At the end of the end of March (end of the winter quarter) I outlined the following goals for my upcoming weeks:
This quarter, I need to:
Degree stuff:
- finish incorporating Kerry’s MS thesis proposal comments and get it back out to committee
- draft a PhD dissertation proposal, get committee comments, and incorporate
- finalize DDE draft and get it submitted somewhere
- finalize remaining bypass package materials
Other:
- finalize and give CSE 500 public research talk
- register and source travel funding for ICRS this summer
- put together ICRS presentation
For the next ~2 weeks I’ll focus on the most time-sensitive: registering and applying for funding for ICRS; finalizing the CSE 500 talk (I have a practice run scheduled for April 2); and the MS thesis proposal.
Progress
I completed all of my goals for the last two weeks! I registered for ICRS, booked preliminary accommodations (which are fully refundable thru July 17), and submitted travel funding applications (details here). I finished the CENV 500 presentation and gave my my practice talk – feedback was very positive, and I have minimal tweaks to make before the real deal on April 17. Finally, I finished incorporating committee feedback on my MS thesis proposal today and sent it back to committee for any additional comments! This is super exciting for me, as I’m really trying to finish the bypass package this quarter.
Next 2 weeks (April 6 - April 17)
For the next two weeks I want to (in no particular order):
- Incorporate final comments on my CENV 500 talk and then give the Town Hall talk (April 17) – invite lab members!
- Outline of PhD proposal for bypass package
- Document and familiarize myself with all remaining steps/deliverables for bypassing
- Complete all follow-up analyses/tasks for the DDE manuscript that have been sitting on the back burner (e.g., re-running epimachinery analysis, fixing figures, etc)
Full-month goal
By the end of April I’d ideally like to:
- have a draft of PhD proposal to send to committee
- have finalized updated draft of DDE manuscript with coauthor comments