phd'd
hmm well i passed my viva yesterday, which was nice.
It went better then expected, which is god ecause i expected to go badly. It didn't, my examiners were easygoing and generous. They also didn't concentrate too hard on the background particle physics which i was very concerned about, as i felt i really didnt know as much as i should. Once we got past that with only afew sticky moments things were relativly plain sailing as we moved onto the bits of work i had actually performed. There were one or two tricky moments involving time progression of charge through silicon and the signal to noise ratio of an HPD but they didnt seem too upset that i didnt know the answers.
Im sorry i didnt organise anything oficial for afterwards but i really wasnt inany mood to tempt fate before the damn thing, im also sorry ive been such a miserable bugger in the last couple of weeks. (que cries of we didnt notice and how can we tell the difference)
I now have a few corrections to do, although no major reanalysis thankfully and then reprint, bind and submit for full doctorage.
It went better then expected, which is god ecause i expected to go badly. It didn't, my examiners were easygoing and generous. They also didn't concentrate too hard on the background particle physics which i was very concerned about, as i felt i really didnt know as much as i should. Once we got past that with only afew sticky moments things were relativly plain sailing as we moved onto the bits of work i had actually performed. There were one or two tricky moments involving time progression of charge through silicon and the signal to noise ratio of an HPD but they didnt seem too upset that i didnt know the answers.
Im sorry i didnt organise anything oficial for afterwards but i really wasnt inany mood to tempt fate before the damn thing, im also sorry ive been such a miserable bugger in the last couple of weeks. (que cries of we didnt notice and how can we tell the difference)
I now have a few corrections to do, although no major reanalysis thankfully and then reprint, bind and submit for full doctorage.