Powerless
My research is frustrating. Power engineering is such an unfamiliar realm of study for me – still. My undergrad electrical engineering background did not really cover concepts of power very in-depth;...
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Honey, no one is going to read your thesis! – ah bon…
‘Honey, no one is going to read your thesis!’ C’est la phrase que m’a lancé une sympathique chercheure australienne à la conférence à laquelle j’assistais dernièrement à Berkeley (voir ma chronique...
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Writing Wednesdays
Ask anyone what Graduate School is about and the first thing they will probably tell you is that you have to write a thesis. In reality, we all know that Grad School is about a looooot of different...
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Getting discouraged
Feeling discouraged? Me too! And this guy… The hauler of a boat, by Honoré Daumier.Image from wikigallery.org I’m sure it’s bound to happen to most graduate students during their thesis-writing days....
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Formatting: An unexpected challenge of thesis-writing!
Photo credit Help Desk, reed.edu As spring approaches, so do some important deadlines for graduate students. For many of us, we’ll be submitting an initial draft of our thesis in April, which is (eep)...
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Rolling with the Punches: Coping with Change in Grad School
Photo by Flickr user Frederico Cintra. Entering the second semester of my master’s, I was following my proposed schedule perfectly. I had completed all of my required course work, applied for funding,...
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So you submitted your thesis… What’s next?
Photo by @GradLifeMcGill instagrammer @aleksbud On December 7, I submitted my master’s thesis. All of my blood, sweat, and tears that went into this project – the entire reason I’m in Montreal and at...
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