Immersed in Science
Wow. Lots of exciting things have happened within these past couple of weeks. I'm now pretty much deep into my research and learning so much. Two weeks ago, the set of Transformers 2 was on Princeton's campus. I may be in the background with some extras in the movie, so it's worth watching when it comes out.
I'm making many friends, many of whom, are into plasmas (what-a-ya know!). I'm really getting a professional experience being immersed in this culture of people motivated for a similar goal in science. We often discuss our research and suggest to each other how to approach different problems in various ways, often arguing. But this arguing is good. Holding your own in an argument shows that you really understand a topic. I'm keeping a journal of my research progress as well as papers/books I am reading. I will post some of this material soon. I also sat in on a research group meeting for NSTX. It was very interesting to see how the 'pros' work out real problems and present their individual findings.
I went to Philadelphia for the fourth of July. (What a dirty city!) I saw fireworks and went to the Institute of Natural History museum, University of Pennsylvania's Museum of Anthropology and Archeology, and the Pennsylvania Zoo. The zoo had vampire bats, which makes sense that they would come to a ?sylvania?. I also had a real cheese steak. I don't know why I can't eat those every meal. Maybe it's because I felt like I was shot by a tranquilizer dart after I ate it. But it was good none the less.
Posted at 10:01PM Jul 07, 2008 by jlbarton in General | Comments[0]