There are probably more things in my day than sleeping, eating, and researching, but right now I can't think of anything. Today, Saturday, Karen was super nice and came down to campus early with me. We grabbed a quick breakfast in the Cougareat (bagels and super good BYU creamery chocolate milk), then it was off to the Clyde building to do some research. Five hours later I had a lot accomplished. I'm studying a large gong BYU's School of Music recently bought. It has some unique acoustic properties that aren't well understood. The project is intriguing. As soon as my advisor and I get close to an answer, more questions pop up. We're currently writing a paper we hope to submit to the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America; and we've submitted an abstract to present at the ASA national convention at Portland in May. This picture's not the most glamorous in the world, but it shows the gong all right. So I spend most of my time researching this gong, doing school, and being with Karen, though I don't do nearly as much of the latter as I would like.
I've been applying to graduate schools: BYU, PennState, GeorgiaTech, Purdue, and UT-Austin. They've all got great acoustics programs. It's hard to say which is my top pick, and I'm excited to hear back from them.
I'm also anxious to hear back from The Boeing Company. I had an internship up there this past summer and there may be a job offer in the works.
That's about it. Here's to my inaugural post on our blog. Thanks for reading.
That's pretty cool. Are those microphones in the picture? It sounds like this is a challenge, and I'm sure you'll be able to better explain it once May comes around. That will be cool.
ReplyDeleteYay David for posting! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm so proud of my hubby. He's so smart. :) Seriously, when he talks about this stuff that just goes WOOP over my head, it's fabulous. (Though he does do a great job of explaining.)
Those are cables we use to send signals around from one piece of equipment to another.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen, for the encouragement. It might be a while before I get really into it. I appreciate your gusto.
I love the gong. Gongs are cool because the name "gong" makes the sound "gong." There's a word for that, right? :)
ReplyDeleteI'm proud of you too, David. :)