Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 5
This has been a bittersweet week; it was my fifth and final week at the University of Houston. It was extremely busy, as I was finishing all of the work that I had been working on. I created a few more films, but mostly focused on collecting data. After testing the four-point probe last week, […]
Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 4
Hello Everyone! My fourth week at the University of Houston has come to an end. This has been my favorite week so far. For work, I continued making films and working on the four-point probe. I also set up a simple and crude laser to measure the roughness of the copper samples. It works by […]
Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 3
I hope everyone is having as good of a summer as I am. This is the end of my third week at the University of Houston studying physical chemistry. This week I continued to work on creating the thin metal films using the thermal evaporator. The QCM (which stands for quartz crystal microbalance and is […]
Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 2
My Second week at the University of Houston is now over. This week, I continued to work on creating the thin metal films (The Featured image shows the thermal evaporator setup). It works by placing copper between two electrodes so that electricity can flow through it and heat it. The copper and the electrode are […]
Noah Landefeld U Houston Week 1
I am pleased to have started my internship in physical chemistry at the University of Houston. This Week has just blown by with so many new things. I never knew that I could learn so much in such a short amount of time. The campus has been so cool to walk around on and explore. […]
Noah Landefeld, Telluride High School
Hi, my name is Noah Landefeld and I am from Telluride, Colorado. I am in my junior year of high school and I have been given the amazing opportunity to have a Pinhead Internship. I’m very curious and want to learn something new every day and experience the world. I hope to have […]