What’s Laser Locking?In many photonics labs, the optical experiment will involve using laser beams to energize atoms or ions. In order for this interaction to…5d ago5d ago
Nanophotonics Research Assistant | AthenaAthena was a Nanophotonics Research Assistant at the Institute for Quantum Computing in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Keep reading to learn…5d ago5d ago
Nanofibrous Target Developer | FloraFlora was a nanofibrous target developer at TRIUMF, Canada’s particle accelerator research laboratory in Vancouver, British Columbia. Keep…Feb 24Feb 24
What’s electrospinning?Nanofibres are fibers with diameters in the order of 100 nm and are important because of their large surface area and small pore size…Feb 24Feb 24
Space Exploration Microfluidic Engineer | LeoLeonardo Cabrera Ortiz was a microfluidic biosystems engineer at the Canadian Space Agency, in partnership with the National Research…Feb 24Feb 24
3D Nanofabrication Research Assistant | ReneRene Lam was a 3D nanofabrication research assistant at Irradiant Technologies, a start-up leveraging this technology for optical…Dec 13, 20231Dec 13, 20231
What’s 3D nanofabrication?Traditionally, nanofabrication is a 2D process, where materials get deposited and removed sequentially to produce devices like transistors…Dec 6, 2023Dec 6, 2023
Optomechanical Engineer | Daniel ShteinbokDaniel Shteinbok interned as an optomechanical engineer at Bruker Nano, an equipment manufacturer for nanoanalytics in Mountain View…Nov 29, 2023Nov 29, 2023
What’s calcium imaging?Lab animals can be genetically modified so their cells express fluorescent proteins. By engineering them to express a particular protein…Nov 22, 2023Nov 22, 2023
Product Reliability Engineer | Athulya NambiarAthulya Nambiar worked at Exo, a medical imaging startup in Santa Clara, California, USA, that is using PMUT technology to improve…Nov 15, 2023Nov 15, 2023
What’s a PMUT?All ultrasound devices in the market today use transducers which converts one form of energy to another. Ultrasound transducers…Nov 8, 2023Nov 8, 2023
Optical Engineer Researcher | KailynKailyn has completed her co-ops so far at the Capasso Group, an optics research group at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts…Apr 19, 2023Apr 19, 2023
What’s nanophotonics?Nanophotonics is a branch of optical engineering that uses nanoscale structures to control photons. The ability to control photons opens up…Apr 12, 2023Apr 12, 2023
Hardware Systems Engineer | RandyRandy interned as a hardware systems engineer at Apple in Cupertino, California, United States. Keep reading to learn more about his co-op…Apr 5, 2023Apr 5, 2023
What’s hardware engineering?Hardware engineering is a sub-discipline of electrical engineering, which focuses on the development of the electronics inside various…Mar 29, 2023Mar 29, 2023
Battery Characterization Engineer | AnnaAnna interned as a battery characterization engineer at QuantumScape, a company in San Jose, California, USA, that develops solid state…Mar 22, 2023Mar 22, 2023
What’s battery characterization?Typical batteries are composed of several components including an electrolyte, anode, cathode, and a porous separator membrane. Battery…Mar 15, 2023Mar 15, 2023
Machine Learning Engineer | RachelRachel interned as a machine learning engineer at Cyclica, a drug discovery company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Keep reading to learn more…Mar 8, 2023Mar 8, 2023
What’s AI-based drug discovery?Imagine if we could invent the vaccines of tomorrow faster, better, and for cheaper. Well, this is not a dream but a reality with…Mar 1, 2023Mar 1, 2023
