• Question: What tools do you use in your job?

    Asked by anon-326135 on 14 May 2022.
    • Photo: Zaid Jangda

      Zaid Jangda answered on 14 May 2022:

      I mostly use an X-ray machine to scan rocks. Just like a CT scan in a hospital.

    • Photo: John Grasmeder

      John Grasmeder answered on 15 May 2022:

      I use lots of machines to test how strong materials are. We can stretch them, bend them, squash them or bash them until they break and we can measure how hard it is to break them. We also use microscopes to look at the broken pieces to understand how and why the materials break.

    • Photo: Martina Conti

      Martina Conti answered on 16 May 2022:

      I use microscopes to look at my shells, big ovens and liquid chemicals to separate other chemicals that tell me what the environment was like in the past and how old shells are.

    • Photo: Kat Hunter

      Kat Hunter answered on 25 May 2022:

      I use lots of different machines in my job – I am very lucky. I use furnaces to turn chemical into new materials and then I investigate what has happened by using microscopes and Xray machines. I make batteries from the new materials and test how much energy they can store – for this i need to use special tools to carefully build the battery and the test it.

    • Photo: Muhammad Naveed Arshad

      Muhammad Naveed Arshad answered on 26 May 2022:

      I use desktop computer for all of my work. Its something sitting in the office and downloading/processing satellite data. I can observe earth from top of atmosphere while sitting in the office and can see different colors of how the our earth look like from sky. Isn’t it cool?

    • Photo: Filip Anies

      Filip Anies answered on 1 Jun 2022:

      I do chemical synthesis, so I need a lot of different tools! Everything from glassware to various heating or cooling apparatus and different machines for chemical analysis and separation. Some people like to use the analogy of cooking to describe synthesis, and likewise we use a whole range of different tools and ingredients!

Comments

  • Photo: Emma

    Emma commented on :

    I use a supercomputer to do my research. A supercomputer is a really powerful computer that can do lots of things at once. The supercomputer at my work is called Pomegranate (like the fruit).