I'm an OFFICIAL Ph.D. Candidate!

Made it to the next step in my Ph.D. journey...

Sunday, October 26, 2008

So life as a PhD student begins...

So as I write this, I can say I have completed 2 full months of my PhD program in Materials Science and Engineering at Georgia Tech...Thanks to the Lord! Ever since day 1 of the program, I have felt that my mind was being pushed to the max with the depth and the amount of material being presented to me. To be honest, I've had my days where I've questioned why I decided to do this program instead of going out into the workforce and being paid a nice engineering salary. Whenever that happens though, I have to remind myself that I should be following God's will and not my will (which most of the time..is looking for the easy way out). I am really excited about my research in biomaterials though. Once I arrived here, I was accepted into an NIH Biomaterials Training grant program that allows me...