Day in the Life: Sean Adams, scientific glass blower
There is no question Sean Adams has made his mark on UVic: much of the world-renowned scientific research conducted on campus over the last two decades was produced with the help of instruments he created. Adams is a scientific glass blower in the Faculty of Science. He creates highly specialized glassworks for use in scientific experiments鈥攖he sorts of one-off things you鈥檇 never be able get from a commercial or industrial glass producer. 鈥淩esearchers here are often creating new science for which equipment does not yet exist,鈥 he explains. 鈥淭hey come to me with very specific needs and I work with them to design or modify equipment for their specific purposes.鈥