Lessons in Time Management
Becoming too productive: Lessons in Time Management At the start of my career, I studied time management to make myself more productive, thinking that is what I needed to do …
Landing the Research Position of your Dreams
Getting a great research position under a top researcher is a very important aspect of graduate school. Some even set their eyes on getting a research position at a specific …
Choosing a Research Topic
Choosing a topic for your research can be a stressful things for many students. Here are the attributes of the ideal research topic.
Choosing an advisor or mentor in graduate school
One of the most common things students ask is how to choose a topic for their research, which I will cover in a separate blog post. I think a more …
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Top Ten Mistakes in STEM Presentations
Universities and businesses give very little training on how to communicate effectively. This is particularly evident when I watch people give technical presentations at meetings or conferences. In this blog …
Getting Started in Numerical Methods
I am often asked ‘What advice do you have for those interested in numerical methods?’ Visualization The key to computation is visualization. Every step of computation can be accelerated …