March the Twenty-Seventh

*Wakeup* (11am)
Tutoring (12-3pm)
Mentoring stuff
ChE 340
Dinner
Nap (8-12am)
*Sleep* (6am)

March the Twenty-Fifth

*wakeup*
Major OChem Review (all non-rxn Midterm 3 material)
-- breakfast --
12:00-3:00 Tutoring - Chem 210 and BMB 251
Head back to apartment to clean up...
Reformat refurbished hard drive (with external adapter)
-- Dinner -- (quesadillas with Ben)
4:30 - 6:00 ChE 340

AIChE Signup (extended until April 8th!)
Collect some research direction from emails
Backup to Transfer Drive

Review ChE 210, 220 material
Apartment Phys 214:

• ( ) Read chapters 33, 34
  
• ( ) Prewrite lab report

Begin prepping OChem Review Powerpoint
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BMB 402

• Finish "electron transport chain" readings

ChE 597C

• Organize Website
  

Other

• Rescue plants; check on CPTC
• Rebuild transfer hard drive
• Activate sync on P4_H2O
• Learn how to use RefWorks
• Pfalzcraft warranty information
• Jesse's Project
  

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AIChE Regionals (Mid-Atlantic)

Very little information available!

• Register for $65 until April 8th
• Register for $80 until the day-of
• Paper and Poster Competitions require the following:
  Name, Email, Institution, Research Area and Topic
  Description of the Paper/Poster
  
• AIChE Paper Competition website

RHODOBACTER:
Pushing forward the HERSHEY collaboration seems like something that could be done with minimal effort since they are very interested and very excited about potential of isotopic labeling.
BRANDON ... do the sell N-15 labeled yeast extract?
The primary NMR work would be done with just N-15 labeling and not carbon. Some planning there would also be useful.

Building a floatation meter (with multiple LEDs) is still something i would like to undertake ASAP. Working with the details of the algae floatimeter would lend directly to constructing a simple flow through device to monitor absorption ratio for example for a computer controlled feed strategy for a reactor.

RHODOBACTER:
BRANDON, we need to push hard for a conference call with ARGONNE - tomorrow if possible.
Push for new round of data as well as cloning maps for planning.
I will send email this AM.
Clearly need to take a shot at draft of Woodward grant to get that off dead center.
The details of what Hershey will do will have to be super crudely sketched out to help them start filling in blanks.
I sent letter to NIH to request ability to update the NIH-RO1 proposal for the updated strategy for membrane proteins with Hershey.

March the Twenty-Fourth

*wakeup*
Shower; file download
-- breakfast --
8:45-9:45 Tutoring - Chem 212
9:45-12:30 Class

Head back to apartment to work on Phys 214:

• (X) Set up WebAssign
• ( ) Read first chapter (33)
• ( ) Do first WebAssign (Hwk 2)
  
• ( ) Prewrite lab report

4:00-5:00 Tutoring - Phys 250
-- dinner --

Review ChE 210, 220 material
Begin prepping OChem Review (aromatics)
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BMB 402

• Finish "electron transport chain" readings

ChE 597C

• Organize Website
  

Research

• AIChE Presentation details
  

Other

• Rescue plants; check on CPTC
• Rebuild transfer hard drive
• Activate sync on P4_H2O
• Learn how to use RefWorks

Chemical Engineering

• Experimental Design
• Rational Data Fitting
• Statistical Analysis
  
• Numerical Methods and Modeling
• Biochemical Thermodynamics
• Molecular Stability, Enzymes and Kinetics, Concentration, Pathways and Regulation

Thought: teach a ChemE 'overview course' that treats the cell as a chemical reactor!

March the Twenty-Third

Apps, Blog home: http://brandoncurtis.net
Projects home: http://logicalextreme.net

Google Apps, Blogger relocation

Web hosting research

Web host setup (7.5 cents per day!)

Garden Plot!

pKH email

PSU policy review
Org Intent paperwork pickup

Open Source Web Design
Filezilla FTP Engine

Need to get a bit more organized online...

BMB 402

• Finish "electron transport chain" readings
  

BMB 474

• NONE
  

Phys 214

• Set up WebAssign
• Read first chapter (34?)
• Prewrite lab report
  

ChE 597C

• Organize website
  

ChE 340

• Feedback Form
  

pKH

• Organization paperwork pickup
  
• OChem Review stuff
  

Research

• AIChE presentation info

Other

• Register domain name
  Web Hosting Pad
  
• Learn how to use RefWorks
• Plant rescue
  
• Check on CPTC
• Rebuild transfer hard drive

March the 2nd

*wakeup* (1pm)
Grant stuff - OPTIMIZER
psuKnowHow - feedback form


pKH
Review Sessions on campus?
Improve previous Review Packets
Plan for upcoming Review Sessions
Feedback Forms - review sessions, private instruction

Stuff due this week
597C stuff
402 exam
474 exam
Poster

March the 1st

*wakeup*
OChem OChem OChem
psuKnowHow Emails

Dinner

Grant Stuff
ChE 597C Web Design
BMB 402 Review
BMB 474 Review
Write!