thumbs up during that very same chem. lab. You'd think we have a thing for thumbs... no?
Every week we did a variety of activities. We would take tours of local engineering and technology companies, fabricate our own thin film resistors in the clean room, and every friday afternoon we would play a sport... just for fun.
TOUCH TANKS!!! Need I say more?
A picture of AR students in clean room garb, to minimize
contamination (I'm not actually in the photo, but you get the PICTURE)
Here is someone fabricating their thin film resistor in the clean room. It looks like he/she is about to spin the photoresist onto the surface.
Craig and Lissa, what can I say...
Here we are during our Friday afternoon sports. Today we're playing soccer.
La Foto! La Foto!
Group La Foto! A.K.A Our team won!!!!
This is Diana. She likes water...
Here is someone fabricating their thin film resistor in the clean room. It looks like he/she is about to spin the photoresist onto the surface.
Craig and Lissa, what can I say...
Here we are during our Friday afternoon sports. Today we're playing soccer.
La Foto! La Foto!
Group La Foto! A.K.A Our team won!!!!
This is Diana. She likes water...
Craig's Physics Pun: Q: Why is current symbolized
by "i" in Ohm's law (V=iR)?
A: Becasue Ohm had an EYE for current!
SBHS AP Physics Best Pun: Q: What happens when
you throw a battery out of an airplane?
A: It reaches TERMINAL velocity!
Craig's Math Pun: So... Craig is making a presentation on the subject of thin film resistors. On an overhead screen he has a graphed some lines, apparently without the use of a computer or straight edge, because they are very wavy. Craig then points to the lines and says, "these are the graphs that we came up with after deriving our equations". (or something to that effect). At this point Zach raises his hand and says, "You know, those lines aren't very straight. Maybe in the future you shouldn't drink and DE-RIVE!"
Will's Pun:So... a bunch of us are in the elevator in Engineering I on the 4th floor, holding the door open and waiting for someone to get in. After a while of waiting, the elevator beeps at us and starts closing the door, irrespective of Albert's foot blocking the way. Albert shouts out, "AHH, its closing on my foot!" and Will responds as the voice of the elevator, "If I go down I'm taking you with me!"
Mike's Joke: So three engineers, a mechanical, an electric and a civil, were sitting around discussing the human body. The mechanical engineer says, "God must have been an engineer, look how well the human body is designed!" To this the other two engineers agree. The mechanical engineer continues, "He was probably a mechanical engineer. Look at how well our joints work!" The other two engineers grumble. Then the electrical engineer speaks up, "No I think God must have been an electrical engineer like me. After all, the nervous system is an electronics masterpiece!" Lastly the civil engineer stands up and says, "No, no, you both have it wrong. God must have been a civil engineer. After all, who else would design a sewage line right through a recreation area!"
A Pun by Albert: Albert is giving his final presentation on PLED's (polymeric light emitting diodes). In case any of you don't know what an LED is, it lights up, very brightly. Anyway, at the conclusion of his presentation Albert says, "So throughout my research, I've discovered that PLED's hold a BRIGHT future for us all!"
Lissa's Pun: "That's HUMEROUS, like my elbow!"
A: It reaches TERMINAL velocity!
Craig's Math Pun: So... Craig is making a presentation on the subject of thin film resistors. On an overhead screen he has a graphed some lines, apparently without the use of a computer or straight edge, because they are very wavy. Craig then points to the lines and says, "these are the graphs that we came up with after deriving our equations". (or something to that effect). At this point Zach raises his hand and says, "You know, those lines aren't very straight. Maybe in the future you shouldn't drink and DE-RIVE!"
Will's Pun:So... a bunch of us are in the elevator in Engineering I on the 4th floor, holding the door open and waiting for someone to get in. After a while of waiting, the elevator beeps at us and starts closing the door, irrespective of Albert's foot blocking the way. Albert shouts out, "AHH, its closing on my foot!" and Will responds as the voice of the elevator, "If I go down I'm taking you with me!"
Mike's Joke: So three engineers, a mechanical, an electric and a civil, were sitting around discussing the human body. The mechanical engineer says, "God must have been an engineer, look how well the human body is designed!" To this the other two engineers agree. The mechanical engineer continues, "He was probably a mechanical engineer. Look at how well our joints work!" The other two engineers grumble. Then the electrical engineer speaks up, "No I think God must have been an electrical engineer like me. After all, the nervous system is an electronics masterpiece!" Lastly the civil engineer stands up and says, "No, no, you both have it wrong. God must have been a civil engineer. After all, who else would design a sewage line right through a recreation area!"
A Pun by Albert: Albert is giving his final presentation on PLED's (polymeric light emitting diodes). In case any of you don't know what an LED is, it lights up, very brightly. Anyway, at the conclusion of his presentation Albert says, "So throughout my research, I've discovered that PLED's hold a BRIGHT future for us all!"
Lissa's Pun: "That's HUMEROUS, like my elbow!"