October has been another doozy month (Is that an acceptable word for an academic blog? Hope so.). For starters, it flew by! Seems like just yesterday I was spending Fall Break in Swem reading Galt papers. I’ve just started writing a couple very rough, small chunks that I know will be included in the final…
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Oct
29
On October…
Oct
26
So It Begins
Well, in preparation for grad school applications, I have started working on my first chapter (which I intend to use as a writing sample). I’ve been going at it for about two weeks now and am about halfway through my first draft. Some other assignments have been taking up my time and attention, but I am hoping…
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Oct
22
Stuff Works Out
So, when I left you last, I believe I was at a bit of a low point in my research. Well, good news – things have gotten so much better! Fortunately, because they were getting kind of gloomy, there. Now, however, I’ve figured out how I’m going to get all of my data, and the…
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Oct
16
September Successes
Hello again! I’m so sorry it has taken me so long to post another blog, but midterms and applications have taken over my life! Anyways, the last time I posted I had talked about switching to a new coating polymer, PVCoCo, for my nanoparticles. Since then, I have had beautiful results that are paper-quality. These…
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Oct
15
Taking a Step Back.
While I may have been remiss in blogging these past few weeks, I’ve been hard at work, chipping away at my research to-do list. I have put together a cohesive outline for our Schmidt Hammer paper, and I’ve spent hours working on a program which calculates width-to-depth ratios for different heights in any channel where…
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