Thread: Good Info - has anyone seen this

Originally Posted by Hirlau

Who is the website's author?

He has identified himself as Todd.

I think it has great potential, but he is limiting it by choosing a format more suitable for a soapbox than discussion. He has access to expensive equipment and experience in using it, but I noticed number of occasions where the conclusions are not supported by the evidence he is presenting or amount to simple definitions of terminology rather than the new insight that is claimed.

The peer review process of scientific publications is not just a nuisance, and this blog is a good example for how the lack of qualified and vigorous review results in lower quality product. I wish it can be given to an undergraduate student as a project with the goal of peer reviewed publication.

Still, it's has a lot of good stuff, especially given that very few of us have access to the imaging equipment he has, the skills to use it, or the time to spend researching these topics.

I found the comments interesting and seeing as this is a recent blog you may have your questions/requests answered ?


Things like this tell me he doesn't use a straight or hone, he just compiles data.

""I will be presenting the pasted-strop data and discussing "overhoning" in future posts. But you are correct, the data indicate that there is no reason to go beyond 4 micron (Shapton 4k) if you finish with a diamond strop.""

Originally Posted by gugi

He has identified himself as Todd.

I think it has great potential, but he is limiting it by choosing a format more suitable for a soapbox than discussion. He has access to expensive equipment and experience in using it, but I noticed number of occasions where the conclusions are not supported by the evidence he is presenting or amount to simple definitions of terminology rather than the new insight that is claimed.

The peer review process of scientific publications is not just a nuisance, and this blog is a good example for how the lack of qualified and vigorous review results in lower quality product. I wish it can be given to an undergraduate student as a project with the goal of peer reviewed publication.

Still, it's has a lot of good stuff, especially given that very few of us have access to the imaging equipment he has, the skills to use it, or the time to spend researching these topics.

Thank you for the response to my question.
I just have a bug up my a$$ with anyone who posts information/research on a topic & does not put his identity to his work. Whenever I attend a class of instruction on any subject, I want to know who is teaching me & his/her background in the subject.
Whenever I teach one of the few subjects that I have knowledge on, my audience will know all about me before the first instruction.

I'm not ungrateful for the O.P. & the link to the work,,,, so thanks for the information.

Hi, Late as always. His name is Todd Simpson and he is a materials researcher specializing in electron microscopy. He was somewhere down south US but now in Canada. I'm retired from Oak Ridge National Laboratory where one of my jobs was to support EM safety, and he did his post doc work there. I may have met him but can't recall, that's been a few years ago.

You can find a mention here:

http://www.uwo.ca/fab/resources/News...15-Issue-1.pdf

It's nice to be able to clearly see what's going on with the edge off different media. BTW, he does the sectioning with a device that's part of the microscope called a focused ion beam or FIB. Actually seeing an edge folded over from glassing, etc is an interesting thing.

So thanks to Dr. Simpson for taking the time to do this. It isn't exactly an easy thing to do in terms of the time and effort expended.

Cheers, Steve