Tom Bress Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Hello! I've been away from the forums for some time now but now I'm back. I've been making the final push on my doctorate and I'm finally done! I defended my thesis on Monday and the committee passed me. I'm walking around in a state of shock. I've been working on this for a long time while holding down a full time job as support engineer/lab manager here at the University of Michigan and it is hard to believe that it is finally done. If anyone wants to know about how to use particle image velocimetry to measure the velocity vector fields of polymer melts during injection molding, I'm your man. This also means that I'll be starting a job hunt in the next month or so. I'll post something in the Jobs forum when I'm ready to start the hunt, but if anyone out there is interested in a mechanical engineering PhD/CLA/CPI/PE then PM me. But for now, I'm going to concentrate on catching up on all the sleep I've lost this past month or so. Quote
Grampa_of_Oliva_n_Eden Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Feb 18 2009, 03:15 PM) Hello! I've been away from the forums for some time now but now I'm back. I've been making the final push on my doctorate and I'm finally done! I defended my thesis on Monday and the committee passed me. I'm walking around in a state of shock. I've been working on this for a long time while holding down a full time job as support engineer/lab manager here at the University of Michigan and it is hard to believe that it is finally done. If anyone wants to know about how to use particle image velocimetry to measure the velocity vector fields of polymer melts during injection molding, I'm your man.This also means that I'll be starting a job hunt in the next month or so. I'll post something in the Jobs forum when I'm ready to start the hunt, but if anyone out there is interested in a mechanical engineering PhD/CLA/CPI/PE then PM me. But for now, I'm going to concentrate on catching up on all the sleep I've lost this past month or so. Congratulations! Try GE Plastics - The sell the plastic used in DVDs and consult with their customers on how to achieve the molds they need. Technicolor - (maybe bd memory) They make a lot of DVDs (talk about quality control, when your final check involves an AFM!) Ben Quote
PaulG. Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Feb 18 2009, 03:15 PM) If anyone wants to know about how to use particle image velocimetry to measure the velocity vector fields of polymer melts during injection molding, I'm your man. Oh ... kay Congratulations! :thumbup: Quote
crelf Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Feb 18 2009, 03:15 PM) I defended my thesis on Monday and the committee passed me. :thumbup: Wow! That's *fantastic* - well done mate! I can imagine that you're going to feel a little empty for a while. Try to fill that void with sleep and LabVIEW Quote
Tom Bress Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (crelf @ Feb 18 2009, 03:39 PM) :thumbup: Wow! That's *fantastic* - well done mate! I can imagine that you're going to feel a little empty for a while. Try to fill that void with sleep and LabVIEW That's just what I intend to do. Well, maybe I'll fill the void with sleep, LabVIEW and some single-malt scotch! Actually, I don't want to pursue a career in plastics. I've had much more fun with my day job doing LabVIEW-related stuff. Currently I'm playing with the Wiimote vis available on the NI website. We give the senior mechanical engineering students an open-ended project involving accelerometers, this term I'm going to outfit our PCs with Bluetooth dongles and throw some Wiimotes in the mix. It will be interesting to see what the students do with them. I'll write some black-box sub-vis encapsulating the Wiimote-specific code and make the Wiimote accelerometer traces accessible as outputs. Then we'll let the students do some LabVIEW coding on their own and see what they come up with. Quote
ASTDan Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 Wow Tom that is fantastic!! Congratulations! "announcer" Hey Tom now that your a PhD, what are you going to do now? "you" I'm going to the SEMLUG meeting!!! <scene with parade and balloons> Quote
Tom Bress Posted February 19, 2009 Author Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (ASTDan @ Feb 18 2009, 04:11 PM) Wow Tom that is fantastic!! Congratulations!"announcer" Hey Tom now that your a PhD, what are you going to do now? "you" I'm going to the SEMLUG meeting!!! <scene with parade and balloons> I'll be there! I may be late, but I'll be there! Quote
crelf Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Feb 18 2009, 03:51 PM) Well, maybe I'll fill the void with sleep, LabVIEW and some single-malt scotch! You drink single malts as well?!?! Wow - you definately need to http://forums.lavag.org/Senior-Systems-Engineer-Test-Software-and-Integration-Group-t9931.html' target="_blank">check this out Quote
gleichman Posted February 19, 2009 Report Posted February 19, 2009 QUOTE (Tom Bress @ Feb 18 2009, 04:25 PM) I'll be there! I may be late, but I'll be there! Just in time for the pizza? Please don't sleep during the presentation! Maybe I'll bring my nerf gun in case anyone doses off. Quote
crelf Posted February 20, 2009 Report Posted February 20, 2009 QUOTE (gleichman @ Feb 18 2009, 06:06 PM) Maybe I'll bring my nerf gun in case anyone doses off. Thanks for the advanced warning - I'll be sure to does up on caffine this morning Quote
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