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Brett Klaassen van Oorschot, Ph.D.

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Category: Inquiry-based instruction

How to use Zotero (and keep your papers on Dropbox).

How to use Zotero (and keep your papers on Dropbox). Computers

Zotero is a simple, open-source solution for organizing your papers, books, websites, and other sources. It works great with Sci-Hub and even has a Firefox/Chrome add-ons so that you can quickly add papers straight from your browser. Additionally, it works flawlessly with Word to quickly add in-text citations and produce a bibliography of your cited sources. What you’ll need: Zotero […]

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IEC Reactor Update

IEC Reactor Update Fusion

After a bit of a hiatus, we’re making good progress on the reactor! We recently replaced the cathode and feedthrough with a titanium surgical rod and a titanium bicycle stem spacer. Alumina tubing at this size is extraordinarily expensive, so we repurposed TIG welding nozzles for the shielding. I’m quite impressed with the results, but the new materials have added […]

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Building an IEC Fusion Reactor

Building an IEC Fusion Reactor Education

This may sound crazy, but it’s been my dream to build a nuclear reactor since I was a kid. I started college as a physics major, but switched when I discovered biology. Now that I’m working in the UPS Physics Department, the stars have aligned and I finally have an opportunity build a fusor! What’s a fusor, you ask? It’s […]

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I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Physics Department at the University of Puget Sound. I study biomechanics and fluid dynamics in an evolutionary context.  Thank you for visiting.

Recent Posts

  • Jun 06, 2022 How to swap the bearings in a Leybold Turbovac 150 turbo pump
  • Jun 05, 2022 How to align a 4F optical system for digital inline holographic microscopy.
  • May 28, 2022 How to use Zotero (and keep your papers on Dropbox).
  • Mar 25, 2022 IEC Reactor Update
  • Feb 25, 2022 How to install Ubuntu Linux and run Jupyter Notebook on Windows 11 (with CUDA!)

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