Working on Nano-Sensors for UMCP's Aerospace Engineering Lab

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Discussion Overview

The discussion centers around a participant's acceptance into graduate school and their upcoming work on nano-sensors for the aerospace engineering lab at UMCP. The conversation includes personal anecdotes, congratulations, and light-hearted banter among participants.

Discussion Character

  • Meta-discussion
  • Exploratory

Main Points Raised

  • A participant shares their acceptance into grad school and plans to work on nano-sensors that function similarly to quartz crystals, generating voltage when deflected.
  • Some participants express congratulations and share humorous personal stories related to being "picked up" for various reasons.
  • There is a mention of the requirement to obtain a Master's degree before pursuing a PhD at UMaryland.
  • One participant speculates about the potential future role of the original poster as a mission specialist.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree on congratulating the original poster, but the discussion remains light-hearted and does not delve into technical details about the nano-sensors or their applications.

Contextual Notes

There are no technical details or assumptions about the nano-sensors discussed, and the conversation primarily focuses on personal experiences and reactions rather than the specifics of the research.

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I found out yesterday that I've gotten picked up for grad school!

I'm tentatively going to be working on nano-sensors for UMCP's aerospace engineering smart structures lab.

I have yet to read any of the background material, but it'll basically be tiny "fingers" of metal which behave similar to quartz crystals... you deflect them and they create a voltage. If you have arrays of them, oriented in different directions, you can detect accelerations, fluid flows, etc.

It's not entirely what I was shooting for, but it's really cool, nonetheless!
 
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wow, picked up for grad school. The only thing I've ever been picked up for is when I was picked up on a "failure to appear" warrant.
 
I got picked up for ditching school once... The truant officer showed up and koncked on my door and stuff. It was fun. She even let me take a shower before I was carried away.

cookiemonster

Btw, congrats, Enigma!
 
cookiemonster said:
I got picked up for ditching school once... The truant officer showed up and koncked on my door and stuff. It was fun. She even let me take a shower before I was carried away.

cookiemonster

Btw, congrats, Enigma!
See, kids?
This is what happens when you skip school. do you want someone koncking on your door?
Hey cookie, here's a joke:
konck, konck
Who's there?
Dis
Dis who
dyslexia, from suffer I.
 
Shush. It makes perfect sense.

cookiemonster
 
tribdog said:
konck, konck
Who's there?
Dis
Dis who
dyslexia, from suffer I.
Jeez, you are brutal!

Congraduations enigma. You going for a PhD or a Masters?
 
Congratulations enigma .. I am sure you deserve this.:)
 
Thanks all

Masters first. We'll see how things are going once I get closer to the thesis before I decide on the PhD. Luckily UMaryland requires you get the Masters first, regardless.
 
enigma said:
I found out yesterday that I've gotten picked up for grad school!

I'm tentatively going to be working on nano-sensors for UMCP's aerospace engineering smart structures lab.

I have yet to read any of the background material, but it'll basically be tiny "fingers" of metal which behave similar to quartz crystals... you deflect them and they create a voltage. If you have arrays of them, oriented in different directions, you can detect accelerations, fluid flows, etc.

It's not entirely what I was shooting for, but it's really cool, nonetheless!

YAAY, YOU! :approve: :smile: :approve: :smile:
 
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Great job Enigma! Congratulations. :smile:

It sounds like some interesting work. Maybe we will see you as a mission specialist one day? :-p
 
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Congrats enigma!

wait...this doesn't mean you'll be spending less time at the pf and more time working does it?
 
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