The Joys of Being a Lab Assistant 215
Cat.: Power Supplies, Experiences21. April 2005
I was a lab assistant for a physics class at MIT in which the students did various experiments with electricity and magnetism.
In the class, the students had to build both a low-voltage power supply and a high-voltage power supply. Imagine a lab filled with 50 freshman students, most of whom have never soldered a circuit in their lives.
I was burned with soldering irons repeatedly, completely by accident. I also got shocked by many students’ experiments many times, also completely by accident. It was fun, though.