Cureless

Yesterday evening, after my class in Philo, we went to the Manila Observatory to attend the defense of the 4th year Physics people on their thesis (projects). We saw four projects, our teacher were also there, Sir Mac, our Electromagnetics teacher, Fr. Dan, and others.

I think the theses presented weren’t really that difficult or mathematically challenging since I saw a few theoretical mathematical backgrounds of the subject. Some of it were taken by our batch in Modern Physics & Classical Mechanics.

The Fourier Series was used by one of the students in his laser experiments on providing low cost optical fiber solutions.

The other project was on measuring particle size using the equation (I think that’s in Stat Mech) that computes for the terminal velocity of that small object using laser. This was compared to the government’s way of measuring particles using the microscope.

The third project was a re-invention of another project simulating the brain model using layers of glass and matter and foreign object called gelatin.

The fourth and last project we saw rocked! (And the guy rocks! He’s the cutest 4th year Physics student in the whole world! Reminds me of my former crush!) It was a combination of lots of applications such as Classical Mech, Modern Physics, Photonics, etc. But the main focus of that project, I think, is of Modern Physics since it deals with the energy levels of the electrons of a semiconductor. The project is basically a representation of the electrons going through different energy levels by means of differently massed but evenly shaped pellets. The energy source was simulated by a speaker and the pellets were made to “jump” on top of it. The more pellets were added the bigger the chance for the lightly massed electrons to jump higher to another energy level. The idea was brilliant as most faculty members and panelists applauded after the delivery. But one teacher (the weird looking guy, remember, Jenny?) pointed out that it’d be better if there were other theoretical backups (like the size of the pellets, etc…).

At least the visit at the MO wasn’t futile. And I had at least some idea about what field to choose.

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I just finished my re-defense on my project… and expecting a “nevermind” grade… To hell with her…

Before this week ends, I should have started doing the following…

• Synthesis Paper on Philo (due on 3rd week of March)
• Group Praxis Reflection Paper (by group, I dunno when due)
• Last Programming Project (80 days around the world using graph, hell?)
• Using the phoneline at the boarding house
• Reading The First Filipino

Before this week ends, I should have done the following…

• procurement of Advisement Slip
• submission of Summer Request Form
• reading Tuesdays with Mori

Whatelse?