Tinus Stander 🔬📡🇿🇦

Almost three hours after I arrived in @Schiphol on my @lufthansa flight from Frankfurt, and a large number of us are still waiting for our bags. Little to no information from the baggage handlers @dnatatravel... Welcome to Amsterdam, I suppose.

On the train to Lund. Looking forward to a productive week at @SASUF2030!

The biggest change a second monitor made to my life, is leaving me with the gnawing realization that I actually need a third. I won't get one, of course, because I fear that getting a third will probably convince me that I actually need four...

Experiments fail. All the time. That's not a failure of science. Science fails when we stop experimenting.

@thymeFitchef Maybe just answer my email?

@notthatstander Hi Tinus... I apologise. This is not acceptable. I will resolve this!!!

Extremely disappointed with our last @thymeFitchef order. Only delivered 7pm on promised delivery date, most of the meals partially defrosted. Worse yet, we had brought the problem to their attention more than once, with zero feedback. That was our last order, I'm afraid.

I suppose it's easier to market "flavoured water" than "weak, watered-down soft drink".

In my youth, I thought only stupid people ran despite nothing chasing them. Now I know that everyone has a reason to run. You just have to figure out what's chasing you.

When you write out your Tuesday todo list, and it's a carbon copy of the Monday todo list.

If I was as dedicated to my research as I am to solving the sudoku on the gym treadmill, I would have had a Nobel prize by now.

All I really want is one soap for washing hair, face, beard, body, teeth, dishes, laundry, tiles, carpets, upholstery, dogs, kitchen counters and degreasing engine parts. And a concentrated version for unclogging drains. Is that really too much to ask for?

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Thanks to Ad, Elmine and everyone else in Flux Floor 9 at @TUeindhoven for their help with measuring #3Dprinting dielectric properties the past two days. Big things to come!

#NationalSpaceConference2023 welcome address by SANSA CEO, Humbulani Mudau on this historic occasion for the South African space community. sansa.org.za/2023/09/01/wel…

@upmicblog Of course, when I write my annual progress report, I have a different playlist that kicks off with another 90's classic: Bryan Adams, “Please Forgive Me”

@upmicblog I prefer some 90's R&B... Charles & Eddie, "Would I Lie To You?"

What's your grant proposal-writing playlist? Mine opens with Def Leppard's "Pour some sugar on me."

Interested in Additive Manufacturing and #3Dprinting? Attending @eumweek? We might have the right workshop for you! Featuring speakers from @UPTuks @FAU_Germany @Fraunhofer_FHR @anteral_space @3Dpcb and @TUeindhoven. #EuMW2023 #eumweek #eumw

And this is what we made with it. As always, big thank-you to @NRF_News for funding our continued #additivemanufacturing #3dprinted research. doi.org/10.1155/2023/1… via @Hindawi

Not exactly a "new" paper, but thought I'd share it here as well. Turns out, the Tollens' reagent is pretty effective in plating SLA-#3Dprinted waveguides without any pretreatment or electroplating steps... just run it for 4 - 6 layers. ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10056…

If anyone is interested in spending a couple of years designing @ProfJPMcKean's dream receiver for @Radio_Astronomy's 26m dish, check out ED4.