Recent content by gol3tron

Comsol grant? Hey PF, I'm a grad student and I have an idea, which I would like to explore using COMSOL. Unfortunately, this software appears to be prohibitively expensive. Does anyone know of any grant/scholarship opportunities available that I might apply for, or perhaps where to look? My...

You're absolutely right there. In my experience it is vastly more important to choose an advisor that inspires you work hard and think creatively. Of course research topics are a consideration, but in theory there's always the opportunity to put your fingers in a lot of different things...

Dear PF, I'm a graduate student working in an ultracold atomic phys lab. We're trying to build a new machine with Li6 as one of the components, but in order to cool it we need to do saturation absorption spectroscopy on a separate stand-alone cell in order to tell our lasers what frequencies...

Thanks for the input. This one looks pretty cool, and 400$ is a little cheaper than the ThinkPad one that I was previously looking at, but the ThinkPad does have a vpn app, which is kind of nice (does the Transformer have this?). Also, does the Transformer support a stylus? I think what...

Tablet/Tablet PC for notetaking/other? Hey PF, The other day I was sitting in my office looking around and I counted about 50 textbooks and mountains upon mountains of notes/notebooks from classes, loose papers, assignments graded and to be graded, binders, journal articles, old Phys. Today...

AGREE. Helps to know that kind of thing is possible. Thanks!

I'm just worried about getting stuck in a field that will leave me jaded after a PhD. I suppose a better way to phrase my original question is to what extent a PhD can change fields for a postdoc (exp vs. theory)? I've had PI's in the past that have jumped fields completely (particle phys or...

Does a PhD topic really matter?? Im a 2nd year graduate student trying to find an advisor to work for. I would really like to do an experimental project, but I'm worried that if I commit to one field (condensed matter, say), that I won't have the opportunity when I graduate to do something like...