James Gilchrist (Gilchrist Lab)
Laboratory for Particle Mixing and Self-Organization, Lehigh University: particles, fluids, self-assembly, rheology, coatings. #InclusionMatters. he/him.
https://www.gilchristlab.info, linkedin.com/in/jamesgilchristphd
- In Harry Potter, when Voldemort attacks Hogwarts, the faculty didn’t have a dozen meetings to argue what to do. They knew just what to do. So do you.
- Largest magnitude alumni “gifts” to Yale: $250M - Johnson $160M - Bass $100M - Broad Foundation ($180M/yr) - Vance and NIH Just the facts here.
- Through our careers as scientists, there have been and will be several challenges that arise. How we weather challenges and persevere is more important than the short-term losses. Contact your professional network and reach out to support each other. We are in this together.
- Kudos to the Grammys this year. Seriously talented folks. (I have a 16 yo daughter, so I actually know some of the winners this year!)
- Got vaccinated today (tetanus and shingles). Modern medicine. Just search "pictures of tetanus and shingles victims" and you won't hesitate to get yours.
- Interesting 404, click below: www.whitehouse.gov/about-the-wh...
- Proud of my minor part of a nice collaboration with the Reichmanis Group @lehighengineers.bsky.social on how to optimize QD-LEDs from potential roll-to-roll processes. Congrats to graduate student Yiman Xu for leading the effort and engaging me on this cool project! pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...
- Just putting this here:
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- The Justice40 initiative was just suspended within the Department of Energy. Here is a map of communities it served to enhance energy and water access: www.energy.gov/sites/defaul...
- Clearly the time to avoid lines at the Costco gas pumps is during the Eagles playoff games.
- Celebrating the end of winter break skiing in Steamboat, CO! See you at the start of Spring 2025 semester next week! @lehighengineers.bsky.social
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- End of Semester: Pulling hair out trying to balance research deadlines, grading, committee meetings and wondering why I do this to myself. Week before semester starts: Sure, I'll sign up for everything that looks interesting!
- “The benefits extend far beyond just a bigger paycheck, creating positive effects that can last throughout your career and life.” www.forbes.com/sites/chrism...
- A nice summary of the current academic climate (mostly focused on Ivy-plus schools that have been under fire). time.com/7203960/what...
- Joshua Tree, CA. Crazy beautiful!
- Happy Holidays and Merry Christmas to all who celebrate!
- One of my favorite mathematical tools.
- Some of you might enjoy my lectures on "asymptotics and perturbation methods". youtube.com/playlist?lis... These are ingenious methods for approximating the solutions to integrals and differential equations by exploiting the presence of a small or large parameter in the problem.
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- Interviewer: can you explain this gap in your resume? Chemical engineer: It can be made dimensionless by scaling it by dividing a characteristic length squared divided by diffusion (L^2/D) OR multiplying it by the reaction rate and dividing by a characteristic concentration (k/C).
- We all have our versions of these. This one is a beauty! Lunch for mentoring or simple collegiality has never been discouraged. In fact, I tell junior faculty they can text or call -anytime- they have a “weird” question when navigating academia. No judgement, only honest answers.
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- Sick kiddos Dead car battery Grades due in 2 days. Tis’ the season…
- All I want for Xmas…
- Never bet on the hockey-stick model. They happen, but they aren’t predicted.
- I love that when they packed this capsule we could tell by the vibrations in the live images we were taking in our experiments. I’d compare it to trying to sleep in the backseat of a car while someone packs the trunk, shaking it violently. 🤣 blogs.nasa.gov/spacestation...
- Department swag dropped. 👍
- On that note: Anyone want to go watch the ball drop in NYC?
- Maximize your holiday cookie dough by making them Einstein tile-shaped!
- Listening to podcasts on Feynman. Celebrated for many amazing achievements and condemned for various behaviors. My respect for him lies in that he went through a deep depression and came out of it through his love of science. When things in academia get tough, remember why you love this job.
- Yet again, my Broadway crazy kids have dragged me to NYC. Just a day trip from Lehigh University. Ok, no dragging involved 😉
- We wrapped up our experiments on the International Space Station last week. Not every experiment worked (tribocharging got the best of some samples) but we learned a ton related to our original hypothesis and even discovered a new(?) way to separate nanoparticles. www.linkedin.com/posts/jamesg...
- Give @lilianhsiao.bsky.social a follow!
- Children of the ‘80s. IYKYK.
