One night with an erudite man, who informed me about SLAC and biomedical engineering

Four nights ago, g. ripley was at a festive dinner for a friend. At this small restaurant, a man and his wife came to the dinner along with their young baby daughter. The man had a PhD [doctorate] in biomedical engineering, and his name will not be disclosed in this post. He is a very brilliant person, who told me that biomedical engineering is a medley of different facets of engineering. He mentioned that biomedical can be a mixture of biology, and medical engineering. Yet, he mentioned that three fields are affected by this major emphasis. The three fields are biology, medicine, and engineering. Next, his current work struck my mind as something unheard of. He explained that he works with people that had completed projects at SLAC, the original acronym of Stanford Linear Accelerator Center. SLAC is based in Menlo Park, CA; close to the Stanford University campus in Palo Alto, California. SLAC has changed its name to SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, which works under the direction of U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science operated by Stanford University. In other words, SLAC is a department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory. In addition, SLAC research covers a gamut of topics such as atomic and solid-state physics, chemistry, and medicine using X-rays from synchrotron radiation. SLAC is more than 55 years old, as it was founded in 1962. It has its actual address/location on Sand Hill Road, which will be mentioned further in another adjoining paragraph. Third, let's go back to Synchrotron radiation and its use in a significant Stanford project. Synchrotron radiation is electromagnetic energy emitted by charged particles. This complex form of energy moves at the speed of light, as their paths are changed by a magnetic field. Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Project (SSRP) used electromagnetic radiation (EMR) generated by particles circling in SPEAR (stanford positron electron asymmetric ring) to explore samples on a minute scale. One of the world's first hard X-ray free-electron laser, later called the linac coherent light source is a cutting edge facility at SLAC. LCLS mixes ideas from Synchrotron Radiation and x-ray laser, to inform the public of a far advanced X-ray laser without electrons. LCLS has been in operation since 2009. In this penultimate paragraph, Sand Hill Road is mentioned as it is a mecca for venture capital firms. Venture capital and private equity firms fund small technology companies working in biotech; information tech.; and cleantech. One day, one of these small tech. companies or startups will become a huge minted corp. that can revolutionize the world. The prominent venture capital (VC) firms in Menlo Park, located on sand hill road are Accel-KKR; mayfield fund; Andreessen Horowitz; Kleiner Perkins; Sequoia Capital; and khosla ventures. Employees of these partner driven workplaces are entrepreneurs in residence (EIR). Entrepreneurs in residence is a new term which has expanded in law firms; business schools; and startup accelerators. In closing, the main goal of the author is to enrich the reader on four topics. The four pieces are SLAC; Synchrotron Radiation; Venture Capital; and sand hill road symbolism. Hope my audience enjoyed another informative writing project, which g. ripley endeavored upon. Enjoy the picture above of SLAC, nestled on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park. Ciao bella!!