Researching with Librarians

I was doing some research on Yueh-Lin Loo and has some trouble finding information on nanotransfer printing because it is still a somewhat new form of technology. To find more information on it I contacted the librarian to see if I could find information that went into further depth about this technique: how it was invented, what kind of technology is used, and what kind of benefits are gained from this method. What was most difficult was coming down to these three sort of questions while interacting with the librarian because I knew I wanted to learn more about it but did not know enough to have good questions. The librarian was very helpful with that by pointing me towards background information and well as current information about this technique. What did not help was not understanding what kind of information I wanted to know. Since the technology was still relatively new it was hard finding enough information to formulate specific questions.

The OSU libraries database was the most helpful initial source for information because most of the resources were not up to date about nanotransfer printing while OSU was and had information about it which helped me the most by providing some initial background information from which I could then expand from.

Yueh-Lin Loo Cultural Research Project

Yueh-Lin Loo is a chemical engineer from Malaysia. Rather than being a uniform culture, Malaysian culture is a conglomeration of multiple ethnicities and cultures such as Chinese, Malay, aboriginal, and other minorities. Her culture is very different from mine because Malaysian culture is heavily influenced from British, Persian, and Arabic cultures which are very different from what I have experienced.

Her technology and research is nanotransfer printing which uses modeling technology and nano-scale cameras. She was born in Kuala Lumpur then went to school in Taipei at the Taipei American school, and she now lives in Austin Texas where she is part of the Chemical Engineering Department. She is a modern engineer and if I was to ever interview her I would ask her more about her invention of nanotransfer printing and ask her more about nano-materials because I find the subject very interesting.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanotransfer_printing

This was the most helpful source to me while researching her.

RSS Set Up

To set up the RSS link to my blog I had to log into my gmail account then personalize my news feed to be about gender and technology then copy and paste the RSS link so that I could then create an RSS link to my gmail news through the blog by attaching it as a widget. I think this addition to my blog will make it easier to do research and be informed of current events related to gender and technology. Just from glancing at the headlines the articles that come up for gender and technology seem to be very business oriented. Most of the articles have a connection to a company of the internal structure of a company.

Week 2

Slowly becoming accustomed to the set up of the blog and is becoming more enjoyable than before when I knew very little about blogs. I also enjoyed the information we read about gender gaps this week.

Gender Lens

All too often I do not think about how products are born and how they could change depending on the perspective and values of the people developing them. I think this project will give me an opportunity to take time and scrutinize the development process of products I would not have previously done.

Introduction to Blogging

Initially I could not figure out how to set up the blog address because I thought I needed to include the whole address rather than just the end of the address which left me confused for a little too long than it should have, but I finally figured it out!

Setting up the email was quick and painless through gmail.

I sometimes like listening to webpages with the new extension and some times not. I think if I found a better voice might make it easier to understand, which would encourage me to use it more. I like the idea of listening rather than reading but the voice of the speaker makes it difficult to understand at times.