April 11, 2023

Early in 2021, after only being with AES a few months, the news trickled down that we were moving to a new home… lab included. The design and functionality of the space were an open book. However, this initial rush of excitement soon turned to thoughts of "Well, how the hell do you design a drilling fluids lab?"Finally, the lab outline was agreed upon after numerous meetings and trips to the 6th floor. Long gone were the days in the basement where no one knew the lab existed; we would now be home to a glass-walled centerpiece on the 8th...