an Assistant Professor at Stanford

Posted on Apr 1, 2022

Below is a long blog post about 10 things I learned in the first month of my new job as an Assistant Professor at Stanford University. It’s not for everyone, but if you are curious and want to know more details on what it takes to go from PhD student to professor then this will be interesting (and perhaps useful) reading! I am writing here because there was no way that anyone could have prepared me properly beforehand: everything had changed so drastically since leaving academia behind forever almost six years ago—there were no textbooks or lectures available anywhere outside universities themselves; even Google Scholar didn’t exist yet when I graduated with my master’s degree back then…but now we all use those services every day without thinking twice about them anymore…(or maybe just once). So today let us take some time out together while sitting down somewhere comfortable where we won’t get disturbed by anything else besides ourselves & our thoughts/feelings? How do YOU feel right now? What’s going through your mind?” – “Hmmm” thinking “Well actually yes.” ……….. “Oh yeah!” (more intense staring into space) ——- [pause] End Transmission Enjoy!!! Below is a long blog post about 4D printing, which I wrote for the New Scientist. It’s not online yet so here it is in full: 3-dimensional (3D) printers are already commonplace; they work by building up layers of material to create physical objects from digital designs and have been used to make everything from chocolate bars to houses. But now researchers at Northwestern University have developed new technology that can build things on demand within four dimensions – length, width, depth, time. Their prototype 4D printer takes advantage of materials that change their properties over an extended period of time as external conditions such as heat or light are applied. The first applications could be for biomedicine where self-assembling structures might repair injuries inside living bodies without using invasive surgery. Eventually the technique may help us build smart homes with devices that know when we need them most and respond accordingly. As well as generating parts made out of extruded polymer filament, today’s 3D printers use liquids and powders. Materials including clay, plaster, sandstone and cement can also be combined into complex shapes. A range of more exotic substances has even allowed people to print food, jewellery, bones and skin. Now, these technologies are being pushed further still thanks to the development of a 4th dimension called temporal or dynamic geometry, says Joshua Pearce of Michigan Technological University who was not involved in this study. “In essence you get to shape your material in space and then manipulate its mechanical strength,” he explains. The team started off by designing flexible ‘artificial muscles’ that twisted, turned and folded back onto themselves depending on how much voltage they were supplied with through electrodes placed near their surface. They then created an array of different microscopic models built around these artificial muscle fibres. These included triangles that unfolded like pop-up books when voltage flowed along them, starfish that rolled up and unwound like accordions and pliers-like claws that squeezed shut under electricity. Next, the scientists designed a custom 4D printer capable of controlling voltage across each component at high speed while simultaneously moving them precisely along one axis. This set-up allowed them to print a model of a human heart valve composed entirely from these tiny structures. In addition, because the material was transparent the team could track movements down to millimetre scale resolution via video cameras positioned above and below the object during fabrication. “This allows real-time feedback control of the process,” says John Rogers, professor at Northwestern University, whose group led the project. “You actually see what happens.” As a result, they found that some components expanded quickly enough to burst before they had fully formed whereas others moved too slowly and became permanently de Below is a long blog post about 50+ free things to do in Las Vegas. It’s one of the most read posts on this website and has been viewed over 6,000 times since I published it last year! Below is a long blog post about 2013. I didn’t realize how many changes happened this year, but the list goes on and it was hard to cut it down even though some of these are probably boring for most people. January – I made my first trip out of the country when we traveled with our church group to Costa Rica! It really helped me grow in patience as there were soooo much waiting involved (at least for me). We also got to do fun things like zip lining through jungle canopies which was an awesome experience that left us feeling exhilarated from top to bottom by the end. February- My brother graduated college and moved back home after being away at school since 7th grade!! This meant I could sleep in his old room…YAYYY! Also met up with one of my best friends from highschool who now lives in California working at Nintendo!!! So cool seeing her again =) March: Continued living at home while searching jobs/apartments + tried to get my car fixed for once so i wouldn’t have any more issues or breakdowns. Oh yeah…and started dating someone new =D May: Moved into my own place! Went on vacation with family to Chicago where I saw some amazing sites such as Millennium Park & Navy Pier among other places along Lake Michigan shore line; spent Memorial Day weekend visiting friend who just had baby girl–it felt good having something else besides myself occupy all my time during those days off work because usually nothing happens except maybe watching Netflix alone if you don’t want anything done around house then go ahead try doing whatever task seems impossible right now hahaa ! Summer: Went camping twice over 4 day period going hiking mountain peaks before sunrise each morning followed shortly afterwards swimming holes near river banks later same afternoon . The second trip included spending night under stars gaze listening stories told round fire pit until everyone fell fast sleep exhausted only thing missing was s’mores roasting sticks.. October -Was able start volunteering again within community events organized throughout town hosted by local nonprofit organization who wanted help spread word about their cause(s), but found it difficult due to job schedule conflicts sometimes leaving little free time available between shifts worked elsewhere making sure no money earned went towards rent payment monthly basis instead going straight bank account savings fund every paycheck arrived automatically deposited electronically directly checking account balance statement without fail… December : Finally finished painting entire exterior wood trimmed areas inside garage door framing structure following instructions provided online video tutorial walkthrough showing step by step method process needed complete project efficiently correctly using specific tools required tool belts equipment necessary materials supplies purchased locally hardware store located several blocks downtown area across street intersection main thorough Below is a long blog post about 1400 words. I started with two ideas: one was to share my favorite “science” of the year, and another was to write some general thoughts on blogging in relation to writing for science. I’m not sure which way this will end up going yet – you can see where it took me so far at the top here, but if you want to skip ahead (or just be done with your day), jump down below…you know what they say! And before we begin, don’t forget that every Monday morning around these parts features a new Science Book Club discussion topic–so do check back later today or tomorrow. Now let’s get busy doing science together! When I first got into Twitter many years ago now, I quickly learned how much fun it could be talking to other scientists across disciplines who were interested in similar topics as mine; even better than that was how easy it became to find out information from people working somewhere else in the world without having to spend all kinds of money traveling there. In short order after joining SciAm‘s community online and meeting lots more folks through social media networks like Facebook/Twitter etc., I decided that blogging would also make sense because then anyone anywhere could read whatever I had written no matter whether their own language skills included English too . If only things stayed simple ! Although I enjoy keeping track of various projects via RSS feeds , tracking links over time has proved difficult due largely thanks mainly partly partiallyly mostly possibly in part almost entirely probably somewhat somehow everywhere sometimes never hardly rarely seldom often occasionally constantly quite frequently very few extremely rarely very infrequently barely ever exceedingly rare rather rarest uncommon rather common moderately common pretty frequent very frequent typically regular fairly commonly regularly consistently persistently continually perpetually repeatedly permanently continuously always occasionally oftentimes several times each week often once per month sparingly scarcely hardly scarce rarely practically never . Social media and personal blogging have both been important tools in my research career, providing an opportunity for networking and sharing results in ways that traditional publication cannot match. 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