Michael Ford

dog owner, lover of outdoor activities, and science enthusiast.

[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory @Livermore_Lab]

In the fall of 2023, #LLNL's Sijia Huang and Michael Ford joined @ENERGY's Energy I-Corps Program, an entrepreneurial boot camp that teaches scientists and engineers the tools of the trade for commercializing technology from the Lab to the marketplace: https://t.co/2x93j8GVYf

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

In @Matter_CP!

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

Some fun work finally got published!

[Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory @Livermore_Lab]

Are shapeshifting “soft machines” in our future? #LLNL scientists and collaborators from @Harvard, @NCState and @Penn, built a variety of light-responsive objects, including cylinders that could roll, asymmetric “crawlers” that could go forward and more: https://t.co/2CbgMNi8Q5

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

Now that we demonstrated a feasible process, we partnered with a company who has the right tools and expertise to properly scale up production of these plastics. What's next? Hopefully a large volume detector that will be used in field tests!

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

Something interesting @ElsevierConnect is doing: an exclusive "Share Link" that allows free access to a newly published article for 50 days. https://t.co/ZbKVuWlIVd

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

Similar detectors have already been built, but plastic scintillators make it easier for the detectors to be mobile. That means that the detector can be incorporated into a vehicle that can drive right up to an antineutrino source (e.g., a nuclear reactor).

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

@cataniac I never got one. Maybe I didn't finish.

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

@cataniac Did you have to order it to get a physical copy?

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

@cataniac You got a diploma??

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

(Contradictory advice can be frustrating. In this case the decision was pretty easy: one choice makes the paper more accessible.)

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

One coauthor: "add a table; it makes it easier to read."

Another coauthor: "why do you have a table for information that is already communicated in a graph?"

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

Did some x-ray scattering experiments for the first time since 2018 and am now analyzing data. Never thought I'd feel nostalgia while using Igor.

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

@ZacSwider Where's our link to watch?

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Among other cool things that I get to do @Livermore_Lab, I test plastic scintillators - these ones were made by the @Sellinger_Group!

https://t.co/XDylphmTYT

[Michael Ford @MFordPhD]

@dryeeseeks @AdvSciNews @Livermore_Lab It looks really nice - thanks to the graphics team at LLNL!