Problem Solver
Keith Rider
Areas Keith Rider is Knowledgeable in:
surface science
Techniques Keith Rider Uses:
Lots of reading
I draw cartoons of my ideas and show them to people who like to think.
Sort the problem into various subproblems and look for the most difficult one.
I draw cartoons of my ideas and show them to people who like to think.
Sort the problem into various subproblems and look for the most difficult one.
Keith Rider's Problem Solving Skills:
- design and build specialized tools in stainless steel, carbon steel, aluminum
- simplify and comunicate complex scientific ideas to laypeople
- find methods for characterizing nanoscale materials
- design, build, repair ultra high vacuum systems
- use concepts of chemistry and physics
- choose appropriate materials for a given application
Keith Rider's Problem Solving Experience:
- I found a method for measuring the phase transition enthalpy between two phases of a two dimensional ordered structure.
- I created a simple procedure to teach how to make biodiesel.
- I designed an energetic material with metalic fuel and polymer oxidizer.
- I devised a method for measuring the production rate of metal nanoparticles in a helium droplet beam.
- I devised a method for making micron-scale channels in a glass substrate.