Virtual toothpick helps technologist 'bake' the perfect thin-film confection
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 11:00
in Astronomy & Space
Creating thin films using a rapidly evolving technology that promises to solve some of NASA's thorniest engineering challenges is a lot like baking a cake. That's why Vivek Dwivedi, a technologist at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., has assembled a special "oven" and a "virtual toothpick" to monitor the progress of his confections.