>> I'm at the Glenn Research Center today
to test some ground samples that are meant to go to space.
So we do experiments on the crystallization of colloids.
We work in the advanced colloid experiments, ACE.
And we have a colloidal system.
And we look at crystallization of these colloids.
On Earth we have, always have gravity.
And as gravity influences the particle sediments,
they fall down in solution.
And this disturbs crystallization.
So in space, in microgravity, we hope to see this
without gravity influence.
In Amsterdam we made colloidal particles.
I made the colloidal particles,
and we dissolved them in a solvent.
And then we send them here.
And here they are filled.
Our particles are, look good in the microscope.
So that's, they behave like they should.
The people at the research center, they really helped.
They basically did all the work.
I only had to tell them what to do.
And they showed everything to me.
They helped with the sample, filling the microscope.
And they showed me around.
Yeah, it's fun to be here.
I enjoy looking at the facilities here.
And everything is going well.
I really only just started with my Ph.D.
So I started five months ago.
So I still have like three years and seven months left.