Tuesday, December 29, 2009

December the 29th - 2009 Wrap-Up

Firefox and Pidgin beta installations
Google Docs organization
BMMB 598C syllabus review
XMarks cleanup

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

December the 16th - 100th Post!

FINALS WEEK - END FALL '09

Wake Up: 11PM Sunday the 13th
Worked until morning on laboratory organization materials
Went out to brunch with Sydney and Dr C on Monday morning
Returned to Fenske to continue studying
Studied ChE 535-Rxn Eng overnight
Nap, midnight-1:30am on Tuesday the 15th
ChE 535 exam, 8am
Retrieved feedback for ChE 535 presentation project
Returned to apartment briefly
India Pavilion!  (Annette, Ben, Sydney, Dr. C, Matt, Brian, Jilli)
Returned to lab to design 'Electronic Laboratory Notebook'
Spiraling doom...
CRASH (6:30PM)

Wake Up: 2:30AM Wednesday the 16th
Set up 'Software Configuration' site
Organized some Course Harvest stuff; created 'Classes_Multimedia' sync
Pack up, head to lab!

Tuesday, August 25, 2009

August the 31st

Write 'SHOtime Reflections' paper

Stop by the HUB; fill out 'officer report form'
  • Vice President - Kristin Adolfsen (kja5015)
  • Secretary – Stephen Pishney (srp5072)
  • Treasurer – Dan Reilly (dtr5016)
  • Service Chair – Taylor Schulz (tcs5043)
Pick up camera tripod from Matt

Plan 'Toxic Mold: A Housewarming Party'

Maybe Chem 212 tutoring (1-2pm)... check messages!

ChE 438 videotaping

Inoculate aerobic (dd1,7,1cy,7cy) cultures for plasmid harvest

ENGR 497I - Teaching Internship at night

Continue process Lab Access Request forms
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Honors Orientation
Complete by posting Mentor Evaluation
Sign up for next year in September!

OXE - ChemE Honors
Fill out 'officer report' form in HUB
Decide on when to have the first informational meeting
Work on 'introductory meeting planning document'

Friday, August 21, 2009

Penn State Scheduling

// College Is A Party //

Fall 2006 (7 ChE, 3 BMB)
ChE 210H - ChemE Material Balances
ChE 220H - ChemE Thermodynamics
BMB 251H - Molecular and Cellular Biology I
Engl 030H - Rhetoric and Composition
Chem 038 - Organic Chemistry I
Math 251.101 - Partial Differential Equations
ChE 097S - ChemE Freshman Seminar
Kines 089 - ORION Program

Spring 2007 (4 ChE, 3 BMB, 1 ChE)
ChE 350 - Process Heat Transfer
ME 033 - Fluid Dynamics
Chem 039 - Organic Chemistry II
BMB 252H - Molecular and Cellular Biology II
Micrb 201H - Microbiology
Photo 100 - Photographic Arts
ChE 300 - Professional Development Seminar

Summer 2007
Engr 295 - Co-Op I
EE 305 - Circuits and Devices
EMch 013 - Strength of Materials

Fall 2007
Engr 395 - Co-Op II
Nutr 100 - Contemporary Nutrition Concerns
Art 003 - Visual Images On The Web
Art 297A - Intro to Web Design
Matse 081 - Intro to Materials Science

Spring 2008
ChE 340 - Biomolecular Engineering
ChE 360 - Mathematical Modeling
ChE 410 - Mass Transfer Operations
Engr 411 - Entrepreneurship Business Basics
FdSc 406 - Biochemistry of Nutrition
IBIOS 593 - Molecular Laboratory Methods
Kines 017 - Ballroom Dance

Fall 2008
ChE 524 – Principles and Applications of Thermodynamics
ChE 438 – Bioprocess Engineering
ChE 449 – Bioseparations
BMB 401H – Honors Biochemistry
LA 498H – Honors Leadership Mentoring
Engr 310 – Entrepreneurial Leadership
ChE 494H – Honors ChemE Research

Spring 2009
BMB 474 – Analytical Biochemistry
ChE 597C – Scientific and Technical Communication
BMB 402 – Biochemical Pathways
Phys 214 – Wave and Quantum Mechanics
ChE 494H – Honors ChemE Research
ChE 496 – Independent Project

Fall 2009
LA 498H - Honors Leadership Mentoring
Engr 497I - Teaching Internship Seminar
Chem 457 - Experimental Physical Chemistry
BMB 400 - Molecular Biology of the Gene
ChE 535 - Chemical Reaction Engineering
ChE 494H – Honors ChemE Research
ChE 496 – Independent Project
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ChE 494H 12 Credits
ChE 496 6 Credits

Sunday, August 9, 2009

August the Ninth

Current schedule for Fall 2009:

CORE
ChE 535 3 Graduate Reaction Engineering
Chem 457 2 Physical Chemistry Lab
NOT-REALLY-CLASSES
Engr 497I 0.5 Teaching Intern Orientation
LA 498H 1 Honors Orientation
ChE 494H 3 Honors Research
ChE 496 3 Independent Study
DEFINITELY-NOT-GOING
BMB 400 2 Molecular Genetics
ChE 320 3 Phase and Chemical Equilibrium (Web)

Total Credits: 17.5 (10 of courses, 6 of research, 1.5 of orientations)

May just audit ChE 320; may just skip BMB 400 (5 credits overall)
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Current schedule for Spring 2010:

CORE
ChE 470 3 ChemE Design
ChE 480M 2 ChemE Lab
Chem 452 3 Quantum Chem
Chem 466 3 Statistical Thermo
NOT-REALLY-CLASSES
ChE 494H 3 Honors Research
ChE 496 3 Independent Study

Total Credits: 17 (11 of courses, 6 of research)

May just skip Chem 452 (3 credits)

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

June the 16th

Carnivorous Plant Toolkit:

Sterile Microcentrifuge Tubes
Sterile 1mL Pipette Tips
1mL Pipetteman

Sterile 25mL graduated cylinder
Sterile 500mL distilled water
Sterile Forceps
Sterile Spoonulas

Timer
Tabletop centrifuge
Bleach
Tween-20
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Species:
  1. D. capensis "Narrow"
  2. D. capensis "Albino"
  3. D. burmannii
  4. D. tokaiensis
Technique:

http://brandon.curtis.googlepages.com/carnivorousplants4

Friday, April 3, 2009

April the Third

So... that bike ride never happened. I ran into a prospective student on my way out, and I put the hour toward a tour of the place instead. After that I tutored physics and got half-price dinner at Pita Pit, and planned to finish off the night with a physics lab. Unsurprisingly, I got distracted in Fenske... and ended up spending ~5 hours teaching material balances and thermodynamics to a group of students that had gathered.

It's almost 5am again... and probably a good time to look at tomorrow.

A Full Day

1200-1400 Tutoring (organic chemistry)
-- Lunch and coordination with home --
-- Review Session planning --
1640-1730 ChE 340 Review
1800-2300 Ag Ball

The Weekend

-- Review Session Coordination --
1400-1800 OChem Review Session
-- Apartment Redux --

The Further Weekend

-- All day reserved for biochemical engineering --