A few weeks ago I finally wrapped up my first semester research project with a presentation to the Plasma Research Lab faculty, which went surprisingly well. Now with yet another fusion related project or two lined up for this semester which has just started, I felt that it's worth taking a moment … [Read more...]
Reflections on a Summer at MIT
Having been back in sunny old Noosa for a week now, the past 6 weeks at the Research Science Institute at MIT seem like a strange dream. Sure I have 80+ new friends on facebook, a paper written on nuclear material science and a couple of souvenirs, but it's difficult to not help but wonder - wow, … [Read more...]
Four weeks of RSI
It's remarkably difficult to find a nice quiet hour or so to write a post without worrying about assignments, social life or activities at RSI, without finding yourself up at ridiculously late/early hours. However I now find myself over 65% of the way through the Research Science Institute, and … [Read more...]
Delving into the CRUD
So the first week of mentorships at RSI are now well underway, and my research project is on CRUD. I should probably start from the beginning. So I've been placed into the Short Lab at NW-13 on the MIT Campus, which is the heart of the Nuclear Science and Engineering department. My mentor is the … [Read more...]
Bose Einstein Condensates, aka. Really Cold Things
Back in Term 1 my initial reaction upon hearing our Physics EEI (Extended Experimental Investigation) topic was "there's no goddamn way I'm doing an assignment on eskies." When our topic is thermal physics, surely there would be something that's a bit more interesting than the physics of eskies. … [Read more...]