John G. Schatz, Jr.

(as in "Whisky, two shots" :)

Senior Research Engineer,

 with the Plasma Lab where I deal with the students and systems that make up our primary research tool, the Heavy Ion
Beam Probe (HIBP). The HIBP is probably the most expensive and accurate voltmeter going, 1 part in 10^7, and for a few dollars more, we'll bump that exponent up a notch or two. Some of the things I design, build, and play with are:


Alkali metal and Thallium Ion Sources
250+kA pulsed power supplies
2.2+Mv continuous and 4.?+Mv pulsed power supplies

10^-7 Torr vacuum systems (but I've been down to 10^-14)

These try to keep me out of trouble

Faculty and Staff:

Kenneth A. Connor
Paul M. Schoch
Diane R. Demers

The best way to find me? e-mail!! John G. Schatz, Jr.
or (518) 276-8226 or 6706

This page
from here on down. Proceed at your own risk!
Please send comments to john@ecse.rpi.edu

In The Beginning...

Family Tree, Family Pix

Other things that catch my intrest:

Radio

I so love the sound of plate modulated AM :) The addiction to radio listening started with the yard sale purchase of cat whisker- gelana crystal set. That little scratchy, crackel was all it took.... From there it was on to regen, back to Hi-Power Xtal , , super regen,StarRoamer , WW II surplus, Kenwood R-5000 and ICOM IC-R9000. Still listening after all these years. Not for content, just for distance and fun. On the transmission side, there were basically four. WAXK, which you won't find listed anywhere, because it was a "pirate",WHVC,Hudson Valley Commmunity Collage'scarrier current student station, WRPI, and WHRL.

Steam



I don't know why, but steam engines have always fascinated me. Built a few versions styled after Hero. One a school demo, another, a doodle toy out of glass. Then I was "introduced" to the one my great-grandfather built. Unfortunatly, the engine that I speak of is not the twin-lunger in the foreground, but it's the one you can hardly see in the black area that is in line with the man's hat and the center of the grinding wheel in the background darkness. You can't make out much, especially if you don't know what your looking for, so I made this line drawing of this single-lung engine to give you the shape and form you're trying to see. I've also played with the image, blowing up and lightening the engine area making it a bit easier (?) to see. Just left of center, the bright vertical line is the connecting rod between the flywheel and the walking beam. To the right, the two shorter vertical light lines are the ways the piston rod rides up and down on. Everything else is in between :)

Music

Loreena McKennitt's new album held a suprise for me, and possibly you - Noyes' The Highwayman

Ambisonic--UnOfficial WRPI direct

Solar X-ray activity

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