So updates are a little slow due to Internet connection(text is easy to upload but vids and pics are not) and how busy I´ve been. Dr. Geovany likes to challenge his students which I really enjoy. I was asked to do more work in one week than what I have been asked in classes at the UW to do in an entire quarter. Thankfully I am almost done with my part of the rocket program all that´s left is testing(which could ruin my current optimism) and setting up a serial connection to a computer from the board I´m working on.
I´m actualy about to go eat turkey necks with my labmates so I can´t make a long update. Suposedly turkey necks are a delicacy here in Brazil so I must try them out(will take a pic). We aslso went to a restaurant called Veridas today were you buy food buffet style per kilo(have a video will upload).
Let me tell you what a typical day is here on the weekdays atleast. 6 am eat b-fast, workout, shower eat another b-fast get to the lab at around 8-8:45 work till about lunch time and get lunch. Meet up with Dr.Gurgel or keep working till about 8-10 pm. Go home talk to some friends and get ready for the next day. When I was told they work hard and play hard I must agree that its quite true but I am learning alot and am enjoying the my stay here. I feel that when I get back to the states I will have become a much better engineer and much more competant in my work.
The next project I´m working on is going to be the prosthetic. I had no time to read the other projects so I chose this one, along with the fact that its something I already know I´m interested in and wanted to choose it from the begining.
This project will have me explorering master student level work such as Kalman filters, high level controls and automation. I´m very excited to begin this work and the deadline Dr. Geovany has me on requires me to publish my work in a few high level confrences before I leave. This is a very rare and great oppurtunity to have a paper published in a major confrence and journal.
The pace and challenge Geovany is presenting me with excedes even my own personal goals and for those of you who know me I have very steep goals. Everyday I feel more and more confident in my skills, what I can accomplish and knowledge in engineering.
With every new frustration comes new understanding. It feels like when you first learn algebra and you see 7+b =2 and you stare at it and it makes no sense. Its only until you learn to see the bigger picture and truly understand what going on infront of you that you realize how easy it is. This is how I feel everyday as I see a new challenge and after much frustration, it all connects and comes together like a symphony. Through all that your confidence increases and you look forward to larger and harder challenges. I guess what I´m trying to say is that its only been one week but the trip has already payed for its self for the amount I have learned and the amount of refinement of the skills I had.
Although there are alot of celebrations this weekend and a soccer game everyone wants to watch, everyone in our the department will still be coming in and working. We have alot to finish but since its the weekend we´ll take off earlier than normal and have a good time(and of course watch the game). My main goal for the weekend is to finish my part of the rocket program and finish the initial reading for the prosthetic project.
Well I´m off to eat turkey necks, hope they are good. Tchao!
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