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Sacred Ground
Well everyone, it's Friday again. It seems as though I forget about my this blog until Friday and then I remember that I want to put up some links. However, today I probably should not be taking time out of the day to right a blog post but I have had an incredibly productive 10 days (more on that in a moment) and I really just want to spend a few minutes trying to put some thoughts down in cyber space to share with you all today.
-I found this site on fluid dynamics and it is a great way to spend 5-500 minutes watching awesome physics videos of fluids. I particularly like the bouncing water video (scroll down a little and you'll find it).
Like I mentioned, I have essentially been on a 10 day school/work week. Fall break was last Monday and Tuesday (10th and 11th) and thus I had a short week last week. But as fate would have it I was asked to teach over the weekend, essentially eliminating my "weekend." Thus I have been on campus from about 9-5 every day since last Wednesday. Now, don't let that fool you, being a graduate student is also very flexible and I have had my fair share of down time. But still, 10 straight days of being in the lab and constantly working on multiple projects has been yearning for a break.
With that said, I want to take a minute and discuss my experience at the 9th Annual Peck Symposium. The Peck Symposium is hosted by the IPPH Department here at Purdue to honor Dr. Garnet E. Peck for his contributions not only to Purdue but to the world of pharmaceutics. Dr. Peck is the lab instructor for the class I teach (I mainly teach coating, that's important for this next part). Now I understood that Dr. Peck has had quite the impact on pharmaceuticals working with everything from tableting, to encapsulation, to coating. But I did not know that he was essentially the pioneer of latex-based coatings that have been used in pharmaceuticals for thirty years. So when I am teaching the coating lab and Dr. Peck walks into to inspect our work and says, "Those tablets look good!" that is more than just a professor telling you that you're doing it right. To me, that is like Derek Jeter telling me I am a good hitter! It is absolutely an honor to be working with someone of the caliber of Dr. Peck. So yesterday was an eye opening day for me and my teaching experience. But there is more...
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| Dr. Garnet E. Peck, Professor Emeritus Purdue University, IPPH |
The symposium featured speakers from across the country as well as a couple Purdue professors (including my own major prof. Dr. Taylor). These speakers are from some of the top Universities/companies for both Pharmaceutical Sciences and research in general, including; University of Kentucky, University of Wisconsin, Johnson and Johnson, University of Connecticut, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and the University of South Florida. And I understand that when you are invited to speak at a conference that you humbly talk about how honored you are to speak at the event. But, on multiple occasions the speakers kept referring to Purdue as "sacred ground" in the field of solid state chemistry (SSC). I know that Purdue has been a leader in the SSC for pharmaceuticals but it astonished me that these people from across the country saw this opportunity to speak at Purdue as one of their most honored experiences. I may take being at Purdue for granted some days but today I truly feel blessed to be at Purdue University studying at the "sacred ground!"
All in all, it was an inspiring day for myself and the rest of the grad students who attended the symposium. Next year I will have a poster with some of my work presented at the symposium as a warm-up to the AAPS National Convention.
Enough of me blabbering on. I have only a couple fragments for you all this week...
-Two words, Quantum Levitation. Check out a quick link here, but the video is freaking catnip for science nerds!!!
-Two words, Quantum Levitation. Check out a quick link here, but the video is freaking catnip for science nerds!!!
-I found this site on fluid dynamics and it is a great way to spend 5-500 minutes watching awesome physics videos of fluids. I particularly like the bouncing water video (scroll down a little and you'll find it).
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Fragmented Fragments
Alright, so I have been quite busy the last week and I am sorry but I do not have enough links for a full fragments. However I will give an update on a few things happening around Purdue and elsewhere...
-Next week is the 9th Annual Peck Symposium at Purdue University hosted by our department (IPPH). This year will focus on amorphous and crystalline solids, which is basically everything that our lab covers.
-Dr. Steve Byrn, a professor here in our department, is the chair of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE). It consists of 10 Universities and last week the FDA awarded them a very large grant, up to 35 million dollars!
-Thanks goes to my brother Jacob (and Yahoo) for finding this awesome video of Dude Perfect and Brodie Smith in a trick shot showdown...it's pretty awesome!
-Twitter blew up last night with the announcement of another big recruit coming to Purdue for basketball...and there's even talk of a fab five (I'm looking at you Gary Harris)!
