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Bound, signed, and delivered

February 24, 2009 in School | Please leave a comment

My thesis is officially bound, signed, and delivered. Now I just have to wait until the middle of April to be able to pick up the piece of paper that says I finished and graduated. It still boggles my mind that this thing turned out to be nearly 2 inches thick.

Masters thesis on a desk

Masters thesis bound and ready for delivery.

Masters thesis spine thickness

Masters thesis spine thickness

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Masters Thesis – final edition!

February 9, 2009 in Livejournal | Please leave a comment

As far as I know, this is the final version of my Masters Thesis. Everyone has signed off except for the graduate school dean. That signature should come shortly.

I have already started doing background research for my PhD. The topic will be broadly based on risk and reliability engineering, trade-spaces, margin trading, cultural differences, and other such fun stuff. My new major professor, Dr. Irem Tumer, is finishing up a multi-university funding proposal to get everything setup for the next few years. At this point it all sounds rather exciting!

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Nearly final masters thesis draft

January 18, 2009 in School | Please leave a comment

Hopefully this is my last (or nearly last) thesis draft.  I am now down to finding any mistakes in my LaTeX code and correcting them.  The content is pretty well fixed.  What do you all think?  Are there any major errors I have to correct before I send it to the printer?

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I passed! Hello Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree!

December 29, 2008 in School | Please leave a comment

Yup, that’s right.  I passed my thesis defense!  There are some small changes to make in my thesis, an appendix to add, and copies to print off.  Then it’s signatures, a library copy, and picking up my diploma.

More details about the defense will be forthcoming.

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New Curriculum Vitae Available

September 24, 2008 in Professional | Please leave a comment

I edited and updated my Curriculum Vitae once again.  It seems every month or two, I end up needing a copy of it to send off to a company or professor who wants to evaluate me at a glance.  Personally, I think this update helps to organize the content a little better than it had been before, especially for my current quest to apply for PhD programs.  What with graduating with my masters degree in December (cross your fingers!), I am looking forward to finding a new academic home for next year.

The schools I am currently looking at and applying to are:

  • University of Sydney in Australia
  • Carnegie Mellon
  • University of California Berkeley
  • Washington State University

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