Today there were a number of exciting conversations, particularly about upcoming projects. First off, our lab just welcomed two visiting students from the Netherlands who are here for a 3 month internship. One of the students will be working with me on an aspect of my PhD research. This morning my supervisor sat down with the student to run through the project goals and motivations. We've outlined a really cool experience and it seems like the student is looking forward to the work.
Later in the day, just after lunch, my supervisor and I had a Skype session with a professor in Christchurch (University of Canterbury). One of his students (actually from his old position at Cambridge) will visit our lab next month to run experiments. We had a discussion about what equipment they'd like to use and what we need to do to prepare. In the end, we decided that I would send a couple prints for the machine shop at UC. This is neat for two reasons; first typically my prints stay in house where I can talk through the design with our workshop, so this will be an new experience. Second, these folks are looking to visit our lab because of the hardware we have available (which was created as part of my thesis). It's awesome that others see the value in our work and want to collaborate. At the end of the day I modeled the new parts and worked up prints that I sent on.
Also today I kept up with my reading and even found a couple new books in the library. I've started in on one of these new resources and it looks like a great read.
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