Working for a change
We have one of our research colaborator’s visiting QoH’s lab this week. He wanted to make sure that the devices QoH developed for them actually work, and that he is not bull shitting them. Aparently, he had promised them something earlier and had lied about its’ status. So I dont blame those guys for wanting to cross check this time around.
Anyways, the grad student incharge of that project was out of town interviewing for an admit into the PhD program at one of the Ivy league schools. So as always, I get called on to fill in for him.
I started working with the visiting researcher this morning, and found out that *nothing* was working, or for that matter even ready. Spent all day troubleshooting the devices and making sure that the visitor had everything he needed to run the tests. By early evening we had prepared a pretty impressive list of items that needed to be purchased. After a bit of research on google, we found a place where we could get all the wierd stuff we needed. The only problem was that that place was about 45 miles from my university. Luckily for me, QoH volunteered to go shopping for them along with the visitor. While they were gone, I used that time to conduct two interviews for undergraduate positions in my lab, help out the students for the course I am TAing, and complete the prep work for the tests.
It has been a 13 hour work day, but I am happy. Atleast now I know that I am still capable of doing something productive.
I started working with the visiting researcher this morning, and found out that *nothing* was working, or for that matter even ready. Spent all day troubleshooting the devices and making sure that the visitor had everything he needed to run the tests. By early evening we had prepared a pretty impressive list of items that needed to be purchased. After a bit of research on google, we found a place where we could get all the wierd stuff we needed. The only problem was that that place was about 45 miles from my university. Luckily for me, QoH volunteered to go shopping for them along with the visitor. While they were gone, I used that time to conduct two interviews for undergraduate positions in my lab, help out the students for the course I am TAing, and complete the prep work for the tests.
It has been a 13 hour work day, but I am happy. Atleast now I know that I am still capable of doing something productive.
