Many things happened at once when our program began a year ago. Our orientation week was cut short and we missed the first week of classes due to Hurricane Harvey. After that, getting into the…
The first 9 months of my post-academic life were filled with moving back in with my parents, trying to find a job, questioning my choices, catching up on sleep, and getting re-acquainted with the…
This past December, I applied for a National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. If received, it would fully fund my graduate education, providing me the freedom to join any lab I…
Completing a PhD is like running a marathon. You can approach it as a race and attempt to finish first, or you can merely focus on finishing. Instead of pacing myself in anticipation of the long road…