#materials scientists

[todays-xkcd]

If a materials scientist gives you a present, always ask whether regifting will incur any requirements for Federal paperwork.

Materials Scientists [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Ponytail, White Hat and Cueball are standing around a table. On the table is a gift with thin black stripes, with a present with a black ribbon sitting on top of it. Cueball is trying to holding a gift that has thick black stripes, trying to open it.] Cueball: Where is this wrapping paper from? It's so thin, but I can't tear it. Is this amarid fabric?! Cueball: Maybe I can unpeel the... oooh, the tape flashes as I pull it up! Triboluminescence! Did you add a phosphor? It's so bright! Cueball: Wait, are these patterns structural coloration?

[Caption below the panel:] Materials scientists are like cats - the best present you can get them is an empty box with cool wrapping paper.

[jayther]

Materials Scientists

Subtext: "If a materials scientist gives you a present, always ask whether regifting will incur any requirements for Federal paperwork."

[waitineedaname]

I think the effects of leaving a fandom unsupervised for too long needs to be studied

[gooberscollage]

Misc images from The Magazine Rack on The Internet Archive

[california-112]

Smell that. It's perfume. Eau D'Ball.

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Science and Scientists Throughout History

It is easy enough to look through the records of history and pinpoint famous scientists who have made incredible contributions to the field of materials science and engineering. One can come up with a list of the top 100 most cited materials scientists published since January 2000, or generate a list of the top 100 moments in materials science history, or even just look up all the materials scientists important enough to have a Wikipedia page. None of these methods are comprehensive but none of them are inherently wrong if one is looking to celebrate scientific achievement through the ages. I used the list of top 100 moments to come up with many of the scientists (though not all) that I posted about on this blog over the past year.

However, it is important to acknowledge that science is - like life - a collaborative effort. Scientists build on the knowledge of those who come before them and publish to share their own discoveries with those who will come after. No one scientist ever accomplished any task alone.

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Be proud of what you contribute to the world, scientist or not! All the ScientistSaturday posts can be found here.

[dreasdreams]

Lord Asriel x Marisa Coulter moodboard

"She and your father, they fell in love as soon's they met."

[importantwomensbirthdays]

Jennifer Rupp

Materials scientist Jennifer Rupp was born in Germany in 1980. Rupp's research area is solid state materials for sustainable energy storage and conversion. This includes research into battery design, photo-generated fuels, and implantable energy technology. In 2017, Rupp won the Science Award Electrochemistry from Volkswagen and BASF for her work on energy storage systems. The following year, she won the Merck Award. Rupp holds more than 25 patents and has published over 100 papers.

[crazy-pages]

Solid state physics professor: And so because we can describe things as infinite repeating lattices, we can use these relatively simple structural mechanics to describe semiconductors! Poor naive students: What about glass and other amorphous materials? Professor: Hahaha, we don't talk about glasses. They don't work like that. Students: Oh. So they have different properties than semiconductors? Professor: … well. No. Students: Wait. What? What do you mean no? Professor: They behave very similarly to semiconductors with respect to electric properties and are very similar to high mosaic crystals physically. Students: Oh. So … how do you describe the underlying physics leading to that behavior? Is it similar to lattice structures? Professor: Haha. Hah. Hah. Students: … we can describe the underlying physics right? Professor: … sure. Students: For more than high purity fused silica? Professor: … alright class dismissed, go home, study crystals, have fun, and if you hear me weeping horribly in my office no you didn't!

[quadrantadvisor]

2012!Donnie, covered in engine grease: Yeah, I salvaged most of these parts from the trash, isn't it great! Plus, I figured out how to synthesize some of the necessary chemical compounds from the gasses naturally produced by sewage. Now THAT a gross weekend.

Rise!Donnie, who figured out how to use the internet for grand larceny and never looked back: You disgust me.

[compacflt]

wip wednesday: let’s have some happiness around these parts for once!!

[arinishi]

THEY ARE SO ADORABLE 🥹🥹 THE LITTLE GUYS !!!

[jacquesthepigeon]

Same friend that went out while he was in the eye of a hurricane later asked me why I didn’t just make a homemade solar power generator to cope with the loss of electricity and I was just

[kvroii]

I drew a reference sheet for Garu Orochi for the first time since his last ref update in late 2021.

Although he wears a few different but similar outfits, here is one version of it for simplicity's sake. This reference also includes his hair angles, accessories, some of his snake features, and any tattoos and scarring on his body.

There will be a separate ref for his appearance when his hair is tied up, when he is wearing his reading glasses, and for his non-work outfits.

[maegalkarven]

I love this image of Gortash from the Emperor's story.

Look at him.

Look at his smug ass. He came to ruin both the Empreror and Stelmane's lives and is so proud of that.

[leddlabs]

They are assigning the test subjects Homestuck kins in my notes.