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The new high-voltage power supply (black box, lower left) wired into the pressure cooker we are using as a radon exposure chamber. Visible inside the chamber is the nickel-copper anode cap that slides over the copper sample holder.

It’s that time again – time to think back long and hard on the week that was. The past 7 days were filled with something called “Spring Break,” though I haven’t worked this hard since the fall semester. While this was far from a vacation, it was productive. That wayward […]

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Anti-Steve: The Week in Review, 3/13

Our back yard after this weeks most recent Texas "Icepocalypse." Its pretty! The beauty of this was a highlight of the week.

This was a mixed week, filled with ruined plans and bad weather. Considering this week was the run up to Spring Break, it was a downer. There was sleet and snow; a power supply that never showed up; a backup power supply that FedEx couldn’t deliver as promised; more adventures […]

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Anti-Steve: The Week in Review (3/7)

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SMU undergraduate Nicole Hartman (right) explains her simulation of low-energy neutrinos scattering to Prof. Fred Olness, Chair of the SMU Department of Physics. Photo taken at SMU Research Day, 2015.

The past week was a busy one: judging at the Dallas Regional Science and Engineering Fair (DRSEF), the Dallas “Icepocalypse” that shut down SMU for 1.5 days and led to a ridiculous amount of work getting done, meetings with my students about their “Grand Challenge Physics Problem,” SMU Research Day, […]

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Anti-Steve: The Week in Review (2/27)