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5.3 Laboratory exercises
5.3
Laboratory exercises
Involving many students in the GASMAS activities, including getting handson experience with the equipment, was another important objective. By
having laboratory exercises, the system will be used by many people and
hopefully some students might get interested in continuing to work with the
system at the summer practice, Diploma and Master Thesis level.
A laboratory exercise made and frequently used in Sweden for rubidium absorption spectroscopy was translated from Swedish into English and further
modified, see Appendix D. A laboratory exercise for understanding the basics of GASMAS was prepared and carried out together with students at
EPN, see Appendix E.
5.4
Manual
The experiences from the establishment of the laboratory were discussed
and collected in a user manual, see Appendix F. This manual is meant to
facilitate the technique and the set-up to future users. It includes a brief
theoretical introduction, and a detailed description of the different parts of
the set-up at EPN and its operation. Also some basic standard procedures
and measurement methods are described. The manual should also be helpful
for the trouble-shooting of some possible problems with the equipment. The
manual is written with the intention of constant improvement. Hence, a
section of the manual was dedicated to instruct these updates.
5.5
Website
A website was set-up in order to have a constant and independent source
of information about the project. This website was put on the EPN web
server (http:/ /www.epn.edu.ec/Departamentos/fisicaProy.html). It presents
the project, gives important contact information, and contains the two laboratory exercise instructions. The website was also constructed in order to
be used in the future to present information about ongoing projects etc.
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