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What field do you work in? (beehaw.org)
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I've been curious how many working researchers we've got in this community, and what you all do!

If you're working in science (physical or social), engineering, etc in a research capacity, give a shout in the comments and let us know what you work on! Same goes for students and amateur scientists at any level. (And by amateur I mean those of you who are working on your own experiments but just not being paid for it / not working on a degree; I'm upset that "amateur" has a negative connotation, it shouldn't.)

I'm currently a PhD candidate, working on transmission electron microscopy and electronic materials (mainly ferroelectrics). In the past I've been involved in research / product development in a few different industries, including medical devices, aerogels, and materials for RF devices.

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[–] Phlogistol@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm a PhD in chemical engineering and work in a testing laboratory for electrical engineering insulating materials. My dissertation was using predictive modelling (some data mining and machine learning, some more classical statistical methods) to estimate material properties from spectral data. I'm trying to combine a full-day engineering job with writing more journal articles in my spare time. Currently not going well but at least I'm not lacking for data!

[–] realChem@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Haha that sounds like it must be keeping you real busy! I'm currently spending most of my days writing and it takes up so much time on its own I can't imagine trying to combine that with a full time job. More power to you!

[–] Phlogistol@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I see from elsewhere in the thread that you did chemical engineering as an undergrad so -- hi, colleague! :) My PhD took a very long time to finish and I would never ever recommend combining industry with academia. I'm a masochist I guess.

Have you done any work with liquid ferroelectrics (e.g. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0304-8853(99)00066-9)? Those were all the rage in my field because they were expected to enhance convection cooling and the dielectric properties of liquid-cooled equipment significantly. Then they just... fizzled out.

[–] realChem@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I've not! My work has been exclusively solid-state materials so far – they're just much easier to observe in the TEM. It's not impossible to do TEM on liquids / colloids, but it's a pretty specialized technique that I'm only passingly aware of as a thing that's possible. Seems like a pretty cool area though, I wonder why it fizzled out.