Comments | fox359: More thesis talks

fox359

More thesis talks

Nov 19, 2008 09:53

So... my current graduate adviser and the program chair talked me out of GR. And, after the last few days of mulling it over, I think it's for the best. GR is something that excites me and I truly *do* believe that I can do something in that area, but it will probably have to wait. Right now, I guess I need to concentrate on the here and now ( Read more... )

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fox359 November 19 2008, 15:11:14 UTC

After talking to some professors at the department, they keep comparing my profile to astronauts and see if I want to be one... apparently I'd be a good candidate if it wasn't for my psoriatic arthritis. :(

SOMEONE CURE THIS DISEASE, OH MY FREAKIN' GAWD! :(

sismith42 November 19 2008, 23:36:02 UTC

...or you could try and sell the idea of you being a good guinea pig for arthritis in space?

fox359 November 20 2008, 13:08:29 UTC

Hah!

fallen42 November 19 2008, 18:13:15 UTC

That sounds like a reasonable approach. Really, the test pilot goal is more than enough to keep you busy for some time to come. Also, control systems is a very powerful and marketable set of knowledge, so it will leave you with a myriad of options. Don't forget that you can continue tinkering with GR in your off time. I've been tinkering with photonic device design off and on since I graduated, even though I currently work in computational fluid/solid dynamics.

I didn't know you were becoming interested in control theory. I picked up some linear systems theory in a Fourier Optics course and was impressed with how much information could be milked out of such systems with little knowledge of the details of the systems. I never got too depp into the subject though. However, Sam B. did, so if you need someone to bounce control ideas off of, think about contacting him. I'm sure he would love to chat about control theory applied to spaceship design.

fox359 November 20 2008, 13:11:54 UTC

Yeah, controls actually has some extremely deep material. In fact, there were many connections with quantum mechanics and relativity! (Mostly having to do with the observability.) The mathemetical theories were truly powerful and very general. It was awesome. It'd definitely be a great topic to bring up with Sam B. :)

My graduate advisor put it a great way... Dr. Drakunov (my controls Prof. and possible thesis advisor) is really a mathematician masquerading as a physicist and engineer. ;)

demercio76 November 20 2008, 00:21:28 UTC

How about something with avionics? And I'll agree with sissmith on what she says.