Week in advance: 11-17 January

This week I am moving onto the big fish... that is I am ready to jump back into the heavy parts of my thesis.  First this week I'd like to knock out the design for the parts/devices I am planning to take overseas in a couple months.  Getting the prints of these parts to the machine shop is crucial in order to having the assembled gear for my trip.  Second I would like to prepare a new sample to retry a failed experiment from before the break.  With this a good sample and successful measurements I'll have a great piece of data for publication and for my talk at a conference next month.  I have a number of other smaller jobs that I'll pepper in as reasonable, but my focus will be shifting to larger blocks of work.