A measure of success

Well, how about that. The heat capacity devices I used to take my thesis data have been awarded the American Physical Society's 2006 Keithley Award for Measurement Science. These devices were conceived and first built by my thesis adviser, Frances Hellman, but several of her students continued to improve and mass-produce them over the years. In particular, I used to spend summers at the Berkeley Microfabrication Laboratory to make them. Photolithography is kind of fun.

I've written a bit about these microcalorimeters on my regular web page.

Congratulations Frances-- and the whole team, really!