A working life
Exchange year
Posts written during my Erasmus stay in Toulouse, France 2008-2009
THE PROJECT
May 25th
Finally, today FX and I got a short talk with our tutor concerning our project. We’ve had difficulties with programming a least squares fitting algorithm in C and needed some help (I know there are libraries that implements this functionality already, but we’re not allowed to use them).
Basically we didn’t get too much out of our tutor, but we’re seeing him on Wednesday and he gave us a few hints about how to start coding.
We’re running a bit late as the report on this project has to be delivered on Friday this week. Luckily, most of the report is done (everything we’ve done throughout the year so far), so it’s only the last part that is missing from the report itself.
Tomorrow, there are two presentations to be made, one is QSE (Qualité, Sécurité et Environnement) (Similar to “Eksperter i Team” at NTNU) and the other is Conduit de projet (“Project execution”). I think we’ll do ok on both of them, we’re quite well prepared.
TODAY'S INSPIRATION
May 24th
During a pause from the studies I came across a beautiful homepage. It’s in Spanish, but it’s pretty self explanatory.
If you need inspiration or just want to see a piece of art, this page is it!
It’s definitely worth your time!
No more hold-ups, here’s the link: http://soytuaire.labuat.com/
THINGS I’D RATHER DO
May 23rd
I’d rather travel.
I’d rather stay in the sun eating ice cream.
I’d rather hang out with my fantastic friends!
I’d rather watch a good movie.
I’d rather play beach volley.
I’d rather play Kubb.
I’d rather read a book.
But I’m not.
At some point you get fed up. I’m currently at such a point. I’ve been working loads the past week to finish a project, to write a report about it, to prepare presentations and to study for exams. Now I’m a bit sick and tired of it all.
Moral support is appreciated :)
BREAKING NEWS!
May 22nd
This is a news flash new to the entire world! (If the world is as excited as I am is another matter).
I just found out the project title for next fall’s Masters project. The title is as sexy as
“Doping of semiconductor nanowires grown by molecular beam epitaxy”
It’s great to finally know what what I’m doing the coming semester. I get to spend quite a few hours in the lab using hightech equipment such as Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE), Scanning electron Microscope (SEM) and Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM)! AND I get to work at NTNU’s state-of-the-art Nano lab!
The project is not one of the three I listed as a favourite, but that’s because it wasn’t listed on the list we could choose from (I haven’t found it). My professor mailed me just now and asked if I was interested. You bet!
