Grad School Spirit (courtesy of PhD Comics)

Thought this was extremely relevant as I have yet to attend ONE SINGLE athletics event on my campus (and this is my 3rd year here)! It's pretty funny because at my undergrad institution, I would wait in line for hours or brave the cold bleachers to see our basketball or football team play...by myself! Oh well...  Check out more of PhD Comics h...

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Please excuse the "DUST" : )

The site is currently under reconstruction so there may be a few broken links here and there. You can still read all the posts, which can be accessed from the archive bar on the right. Thanks for dropping ...

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I'm an offical Ph.D. Candidate!

Several proposal drafts later along with practice presentations and presentation of the final proposal... I am OFFICIALLY a Ph.D. candidate in Materials Science & Engineering (BY THE GRACE OF GOD ALONE!) Although it was a stressful process, God blessed me with a wonderful advisor and labmates who were eager to help me in constructing a well thought-out proposal document and presentation. This second go-around, I felt much more confident in the material I was presenting and was able to keep my nerves at bay! The main attendees at my presentation were my committee members and a visiting member from my internship experience, which I think helped to calm my nerves. One of my committee members actually had to attend via Skype, which turned out well despite my fears of the feed going out...

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*tap tap tap* Is this mic still on?

Yea..it's been a long while since I last checked in. Let's just say that my 2010 spring & summer weren't so ideal. To make a long story short, I left the lab and advisors I was previously with (for reasons I'll keep to myself) and decided that I needed a new focus. At the time, I wasn't sure if that meant to switch to another lab, leave my program and find a job in industry/government, or switch directions altogether. While I was at this crossroad, I was involved in a serious car accident where another car ran a red light and ended up totaling my car and almost taking my life (just suffered one broken bone in my hand). I could only thank God for His mercy that day! Needless to say, that put a pause on my activities for a while. However, in the middle of the summer (2010) semester, I was...

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