Recent Work Done by the Machine Shop

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Couette Cell for Laminar Flow Experiment
Laminar flow at low Reynolds number - viscosity experiment. see the video
Vacuum:
Metering Block/Hypodermic Tubing Holder:
This device has 6 hypodermic tubes in the target area 1mm apart with .008" diameter holes aligned to allow laser light to pass through.
Pneumatic Freeze Clamp:
This device allows measurement of metabolite concentrations (sugars in the Calvin and Krebs cycles, etc.) from an rapidly frozen piece of leaf tissue sampled at a known rate of photosynthesis (measured as carbon dioxide uptake rate while in the freeze clamp device).
Photomultiplier Tube (PMT) Holder:
Fabrication (boring operation) of PMT holder.	PMT holder installed on time-of-flight mass spectrometer.
Graham Flint Telescope Assembly:
The telescope will be the receiver for a novel astronomical Lidar System. Lidar measures extinction of starlight in our atmosphere.
Top ring and secondary mirror support assembly to the Graham Flint telescope. Held by Pete Zimmer, UNM Postdoctoral Fellow.	Side view of the secondary mirror support with linear guide bearings exposed.	Linear actuator which drives the mirror into focus.
Shop Class:
Students learning Machine Shop practice as part of the Contemporary Physics Laboratory Class (PHYS 493L)