We are very pleased to welcome Mr. Kiva Ford as our new glassblower. Kiva was highly recommended by both Ryan and Lori and came to us from Notre Dame, where he has spent the last decade supporting research across the university including creating first of their kind capillary quartz detection tubes for the LHC at CERN.
When you’re working with liquid helium at temperatures hovering around 1.38 degrees Kelvin, you can’t simply order the necessary supplies – you have to make them.
The laboratory group of Wolfgang J. “Jim” Choyke, research professor in the Department of Physics and Astronomy, uses a dewar – or flask – made from custom-blown glass and metal fashioned in the glass and machine shops for the task, which Choyke calls “absolutely essential for what we do.”
Jesse Knotts is our newest ULS Senior Site Specialist for the University of Pittsburgh. Unity Lab Services (ULS) is a division of Thermo Fisher Scientific. Contact Jesse via Pitt@thermofisher.com and 412) 624-2012.
Ryan Tate has joined Shared Research Support Services as our new Scientific Glassblower. Ryan has over ten years’ experience in scientific glassblowing and comes to us from Navcour Glassware. We are thrilled to have someone with his talent and experience onboard to continue the tradition of excellence Lori has cul