-This weekend I am teaching a regulatory class for industry professionals. It is the same class that I teach during the school year, just crammed into three days.
-Lastly, I am headed to the West Lafayette at Lafayette Central Catholic football game tonight. Both teams are undefeated (8-0) and both teams are number one in the state in their respective classes (WL-3A, LCC-1A). Tonight's game is for a year of bragging rights, an undefeated regular season, and a conference title as both teams are in the Hoosier Conference. Shout out to my pal Tommy for getting me tickets, considering they've sold 4500 for a high school football game!
-Next week is the 9th Annual Peck Symposium at Purdue University hosted by our department (IPPH). This year will focus on amorphous and crystalline solids, which is basically everything that our lab covers.
-Dr. Steve Byrn, a professor here in our department, is the chair of the National Institute for Pharmaceutical Technology and Education (NIPTE). It consists of 10 Universities and last week the FDA awarded them a very large grant, up to 35 million dollars!
-Thanks goes to my brother Jacob (and Yahoo) for finding this awesome video of Dude Perfect and Brodie Smith in a trick shot showdown...it's pretty awesome!
-Twitter blew up last night with the announcement of another big recruit coming to Purdue for basketball...and there's even talk of a fab five (I'm looking at you Gary Harris)!
-This weekend I am teaching a regulatory class for industry professionals. It is the same class that I teach during the school year, just crammed into three days.
-Lastly, I am headed to the West Lafayette at Lafayette Central Catholic football game tonight. Both teams are undefeated (8-0) and both teams are number one in the state in their respective classes (WL-3A, LCC-1A). Tonight's game is for a year of bragging rights, an undefeated regular season, and a conference title as both teams are in the Hoosier Conference. Shout out to my pal Tommy for getting me tickets, considering they've sold 4500 for a high school football game!
Friday Fragments (9/30/11)
Well this week has been quite the crap-shoot of productivity. At the times when I needed to be productive and get stuff done, I wasn't able to focus between the upcoming football, ridiculously ever-changing weather, and random activities around the lab. And other times when I had time to just sit back and relax I decided to to go big instead of go home (my ass still hurts from plyometrics on Tuesday but whatever). So, I have about an half hour to burn before my last requirement for the week on campus, my major professor's is giving a seminar to another department...and there's free refreshments!
Anyway, I wasn't prepared for a Fragments this week because I have just been lazy and forgotten to save interesting articles. Plus, I have spent a good amount of my usual time spent of science and news articles looking at the Purdue vs Notre Dame preview and fantasy football stats. See Hammerandrails.com or BoiledSports.com for good Purdue sports blogs!
Side Note: Quick shout out to my brother, Adam, is 0-3 in our fantasy league but is by far the best manager I ever had in a fantasy league. The dude writes extensive weekly reviews about the match-ups, previews upcoming games, and has created a ton of weekly "trophies" for me to waste time looking at during the week. It feels some much more legit when I win! Thanks dude! (I should also note that he isn't completely terrible at fantasy football, but he drafted Arian Foster [bust #1] and Peyton Manning before the surgery [bust #2]).
I digress, so I do have a few interesting links for you to finish your week up with...
-Being in the field of pharmaceuticals I get asked the same question a lot; "Why do drugs cost so much?" I could (and will someday soon) explain the situation and my view on how the system works and how I believe it should work. But until then here is a very well written article to explain some of the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry. I disagree with the idea thrown out at the end that the industry will enter an "Ice Age" soon but otherwise it is a very good article. (About 5-10 minute read)
-If you have ever seen those annoying QR codes and wondered what reasonable application they can have, look no further. Wikipedia is going to start incorporating them into, well, anything and everything! The Indianapolis Children's Museum is already using them. I personally think this is a great idea!
-AlphaDog robot project...the video speaks for itself (hint: it's creepily awesome).
-I believe I may have noted about new injection techniques earlier but here is quick article about the advancement of needles and the future of injections. This is standard IPPH stuff.
-Lastly, if you remember back in the spring there was talk of "alien life" found on earth. Well, if you are really hurting to waste some time, this review over at PopSci.com is a great look at the debacle that is/was the "new life" form and the subsequent fallout for the scientists involved.
Alright that's all I got right now. Oh and don't forget to Boiler Up this weekend against the Crying Irish of Notre Dame!
