Tuesday, March 3, 2009

Dr. Bostian Update

So I know all of you are waiting very patiently to hear the next bit on news on this front. I myself am a little bit less patient but here's how it goes.
Yesterday AC Circuits let out early ( this is the class I take with Dr. Bostian) I was talking to him after class about grad work and all. He was telling me that there are three or maybe for projects that he could win moneys for. One of them would be a melding of Cognitive Radio with Autonmous robots for the purpose of rescue opporations (I told him that I am very interested in that project-because it's exactly what I would like to do). He is working with a guy from Penn State on that one who is a world leader in the field of automonous robots. So basically that project looks good in terms of funding as well. After all of this he told me (numerous times) that should he get funding he'll be taking on more students and that he would very much like me to consider his lab. (I am unoffically offically being recruited to do grad work with Dr. Bostian) After all of this he took up to see his lab, and introduced me to everyone in there. They do some cool stuff up there-I have a bit to learn before I can help too much, but I'm not even graduated yet so I have time. (I did remind Dr. Bostian that I'll be taking all the classes that apply to his work next year, that I currently work in the Autonmous Systems and Controls Lab, and that I have experience in most of the software that his lab uses.)
Basically the way it looks right now is that I'll be do grad work under Dr. Bostian likely on a melding between Coginitive Radio and Autonmous Vehicles.

Monday, March 2, 2009

Snowy today

It's snowy, we got around 4-8 inches of snow last night so day it's all over the place. Was very very pretty yesterday, but today it's mostly trampled. I didn't get any classes canceled and my shoes cut up my ankles for some reason-lucky the general store had duck tape. Add that to the uses of duck tape/star it if it's already there. I have to do a lab now and don't really want to.