• Question: what is your best memory with doing your job (eg making a great laser) or bad memory (eg broken laser)

    Asked by cjade to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 3 Jul 2012.
    • Photo: Tim Stephens

      Tim Stephens answered on 3 Jul 2012:

      Some of the best things that I’ve done have been when I’ve visited other people’s laboratories.
      For example, I did some work in Montreal in December a couple of years ago to measure a system that sprayed ice into a test jet engine (to simulate flying through clouds). It was -25C, and we rigged up our equipment in front of a giant jet engine, and then ran it up to full speed. The whole building was shaking – it was sooo cool!

    • Photo: Tom Lister

      Tom Lister answered on 3 Jul 2012:

      My favourite memories are making changes to the treatments we do which have a huge effect on how well they work. A few patients have been coming to us for 10 years or more and I have suggested a new approach that suddenly works. It makes such a huge difference for them, it can be really rewarding!

      My worst experience? Probably late nights working on x-ray machine to check they are doing what they are supposed to – perhaps that’s one reason I don’t work with them any more!

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