Anyway, I wasn't prepared for a Fragments this week because I have just been lazy and forgotten to save interesting articles. Plus, I have spent a good amount of my usual time spent of science and news articles looking at the Purdue vs Notre Dame preview and fantasy football stats. See Hammerandrails.com or BoiledSports.com for good Purdue sports blogs!
Side Note: Quick shout out to my brother, Adam, is 0-3 in our fantasy league but is by far the best manager I ever had in a fantasy league. The dude writes extensive weekly reviews about the match-ups, previews upcoming games, and has created a ton of weekly "trophies" for me to waste time looking at during the week. It feels some much more legit when I win! Thanks dude! (I should also note that he isn't completely terrible at fantasy football, but he drafted Arian Foster [bust #1] and Peyton Manning before the surgery [bust #2]).
I digress, so I do have a few interesting links for you to finish your week up with...
-Being in the field of pharmaceuticals I get asked the same question a lot; "Why do drugs cost so much?" I could (and will someday soon) explain the situation and my view on how the system works and how I believe it should work. But until then here is a very well written article to explain some of the dynamics of the pharmaceutical industry. I disagree with the idea thrown out at the end that the industry will enter an "Ice Age" soon but otherwise it is a very good article. (About 5-10 minute read)
-If you have ever seen those annoying QR codes and wondered what reasonable application they can have, look no further. Wikipedia is going to start incorporating them into, well, anything and everything! The Indianapolis Children's Museum is already using them. I personally think this is a great idea!
-AlphaDog robot project...the video speaks for itself (hint: it's creepily awesome).
-I believe I may have noted about new injection techniques earlier but here is quick article about the advancement of needles and the future of injections. This is standard IPPH stuff.
-Lastly, if you remember back in the spring there was talk of "alien life" found on earth. Well, if you are really hurting to waste some time, this review over at PopSci.com is a great look at the debacle that is/was the "new life" form and the subsequent fallout for the scientists involved.
Alright that's all I got right now. Oh and don't forget to Boiler Up this weekend against the Crying Irish of Notre Dame!
An Outline to Grad School
Well, my first major graduate school requirement has beenassigned to me for the spring semester. I will be giving my “first required seminar” to the department. I am both excited and nervous already. Because of this I feel it’s only appropriateto give a little overview of how my graduate school outline looks. I originallywas going to post a new “Under the Hood” featuring my topic for the seminar(and what will eventually become my thesis work) but I want to have a largebackground before I write that post so that I can accurately paraphrase,because in reality I would bet none of you really care. But I appreciate all the site views andsupport for my blog regardless!
Anyway, if you go onto the Purdue IPPH website it has linksfor the curriculum and requirements but the links just lead to underconstruction pages. So I will do my bestto fill you. The Pharmaceutics Ph.D.program is considered a five year program so I will break it down into thosefive years and what is expected.
Year One –
- Finish any pre-requisite classes (Physical Chemistry, Linear Algebra andDifferential Equations, etc.).
- Take full course load of classes that are either helpful for your futureresearch or helpful for background in you research area (Organic Spectroscopy,Statistical Design of Experiments, Computation Chemistry, etc.).
- STAY OUT OF TROUBLE academically!
Year Two –
- Begin working in the laboratory.
- Identify area of research for thesis (non-specific).
- Give “First Required Seminar”involving a literary review of relevant topics and preliminary data.
- Take a few more classes that could aid in your work (Properties of Solids,Crystallography, etc.)
Year Three –
- Continue lab projects.
- Take one or two more classes.
- Complete an “Oral Preliminary Exam”based on your direction of your thesis work. Sometimes this is referred as an Opening Defense.
Year Four –
- Lab experiments.
- Write thesis.
- Enjoy life.
Year Five (and Beyond) –
- Give “Last Required Seminar” overyour thesis research to the department.
- Complete your “Thesis Defense.”
- Submit your final “Thesis.”
- Get a job!
So as you can see there are essentially five big milestonesfor the graduate curriculum (bold). I amexcited because I am finally getting to start on the first one! I guarantee you will be hearing much more aboutall of these as they come and go.
As for my First Required Seminar, that involves an hourpresentation to all the professors and students in the department. It is the stepping stone into givingpresentations at conferences and preparing for the grind of publishing anddefending work during and after graduate school. Needless to say, this might be the leastsignificant presentation I ever give professionally, but it will definitelykeep me up a few nights in the near future!
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